US vs Thailand

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Anonymous wrote:I am ok with the score, but not ok with the celebrations when it is past certain point. I think it was classless.

That’s fine and that’s your prerogative. Some agree with you. Some liked the arrogance. Some think they should have stopped scoring at 9 (is that the acceptable threshold or something). Some are only focusing on the performance itself. Some noticed that they were very sympathetic to the Thai players after the final whistle, which kind of puts a damper on the classless bit. The one thing that is indisputable is that they set a World Cup record and are the clear front runners, and hopefully this motivates the other national teams so we can have an exciting tournament. This is futbol. People will like them when they win. Tim Howard and others made awful ignorant comments about dual nationals a few years back. People still idolized him. They’re professional athletes not perfect role models.

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Should there be rules for excessive celebration? Because that worked sooo well in the NFL. Yawn.

Hasn't it though? I feel like there's much less celebrating in the NFL than there used to be.

What? The rule was pretty much chucked in the bin. Entire teams are pretty much doing coordinated flash mob celebrations now...

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The culture of high level, competitive soccer is to celebrate goals. I'm surprised you have a child who plays soccer and you're not aware of this. Have you never watched a match? It's as much a part of the culture as faking injury is.

Really - over the top celebrations of blowout goals is part of soccer culture? Not that I have seen - certainly not on my son's team. Our parents and coach would not tolerate our kids behaving that way. Megan Rapinoe's and a few of Alex Morgan's goal celebrations were ridiculous for almost any goal let alone for late goals that put a team up 9-0 or more. They need to grow up - their behavior is embarrassing. These are World Cup and Gold Medal winners - act like you have been there before. Or keep playing the sexism card.

Keep apologizing for them if you want. I am looking for a new team to root for in the tournament.

Which of Morgan's celebrations was over the top? The one where she tied the most goals scored by an individual in a World Cup game? That's kind of a big deal.

Rapinoe's was one I could see people muttering about. But even with that, I've seen plenty of other celebrations similar, although the ones I'm thinking of are men. And people aren't just muttering about Rapinoe, they're criticizing the entire team for excessive celebration. And yes, Morgan and Rapinoe have been there/done that so generally speaking I am less forgiving of Rapinoe celebrations than Pugh celebrations. But again, goal scorers celebrate. Effusively. And not only in "important" or "well-matched" games. Just like men flop in soccer like it's going out of style.

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Should there be rules for excessive celebration? Because that worked sooo well in the NFL. Yawn.

Hasn't it though? I feel like there's much less celebrating in the NFL than there used to be.

What? The rule was pretty much chucked in the bin. Entire teams are pretty much doing coordinated flash mob celebrations now...

Then I'm out of the loop. I haven't seen anything like the end zone shuffle going on. But it's also fair that I haven't been following (american) football for 5 or so years, so my info is dated.

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It was Rapinoe’s only goal of the game. Why shouldn’t she celebrate? And why should anyone determine what constitutes an acceptable celebration? Aubameyang pulls masks out of his crotch.

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Anonymous wrote:It was Rapinoe’s only goal of the game. Why shouldn’t she celebrate? And why should anyone determine what constitutes an acceptable celebration? Aubameyang pulls masks out of his crotch.

And she acted like she scored the only goal of the game.

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Karma. If Chile goes down by a couple goals early, do you think they're going to play nice

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I respect everyone’s opinion on this matter, however at some point the celebrations need to be reasonable. The score is the score, shoot score 20 for all I care. It is a touch subject, have some humility. That is just me....

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Anonymous wrote:I respect everyone’s opinion on this matter, however at some point the celebrations need to be reasonable. The score is the score, shoot score 20 for all I care. It is a touch subject, have some humility. That is just me....

You do you.

Celebrating goals isn’t unreasonable to me. It’s not like they were taunting the other team.

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Anonymous wrote:I respect everyone’s opinion on this matter, however at some point the celebrations need to be reasonable. The score is the score, shoot score 20 for all I care. It is a touch subject, have some humility. That is just me....

You do you.

Celebrating goals isn’t unreasonable to me. It’s not like they were taunting the other team.

Agree. OP is classy, you are less so. To each his own.

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Anonymous wrote:I respect everyone’s opinion on this matter, however at some point the celebrations need to be reasonable. The score is the score, shoot score 20 for all I care. It is a touch subject, have some humility. That is just me....

You do you.

Celebrating goals isn’t unreasonable to me. It’s not like they were taunting the other team.

Yep. And you do you. And then somebody does high cleat to the knee or thigh. And we all agree that we do we.

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Anonymous wrote:US citizens complaining that THEIR national team were celebrating their historic record breaking win with every goal. That's all it takes to get you mad?

They didnt play dirty
They didnt taunt
They didnt disrespect the referees
They didnt disrespect the other team

They celebrated their accomplishments and your mad.

That tells me all I need to know about you.

Not many here are "mad." We support our national team. I know I do. But I don't support the level of celebration after going up over eight goals as though each goal had just won the world cup.

No class. Not angry. Maybe a little disappointed. But a fact, nonetheless.

Hopefully doesn't come back to haunt us.

How TF will celebrating come back to haunt us? You dont think France doesnt want to kick our face in? You dont think the French people wont go nuts if they beat us? Get real. This is how cowards talk.

We talk the talk. We walk the walk. We've been waiting for 4 years. Its go time

Karma's a bitch. Guess you haven't learned that lesson yet in life.

You will.

And there it is. Your anti-American.

Huh? Is karma American?

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They lost me when they started rambling on with their feminist rhetoric. They want to be paid as much as the men, which is a joke because women are inferior athletes. And then they blame their inferior athleticism on lack of investment in womens soccer

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Anonymous wrote:They lost me when they started rambling on with their feminist rhetoric. They want to be paid as much as the men, which is a joke because women are inferior athletes. And then they blame their inferior athleticism on lack of investment in womens soccer

I am a guy, but these girls are getting raw deal from the USSF and have a legitimate gripe. They made more money for the USSF than the men did, but are paid significantly less. And, unlike the USMNT, they made the WC and are getting criticized for scoring too much and celebrating too much. I will take it over getting beat by mediocre teams, like Jamaica, Venezuela and Trinidad.

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is why are so many throwing them under the bus, and so conveniently ignoring that our players went over to comfort the Thai players after the final whistle?

And ignoring that the Thai team has said the US team was fine.

But see, none of that plays. People have to tear women down, especially successful women.

Well we don't want women getting too big for their breeches amiright?!