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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did the team play terribly yesterday?
Yes.

Is it an aging team that needs new blood?
Yes.

Is it hard not to see some [b]misogyny [/b]in just how strongly some PPs want to see them fail?
Also yes.[/quote]

No it goes with being a pro athlete. The team has never been critique. It is actually sexist and misogynistic to say and think they should be treated differently vs a men's team. Men teams and players are called out all the time on TV and the media. You have projected your ideals on to this team and players. They are just jocks and you are starry eyed fan.

They old, really old for soccer. There maybe four players on the current team that will be on the next world cup team. [/quote]

Nope, criticism's fair game. But if you've followed any of the USWNT threads on this board, there are posters who very much want to see them fail. That's not the same thing.[/quote]

if you really followed these threads, you'd realize it has nothing to do with "women", but instead everything to do with "American."  There are a handful of frequent posters that hate and criticize American soccer and everything about it. Both men and women, boys and girls. They criticize the coaching, the USSF, the players, everything. The criticism is free of gender or racial bias. The critics believe that everything about European soccer is superior, soup to nuts.

They ignore the majority of the results and facts and always point to the theoretical future hoping that one day they are right. Well, for a single game (so far) and maybe even a single tournament (this year's Olympics) they get to crow. It remains to be seen if "its over" for the USWNT over the long haul. I believe it is not, but this year's team did not look good at all against Sweden. The scary thing is that despite their abysmal play, they hit the post and had several other good scoring chances. The stats were also not that lopsided. So, the US just played their worst game. Let's see how they bounce back. I think they will struggle in this tournament for various reasons, but that the overall program is in good shape and that they'll be back on top again in the next 2-4 years. I also do think that certain Euro countries play a nicer brand of soccer and that the U.S. can learn something from that, but that the negative overaction is a bit silly.[/quote]

I disagree. The vast majority of posters here experience with soccer is watching their kids play rec and travel. They may watch the USWNT play and chant USA, USA but would have a hard time naming over 6 players on the team. On the mens’s side South and Central America and Europe are playing a different game vs what is soccer here. The money and competition for that money places a lot of pressure on players, coaches and clubs. They have to constantly evolve or they fall behind(Barca).

If you do not know what is happening outside the US you really are missing a lot. Over the past 4-5 years the women’s game has changed. They best players and best teams are in Europe. There are 6-8 women’s club teams in Europe that would easily beat the USWNT. They are playing a different game. Lavelle, Mewis, Dahlkemper, Press and Heath played over there this year. They have been the best players on the field for the USWNT leading up to the Olympics. [/quote]

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