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Anonymous wrote:When you score a goal in a World Cup, then you can tell someone else not to celebrate. Did you also complain when Germany hammered Brazil 8-0, or was that okay because it was the men? Or because it was against a traditional powerhouse?

Germany was up 5-0 at half and won 7-1 vs Brazil. US up 3-0 at half and win 13-0. Don't see a difference? Germany kept playing, but understood what mattered is maintaining and improving their quality of play. US women play checkers; Germany's men play chess.

So, here's a serious question - what would you have them do? Non-starters were put in, to the limit soccer permits. The rules don't allow for the entire starting 11 to be replaced with lesser players, and even if they did, the US reserves are markedly better than the Thai first string. Should they just not shoot? Just passing around the ball isn't going to improve the quality of the US team's play; if anything, it's detrimental because the talent gap is so large.

It isn’t about the goals being scored it is about the excessive celebration. After about 6 act like you’ve been there before. Nobody is suggesting they take their foot off the gas but clearly Thailand is not very good so why all the celebrations in freaking Group Stage? The defending World Cup Champions acting like they just won World Cup again. It’s just Group Stage!!

Maybe you should learn a bit about the game. Not everyone on the team HAD been there before. To score your first World Cup goal is amazing. Period. It's a lifetime's work.

But I'm sure you'll tell us who is allowed to celebrate which accomplishments and when. Since it's not ok for young American women to celebrate their first World Cup goals, who exactly is it ok for?

It was Group Stage against Thailand. Please.

Anonymous wrote:Imagine if a man celebrated the way Rapinoe celebrated even if the score was 5-0.

I would likely bet the house a red card would come out shortly after as well as a stretcher.

Quit making this about Rapinoe.

I bet if it was game 2 or game 3 the celebrations would have been toned down. This is adrenaline, the culmination of years of practice and training, and their first opportunity (for many) to be in the cup. I don't blame them at all for their celebrations.

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Anonymous wrote:When you score a goal in a World Cup, then you can tell someone else not to celebrate. Did you also complain when Germany hammered Brazil 8-0, or was that okay because it was the men? Or because it was against a traditional powerhouse?

Germany was up 5-0 at half and won 7-1 vs Brazil. US up 3-0 at half and win 13-0. Don't see a difference? Germany kept playing, but understood what mattered is maintaining and improving their quality of play. US women play checkers; Germany's men play chess.

So, here's a serious question - what would you have them do? Non-starters were put in, to the limit soccer permits. The rules don't allow for the entire starting 11 to be replaced with lesser players, and even if they did, the US reserves are markedly better than the Thai first string. Should they just not shoot? Just passing around the ball isn't going to improve the quality of the US team's play; if anything, it's detrimental because the talent gap is so large.

It isn’t about the goals being scored it is about the excessive celebration. After about 6 act like you’ve been there before. Nobody is suggesting they take their foot off the gas but clearly Thailand is not very good so why all the celebrations in freaking Group Stage? The defending World Cup Champions acting like they just won World Cup again. It’s just Group Stage!!

Maybe you should learn a bit about the game. Not everyone on the team HAD been there before. To score your first World Cup goal is amazing. Period. It's a lifetime's work.

But I'm sure you'll tell us who is allowed to celebrate which accomplishments and when. Since it's not ok for young American women to celebrate their first World Cup goals, who exactly is it ok for?

I'm pretty sure if I ever made it to the national stage and scored a goal, I'd be celebrating my tail off--whether it was goal #1 or #10. The hugs and cheers are completely appropriate.

FIFA has some internal reflection in their future (I hope). Is it good to expand the field that far? Does it really benefit anyone at this point?

Nothing like a little censorship to cap this worthless thread off. Shameful, and several posters here should be ashamed.

Anonymous wrote:I asked my young daughter what she thought of this.

She reminded me that last winter her team had played up a year in an indoor league where they were regularly blown away, huge lopsided shorelines.

It was no fun, she said, but the only time she was truly humiliated was when she heard one player yell to another, "Hey, you're not allowed to shoot before three passes!"

Proud of the US team for a record-setting performance in their opening match. Pretty sure the biggest win in world cup history is worth some celebration -- and I'd bet dollars to donuts the Thai players would agree.

Not a single person said that the US should stop scoring. Not. A. Single. One.

Everyone has complained about the excessive celebration. One can still score without acting like each one was a game winner.

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Do Thai players earn as much as their US counterparts?

Orathai Srimanee's net worth is $25 Million
Alex Morgan's net worth is $3 millioin

Sure

#rule

I asked my young daughter what she thought of this.

She reminded me that last winter her team had played up a year in an indoor league where they were regularly blown away, huge lopsided shorelines.

It was no fun, she said, but the only time she was truly humiliated was when she heard one player yell to another, "Hey, you're not allowed to shoot before three passes!"

Proud of the US team for a record-setting performance in their opening match. Pretty sure the biggest win in world cup history is worth some celebration -- and I'd bet dollars to donuts the Thai players would agree.

Petition FIFA to implement a mercy room.
Until that time have a coke and a smile and.....

Anonymous wrote:My DD played a game in which they crushed the other team. Because it was a tournament, they did continue to score, but she said when she came off, by the end of the game, no one enjoyed it any more. By the 7th goal, it wasn't any fun and because it was so easy to score on them, the goals didn't feel meaningful.

Had your child been playing in the World Cup, I daresay the goals would still feel meaningful. It's not a local tournament. It's the World Cup.

And if they're playing in a tournament where goal differential matters, I would expect their coach to have explained it to them. Once you lose your first tournament because the team you tied had more goals than you, you learn every single goal matters.

This whole thread makes me sad.

These women work hard, have worked hard ALL their lives to get where they are. I’m sad that they are being criticized for celebrating their goals in their first game in (for some) their first World Cup. They deserve to be able to celebrate with all their teammates. I would want my DD to be able to celebrate and I would definitely be screaming for her in the stands.
I watched some videos of the parents of some of the players celebrating. “My little girl scored a goal!” It was heartwarming - the emotions they felt!

Why should anyone have to tamper their excitement? Like many have said before - it’s the World Cup!

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Do Thai players earn as much as their US counterparts?

Orathai Srimanee's net worth is $25 Million
Alex Morgan's net worth is $3 millioin

Any record can be broken when it's against a really easy team that shouldn't be there