Women's Field Hockey Tournament at the Pan American Games 2019

[NearPup 2,156]

 beat the  by 2 to 0. Has to be the biggest win from our women’s team since the early 90s.

[kapil857 31]

14 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Canada wins!

 

Hopefully and upset is possible next game!

 

As an Indian, we supported you wholeheartedly in the SF against USA, but time now to turn against u guys  

 

Need Argentina to win final and take themselves out of the Oly qualifiers...

[ofan 237]

Man, I thought field hockey was easy to understand. After watching it, it may be the most complicated sport. There seems to be a foul called every five seconds, and they keep re-taking penalty shots. I don't get it

[james89 438]

Just now, ofan said:

Man, I thought field hockey was easy to understand. After watching it, it may be the most complicated sport. There seems to be a foul called every five seconds, and they keep re-taking penalty shots. I don't get it

 

This is the first time I've ever watched it and it's very difficult to understand without commentary.

[ofan 237]

Just now, james89 said:

 

This is the first time I've ever watched it and it's very difficult to understand without commentary.

 

Am I naive for thinking it would just be ice hockey rules on grass?

[LDOG 2,199]

Justo ahora, ofan dijo:

Man, I thought field hockey was easy to understand. After watching it, it may be the most complicated sport. There seems to be a foul called every five seconds, and they keep re-taking penalty shots. I don't get it

 

The girls are particularly prone to making silly technical fouls. The men's game flows quite a bit more.  

 

About penalty retaking, just know that 95% of the time it's because it hit the foot of a defender, which isn't allowed.

[ofan 237]

Just now, LDOG said:

 

The girls are particularly prone to making silly technical fouls. The men's game flows quite a bit more.  

 

About penalty retaking, just know that 95% of the time it's because it hit the foot of a defender, which isn't allowed.

 

Thank you! I figured that, it looked like it kept hitting their leg or something

[LDOG 2,199]

Justo ahora, ofan dijo:

 

Am I naive for thinking it would just be ice hockey rules on grass?

 

It's much more similar to bandy and football (soccer) than it is to Ice Hockey.

[ofan 237]

How about this venue - they've built a state of the art hockey stadium with artificial turf next to what appears to be a crumbling shanty town. Priorities....

[LDOG 2,199]

Ok, that's it for the match. 

 

Canada will have to go through the play-offs, but I actually have faith in their chances there if they can avoid Belgium in the draw.