Olympic Soccer Thread

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Geesh princess, I guess I made a simple mistake and they came back from being 2 down instead of 3 down..

That was what I was talkin about.... pretty hard to figurs that one out

Fact remains, that was a great comeback and the Canucks have been exciting to watch

actually, you were wrong on two points, you said were down 3, came back but lost, that is not just one measly mistake.

 

[Canada180]

actually, you were wrong on two points, you said were down 3, came back but lost, that is not just one measly mistake.

A sportscaster after the US game mistakenly offered up those stats.

My apologies for rehashing that info.

I'll have him fired.

 

[MC KAos]

awesome win by the girls! i just wish i could watch the men's final, should be a really good game as well.

 

[StevenOtero]

My girl Alex with the assist! USA!

MY girl Hope's two SPECTACULAR leaping saves, trumps one measly assist!



Great action so far. USA!...USA!

Y'all are only limiting yourself to one of em?

Why not a Alex Morgan & Hope Solo sandwich? :laugh2:

 

[Phoenix]

Brazil vs Mexico for the Gold Medal, and we're off! And what a start by Mexico!!

 

[Ren]

great opening by Mexico but i still think Brazil wins this comfortably

 

[Phoenix]

great opening by Mexico but i still think Brazil wins this comfortably

Nope....Mexico is all OVER Brazil! 2-0 now, and could easily be 4-0. Brazil has little chance methinks.

 

[Phoenix]

Wow! Brazil woke up too late...they looked like a completely different team during the stoppage time, the final three minutes. Hulk scored a great goal just in to stoppage time to bring it to 2-1 Mexico, then Oscar missed a golden opportunity on a header, from a Hulk kick, right at the end. Turned out to be a pretty good match! Congratulations to Mexico on their first ever Olympics soccer medal!

 

[Ren]

Congrats to Mexico, did not think even at 2-0 that they would pull this off

 

[baj1dallas]

I'm really not versed in soccer at all.....so, this may seem like a dumb question.

But what is it with the offsides penalty?

I know what it is....but what's the big deal with someone running behind the defense. To me, that's a good play. The defense needs to adjust.

Is there some kind of logic...or is it in place to keep scoring down?

It's to keep people from camping out in front of the other team's goal, just waiting for a long shot down field. It doesn't necessarily keep scoring down, it makes the game flow better.

 

[baj1dallas]

Wow! Brazil woke up too late...they looked like a completely different team during the stoppage time, the final three minutes. Hulk scored a great goal just in to stoppage time to bring it to 2-1 Mexico, then Oscar missed a golden opportunity on a header, from a Hulk kick, right at the end. Turned out to be a pretty good match! Congratulations to Mexico on their first ever Olympics soccer medal!

Mexico was really solid defensively until Brazil just went balls out and put in like 8 goal scorers. What a great game, how about a rematch final in 2 years time?

 

[MC KAos]

not entirely surprised mexico won, they have been on a tear recently, this is definitely their golden generation, they are a serious threat to win the world in 2 years. also, the better mexico gets, the better it will be for the US, it will raise the bar and make us match it, its only a good thing. here is a tweet from grant wahl, and i agree wholeheartedly...

Grant Wahl ‏@GrantWahl
I'll put it this way. My top 6 contenders for World Cup '14 right now: Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Mexico #SIeod

with the world cup being in south america, i think this is 100% true, there wont be a dark horse euro team winning there, like italy, its going to take a great team like spain or germany to win down there. paraguay is a dark horse, with the way they play defense, how good their goalie is, and how great they are at mucking up a game.

 

[jterrell]

not entirely surprised mexico won, they have been on a tear recently, this is definitely their golden generation, they are a serious threat to win the world in 2 years. also, the better mexico gets, the better it will be for the US, it will raise the bar and make us match it, its only a good thing. here is a tweet from grant wahl, and i agree wholeheartedly...

Grant Wahl ‏@GrantWahl
I'll put it this way. My top 6 contenders for World Cup '14 right now: Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Mexico #SIeod

with the world cup being in south america, i think this is 100% true, there wont be a dark horse euro team winning there, like italy, its going to take a great team like spain or germany to win down there. paraguay is a dark horse, with the way they play defense, how good their goalie is, and how great they are at mucking up a game.

couldn't agree more.
i'd pick mexico as early favorites. close to home and far less pressure and media noise than mexico.

i'd remove argentina as an early favorite(wayy too sloppy of late and rely on messi far too much) but the other 5 imho are set for long runs. I'd put in Portugal ahead of Argentina.

i'd put both england and us in that 10-12 range.

 

[joseephuss]

Argentina's problem isn't relying on Messi too much. It is a lack of solid defense and goalkeeping. They have plenty of offensive weapons to go along with Messi.

 

[daschoo]

couldn't agree more.
i'd pick mexico as early favorites. close to home and far less pressure and media noise than mexico.

i'd remove argentina as an early favorite(wayy too sloppy of late and rely on messi far too much) but the other 5 imho are set for long runs. I'd put in Portugal ahead of Argentina.

i'd put both england and us in that 10-12 range.

Mexico are not favourites to win the World Cup. Absolutely no chance.

 

[baj1dallas]

Mexico are not favourites to win the World Cup. Absolutely no chance.

No but a good dark horse pick. They should have done better last World Cup.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

No but a good dark horse pick. They should have done better last World Cup.

nah, Brazil will win, they are at home.

 

[MC KAos]

Mexico are not favourites to win the World Cup. Absolutely no chance.

they are not THE favorite, but they are among the favorites, their golden generation will be entering their prime in 2 years, they certainly have a chance to win it.

 

[MC KAos]

Argentina's problem isn't relying on Messi too much. It is a lack of solid defense and goalkeeping. They have plenty of offensive weapons to go along with Messi.

yup, even just fixing their goaltending would make them immensely better! romero sucks! he was responsible for 3 of the 4 goals germany scored on them in the world cup.

 

[daschoo]

Mexico will have to do a lot more than win the Olympics to be worthy of being in the conversation of potential World Cup winners. Hell I'd say the English have a better chance of winning it and we all know how likely they are to do it (yes more likely than us Scots before any of the English members point that out).