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Jun 11, 2019
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:55
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mobomanjoe
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FIFA has gone too far.
If there aren’t 24 legitimately good teams out there, make it a 16-team tournament.
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Thai players crying after the game. Did we go too far?
LegitCoug
6/11/19 3:54pm
Yes.
Mayor of Cougartown
6/11/19 3:55pm
RE: Thai players crying after the game. Did we go too far?
IceBlueCoug
6/11/19 4:00pm
FIFA has gone too far.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 4:00pm
You are blaming FIFA for a team being overmatched.
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 4:08pm
When goal differential is a tie breaker, that's not a smart play.
Left Shark Coug
6/11/19 4:20pm
I don’t disagree with you. Just bringing up a different point.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 4:34pm
yes, because FIFA opened it up to include teams that shouldn't be there
Incentivize
6/11/19 4:34pm
Yes.
JmThms
6/11/19 4:02pm
When I saw the score I was embarrassed for team USA
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 4:05pm
geez they still had their best players in even. ridiculous. If it were all the
Mayor of Cougartown
6/11/19 4:07pm
They subbed, it's just that they are so deep it doesn't matter.
JmThms
6/11/19 4:11pm
Their best players were in at the end. It is when Alex Morgan scored 3 of
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 4:13pm
How do you propose to sub out all of your best players with only three
Left Shark Coug
6/11/19 4:21pm
You can't sub them all out. You can switch the positions they play and tell
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 5:02pm
Read more from this thread on other reasons USA didn’t do this.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 5:07pm
You are entitled to whatever opinion you want. I think it is embarrassing
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 5:10pm
The only people that care are sensitive Americans.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 5:18pm
Ahh, the old I know what everyone else in the world is thinking argument
kimdaddy35
6/11/19 5:21pm
Haha. Most of the rest of the world doesn’t care about women’s soccer.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 5:46pm
Most of the people in the US don't care about women's soccer either, so I am not
kimdaddy35
6/12/19 11:40am
Yes, the counter argument is that they might need all the goal differential they
JmThms
6/11/19 5:13pm
in international soccer, women's and men's, each team gets a max of 3 subs per
cwilke1
6/11/19 4:14pm
Exactly. Two of the subs were done in the 57th minute.
Murray
6/11/19 4:16pm
If it was a youth team: Yes. But for a world cup: No.
Paul-James
6/11/19 4:08pm
Serious answer
IceBlueCoug
6/11/19 4:09pm
Exactly my interpretation
Paul-James
6/11/19 4:14pm
No. You don't like getting scored that much, git gud.
mik3
6/11/19 4:15pm
Honest question...
Eddie
6/11/19 4:22pm
Nothing compared to Australia's men's team in World Cup qualifying in 2001.
Game Changer
6/11/19 4:23pm
The main reason Australia switched was because...
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 4:41pm
Its rugby in Samoa for that reason!
JmThms
6/11/19 5:16pm
This is the world cup. goal differential matters.
BostonCougar
6/11/19 4:41pm
^^ This. It may seem excessive, but as long as goals scored is a tie breaker...
NOCAL_YFAN
6/11/19 4:50pm
Plus, there could be bonuses for individual achievements.
mobomanjoe
6/11/19 4:58pm
Not on the scoring, but I thought they could have toned down the cellys after 6
The Chelsea Dagger
6/11/19 5:26pm
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