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That missed "two-hand hold and carry" ball makes Jim Joyce's blunder look like no big deal.

Please never ever bring up the U.S./Germany missed handball. I can still chew nails over that one.
 
Shoeless Joe said:
Please never ever bring up the U.S./Germany missed handball. I can still chew nails over that one.
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You must be loving Torsten Frings signing for Toronto FC, then.
 
After that match, I went into work and told this old fellow there that was a WWII vet, "I wished you'd met Frings' grandfather in 1944 because his ass wouldn't have been standing on the line today."
 
Clichy undergoing a medical at Citeh:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13984029.stm
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/steve_davis/07/04/usmnt.plateau/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t12_a1
 
As the son of a pretty fair soccer referee, I'm embarrassed at what I've seen go on at the Women's World Cup. Awful so far ...
 
England looks tremendous, taking Japan to the cleaners. Could be 3-0 had it not been for the save of the tournament by the Japanese goalie.

England women with more wins in this World Cup than their men had last World Cup.
 
Japan had plenty of chances. They were just severely lacking in finish and final pass. But England played its style to perfection and scored two beautiful goals.

A note to whatever woman had the PBP of the New Zealand-Mexico match - shouting the entire game is just cringe-worthy and needs to stop. Seriously. I wanted to watch Mexico a little more but I just couldn't stomach her trying to emulate Gus Johnson.
 
Mexico has reached semis at U17 tournament. They will play German team that destroyed US earlier.
 
Inky_Wretch said:
That first England goal today was breathtakingly beautiful (and damned lucky, but still beautiful). I've not seen all the goals from this tournament, but that's got to be a contender for best goal. Right?
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Mexico had a sick goal vs. England, and Heather O'Reilly's goal was a thing of beauty too.
 
Charlie Adam to Liverpool!!!

Now, Liverpool is good enough to win Championship.
 
U.S. is lucky it isn't a man down. Dumb foul, especially considering that the ball was out of Sweden's reach as the player was being pulled down in the box.

Bad bounce on the second goal. Not finishing its opportunities, either. Pia Sundhage has her hands full.
 
Never thought I'd see the day where USMNT would finish higher in the CONCACAF tournament than the USWNT and do better in World Cup group play.

The lack of creativity with the USWNT is stunning. How many times today was a player in a 1 v 1 situation and would either fall down, send a pointless long ball or do nothing. Megan Rampinoe is about the only creative player I've noticed so far, and she wasn't very good today. Marta and the Brazilians have to be drooling right now.

Amy LePeilbe had the worst day for an American soccer player since Jeff Agoos against Poland in the 2002 World Cup.
 
Yeah, a few better than average chances early that they couldn't finish (maybe a men's and women's problem now?) and then seemed to sleepwalk through the rest of the match. The last 10 minutes there was no desperation at all. Barely even possessed the ball the last five. Not really the showing of a team that cared. Maybe they wanted Brazil?
 
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