Monzanator

I believe my prediction was 5-0 so I'm behind already...  either Thailand is this bad or what? Their keeper must be 5'2" or sth...

3-0 at half-time...

2-0 after 20 mins. The rout is ON!

Btw, Hope Solo still looks pretty hot

Designated poster girl Alex Morgan gets the ball rolling. USA 1 Thailand 0.

More like the 20 minutes remaning will be re-played?

Meh, rain is quicker to write

Chile vs Sweden now suspended due to rain.

Roord scores in the 92nd minute to give the win!

basically parked the bus in the 2nd half, there were like four defenders on Miedema most of the time. They hit the bar in the 14th minute but were mostly toothless thereafter.

Carli Lloyd will be 37 next month so I assume she's a reserve for this tournament?

Hoping for a victory today

If Hamilton moved the other way, he'd crash into Vettel ;)

FIA stated the penalty was applied the same way Verstappen got a 5 secs. penalty for forcing Raikkonen off at Suzuka last year so they are consistent. That's a fair call then.

What bad luck? Vettel cracked under pressure again. Like Hamilton said, he forced him into a mistake, nothing for free tbh. On every single Tilkedrome, he would have passed him around the astroturf. Sadly, Vettel is way too prone to mental errors. His post-race hissy fit was childish. He can grow a fancy beard but still acts like he's 6 years old.

African teams are completely useless in women's football.

There is no mystery, they've run into the greatest clay player ever era. Federer would have never won RG if Soderling didn't take out the dirty laundry for him in 2009.

1 hour ago, ChandlerMne said:

Last WC was broadcasted on Eurosport. Unlike this time. 

France was just terrific. 

TF1 Group no longer owns Eurosport, mind you. The previous tournament's rights were secured when that was still the case. Discovery owns ES now and they're shut out by FOX in USA, TF1 in France & BBC in the UK. Case closed.

14 hours ago, heywoodu said:

And an actual football study said the opposite, but I can't find the link on my phone at the moment.

Most soccer games in USA are played on football-purpose stadiums though. Scientific data can be easily shifted one way or another tbh. People who play their entire career on artificial turf can argue anything and vice versa. Soccer is a sport traditionally played on grass though so US-based research is always flawed IMO.

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

The rebound of the ball shouldn't be a problem, just get used to it. The problem is indeed with things like tackling, there's a rather significant rise in certain kinds of injuries on artificial turf (ankles, mostly). On the other hand, serious knee injuries seem to be more common on actual grass.

Nope. Most knee injuries occur when the foot gets stuck in the turf and the knee joint snaps the wrong way. It occurs on artificial turf more often.

American football study is quite clear:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-football/football-knee-injuries-more-likely-on-artificial-turf-study-idUSBRE84002Q20120501

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

When did journalists last 'simply provide information'? Because it wasn't in the past 200 years or so.

Hey, it's not me who says journalism is about truth  

12 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

You what starts a good, civil conversation? Telling someone their super naive of the start. I’m well aware of the true nature of religion. There’s a good reason I’m agnostic. However, is a distinction to be made between reality and fiction. I am a democratic socialist. I want what’s best for people, so I will always fight for the people. It’s not that I’m naive, it’s that religion took me to dark places, and I truly believe that it can be improved. The same goes for government. As for journalism, I have to disagree with you. Journalism is about the truth until big corporations get involved and lure journalists in with better pay. At that point those journalists no longer write journalism, they write propaganda.

Coming from a former communist country I can definitely say sociallism is not the way to go. USA has never experienced sociallist rule hence why it's so popular. One can argue Democtratic Party should change their name already. As for journalists, the days of them simply providing information are long, long gone. It's all about influencing society and having power over people's will. From Hearst to Murdoch, it's all about power. There is no such thing as independent media anymore IMO. Everyone follows an agenda one way or another.

39 minutes ago, bestmen said:

far-right or not ,the migrants should leave this uninteresting continent

 

But they won't since they dream about getting a better life. And Merkel has no moral backbone to turn them away plus she's a dead woman walking now so none of her ideas matter anymore. The damage is done.

18 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

In all fairness when they “purchased” the land probably in the Middle Ages, there wasn’t conservation, scientific studies, outdoor recreation, or any who would dare go against them to purchase any land. The Catholic Church should not hold any land titles other than in areas where they built a place of worship on the land (that goes for every religion). Religion should be about what’s best for the people, not what’s best for those at the top.

You are very naive. Religion as well as politics & journalism is all about power. About controlling any given society. These three are locked in an eternal war for power. Land ownership is a perfect way to control people. Any state holds that priviledge and so many more. You have to purchase the land first then purchase the build permit and the list goes on and on. Hell, these states even battle for ownership of some ice field in Antarctica because of what lies underneath it. Hell, they even sell land claim on the frickin' Moon of all places.

Merkel is a cooked goose at this stage. Germany only needed cheap working force and she allowed the far-right to rise into significant presence again.

Meanwhile at Mugello...

Atle Skardal won't continue as the head of the women's tour.