Deuce

This fucking ref

And that ball was fully over the line for a corner

That’s a pen

Huge difference between mens and womens WC final the mens probably has a global audience of over a billion the womens maybe 10% of that Gee I wonder why. Couldn’t be that even developed countries like England have told women for years that they can’t play the game. Outside of gymnastics and ice skating, the male version of every sport is massively more popular than the female version. Males are the better athletes, and are more interested in sports generally. This can be true without some massive patriarchal conspiracy. If the women's game can grow to be self-sustaining at a professional level, this would be a positive start. What theoretical other international match that people care about could be scheduled on the same day as the actual WC final? Male players will not complain if the women's Copa Oro is on the same day. The male football calendar is crowded and lucrative, and the matches on this date do not overlap at all. It is a nonsensical complaint, the WWC has had plenty of time and media coverage, despite three other major male continental tournaments occurring at the same time. They could’ve easily scheduled those other finals yesterday, too. Would’ve cost them nothing and been a bit of goodwill. It is costing the Women's final nothing. The controversy is fabricated and idiotic. Says the man, to be fair. The actual women playing feel differently. There’s a lot of catch-22 involved with women’s soccer. Need to play better to prove to men they deserve more funding; need more funding to improve the quality of play. Anyway, I’m fine holding the unpopular opinion.

Huge difference between mens and womens WC final the mens probably has a global audience of over a billion the womens maybe 10% of that Gee I wonder why. Couldn’t be that even developed countries like England have told women for years that they can’t play the game. Women cant play the game to anywhere near the same standard the USA may be good and have a big following the rest of the world couldn't give a shit about it unlike the mens game Americans need to realise the world does not revolve around them right, that’s the issue at hand.

Huge difference between mens and womens WC final the mens probably has a global audience of over a billion the womens maybe 10% of that Gee I wonder why. Couldn’t be that even developed countries like England have told women for years that they can’t play the game.

What theoretical other international match that people care about could be scheduled on the same day as the actual WC final? Male players will not complain if the women's Copa Oro is on the same day. The male football calendar is crowded and lucrative, and the matches on this date do not overlap at all. It is a nonsensical complaint, the WWC has had plenty of time and media coverage, despite three other major male continental tournaments occurring at the same time. They could’ve easily scheduled those other finals yesterday, too. Would’ve cost them nothing and been a bit of goodwill.

Anyway, having dispensed with that nonsense: Horan on the bench, Pinoe back in the starting XI.

“YoU arE AlLOwEd tO wAtCH mORE tHaN 1 gAMe” They’d never allow any other match to be played the same day as a men’s WC final.

She’s not wrong.

Gotta say though, Jean Beasajour’s trophy cabinet is quite impressive. A League Cup with Birmingham, FA Cup with Wigan and two Copa Americas! For a player who’s average at beat, it is quite incredible. Chile’s weird, beyond Alexis and Vidal none of their core squad over the past 5-6 years have been world-class players. Been blessed with some quality managers who’ve been able to get great results.

Chile need to retire 3/4 of their squad after this tournament.

Why can’t they combine North and South - having USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica et al would be so much better I've thought this as well. Surely it makes more sense to combine north and south? Maybe, but there are 41 teams in CONCACAF that would have to be accounted for. So you’d probably have to institute pre-tourney qualifying, which would be prohibitively expensive for the minnows and logistically difficult for everybody. Western Hemisphere is a big place.

Bit crap that they’re not even having it at the Etihad itself. All the other stadia are first-team venues.

Cool

Heard he’s retiring due to complications from AIDS

As pessimistic as I am; what's your reasoning? If it was close I’m sure there would be an embargo on transfers. Perez gets the excuse that he had a release clause. I’m no expert mind. I think Ashley doing some last minute asset-stripping makes far more sense.

if Bishop were as sinister as the conspiracists would have you believe, he'd be toppling third-world governments that failed to grant favorable terms for Western-owned energy conglomerates. Not doing whatever the fuck it is he does for Ashley.

Alaves rolling out a Lucas Perez-Joselu front 2 is sure to strike fear into the hearts of La Liga.

West Brom away for sure. Ridiculous goal :thup:

Why can’t they combine North and South - having USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica et al would be so much better Copa America usually has USA and Mexico in invites 4 teams but because Concacaf gold cup is on at same time couldn't do that this year hence why Japan and Qatar got invited Next years copa America will have USA and Mexico in it There are three factually incorrect statements there. Which are?? 1. U.S. isn’t usually invited, only twice in the past 25 years and four times ever 2. Two invited teams, not four 3. Australia and Qatar are the invited teams next year

Why can’t they combine North and South - having USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica et al would be so much better Copa America usually has USA and Mexico in invites 4 teams but because Concacaf gold cup is on at same time couldn't do that this year hence why Japan and Qatar got invited Next years copa America will have USA and Mexico in it There are three factually incorrect statements there.

WWC taking all my attention