Women's Football FIFA World Cup 2019

[Quasit 955]

36 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

England - Scotland, yay room for fixing the GBR ticket  (or not?)

There's too much rivalry between England and Scotland for there to be a free ticket.

[Monzanator 5,113]

59 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Ugh, this bullshit about countries that can't be drawn together 

 

What BS? You can't have three European countries in one group in a 24 team field.

 

How did Jamaica qualify ahead of Mexico?

[heywoodu 16,460]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

What BS? You can't have three European countries in one group in a 24 team field.

 

How did Jamaica qualify ahead of Mexico?

Like so many people care about which continent a country is in, everyone who is not their own country's team is the enemy  

[Monzanator 5,113]

I wonder if Hope Solo speaks up about USA drawing Sweden in group stage

[Olympian1010 8,297]

9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

I wonder if Hope Solo speaks up about USA drawing Sweden in group stage

Even as a US fan, she is still the worst player on Earth, the least likeable, and a national disgrace

[Monzanator 5,113]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Even as a US fan, she is still the worst player on Earth, the least likeable, and a national disgrace

 

I always liked her tbh. She's one female player that had personality or attitude whatever you like to call it.

[heywoodu 16,460]

39 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Even as a US fan, she is still the worst player on Earth, the least likeable, and a national disgrace

As someone who doesn't follow the showbizz part of sports that much: what did she do wrong?  

[OlympicsFan 860]

I think group A is the strongest, followed by group B, all other groups are trash. 16 teams would be more than enough.

 

Group A: France ahead of Norway

Group B: Germany ahead of China/Spain

Group C: Brazil ahead of Australia

Group D: England and Japan in 1 and 2

Group E: Canada ahead of the Netherlands

Group F: USA ahead of Sweden

 

Quarterfinals:

England/Japan vs. Norway/Australia

France vs. USA

Brazil vs. Canada/Japan/England

Germany vs. Netherlands/Sweden

 

If both France and USA win their group, the 2 best teams will already face each other in the quarterfinals ...

Apparently this time the draw wasn't rigged in favor of the host.

Edited December 8, 2018 by OlympicsFan

[phelps 8,695]

48 minuti fa, heywoodu ha scritto:

As someone who doesn't follow the showbizz part of sports that much: what did she do wrong?  

 

a short resumèe...

 

In 2014, she was arrested and charged with two misdemeanour accounts of assault, against her nephew and half-sister. The charges were eventually dropped just last month following a lengthy legal battle.

 

Then in 2016, US Soccer suspended Solo for 6 months, as well as terminating her national team contract after she referred to the Swedish Women’s team as “a bunch of cowards” following America’s elimination from the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics. It was thought, however,  that the decision to terminate her contract stemmed from a build up of issues.

 

The World Cup winner had also previously been suspended in 2015 after she was the passenger in a US Soccer-owned vehicle which was being driven by her husband – NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens –  when he was pulled over under suspicion of driving under the influence.

 

Solo also made an unsuccessful bid for the US Soccer Presidency last February and was not shy in letting people know how she felt about previous federation vice-president Carlos Cordeiro, in a pre-election speech.

 

plus...

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/02/hope-solo-soccer-in-america-is-just-a-mess-right-now-689652

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/22/hope-solo-settles-grievance-with-us-soccer

[Monzanator 5,113]

Sweden parked the bus in the Olympics and Solo had every right to go after them Mourinho-style. Alas her name isn't Mourinho so she got hang out to dry by her own federation. I suspect it was down to money after all and they used her comments as excuse to get rid of her.