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.

I spent some formative years in the UK, where sportsmanship was an important concept - an ideal closely linked to the old-fashioned notion of what a "real" gentleman does when his opponent is clearly weaker than he.

These women would benefit from a lesson in sportsmanship.

Anonymous wrote:I think this dislike of women celebrating like this is so disgusting. These women are ultra competitive and want to win and win big and deserve to celebrate the way they want, without all the disdain You all suck.

At the request of the admin, I am moving my comment from a different thread to this one:



I don't have a problem with the unearthly pounding that the US Women put on Thailand. I understand the necessity of it, and though it was sad for Thailand, it is FIFA that bears the onus for this for the differential rule and for expanding the field to include teams like Thailand to begin with.
I do, however, have a problem with people like Jill Ellis and Abby Wambach who fall back on the old " Would you be criticizing a men's team if they won like this?" The answer is YES.
There is inequity between men and women in sports yes, but this tired line doesn' ALWAYS work. Save it so it matters when it does. 13-0 will always draw criticism.

I think this dislike of women celebrating like this is so disgusting. These women are ultra competitive and want to win and win big and deserve to celebrate the way they want, without all the disdain You all suck.

USA USA USA ...lol

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?

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Anonymous wrote:Other countries don’t encourage and support young girls to play sports the way people in the US do. NPR did a story last week about how few girls in France play soccer- they are encouraged to dance but not to do sports that are seen as aggressive.

If you are in a country that has fewer girls playing sports, it is more difficult to have enough women playing at a high enough level to be competitive in the World Cup.

This is interesting in comparison to our men's team which is not nearly as good as it should be, given the size of our country and the popularity of soccer here.

Very different situation since boys in just about every culture are encouraged to be athletic and to be aggressive, whereas there are many cultures that actively discourage girls from doing anything athletic, let alone aggressive.

I just think it's interesting since apparently we're comparatively successful at encouraging it of our girls, and comparatively unsuccessful with our boys. At least as far as soccer goes.

People complaining about how many goals the US scored don’t seem to understand how teams advance in the first round of the World Cup. Having a 13 point differential is huge. This isn’t a friendly. The teams doesn’t owe anyone an explanation or have to worry about hurt feelings. Great game. Go Team USA

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.

Oh yeah, did you cry?

Anonymous wrote:Good Lord what has our society turned towards. If grown ups can't handle celebration they need to take up something else.

These women are playing in the World Cup. The biggest game(s) of heir career. Let them celebrate the results of months of training and hard work.

Is there any situation in which women won't get criticism?!

They were classless and embarrassing

Bobby Bowden famously said, 'It's not my job to stop my team, that's your job.

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Anonymous wrote:Classless.

For a team that always talks about building the sport and being role models, that was completely unnecessary. Goes to show that Morgan and the others are just concerned about padding their stats.

This is the World Cup, not a rec game for fun. It would have been disrespectful to Thailand if they took the foot of the gas.

It's bad enough that they kept running up the score after say 7 or 8 goals; but celebrating like this when you make 9-0. By any rational person's standard, it's classless:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1138547837321535488

I get that score differential matters in the tournament. But this is pathetic.

It doesn't seem like you do get that goal differential matters...it's not pathetic. It's a winning strategy.

did you watch the video?

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Anonymous wrote:Classless.

For a team that always talks about building the sport and being role models, that was completely unnecessary. Goes to show that Morgan and the others are just concerned about padding their stats.

This is the World Cup, not a rec game for fun. It would have been disrespectful to Thailand if they took the foot of the gas.

It's bad enough that they kept running up the score after say 7 or 8 goals; but celebrating like this when you make 9-0. By any rational person's standard, it's classless:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1138547837321535488

I get that score differential matters in the tournament. But this is pathetic.

It doesn't seem like you do get that goal differential matters...it's not pathetic. It's a winning strategy.

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Anonymous wrote:Classless.

For a team that always talks about building the sport and being role models, that was completely unnecessary. Goes to show that Morgan and the others are just concerned about padding their stats.

This is the World Cup, not a rec game for fun. It would have been disrespectful to Thailand if they took the foot of the gas.

It's bad enough that they kept running up the score after say 7 or 8 goals; but celebrating like this when you make 9-0. By any rational person's standard, it's classless:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1138547837321535488

I get that score differential matters in the tournament. But this is pathetic.

Good Lord what has our society turned towards. If grown ups can't handle celebration they need to take up something else.

These women are playing in the World Cup. The biggest game(s) of heir career. Let them celebrate the results of months of training and hard work.

Is there any situation in which women won't get criticism?!