If it was a youth team: Yes. But for a world cup: No.

Jun 11, 2019
4:08:23pm

Paul-James Starter

The US didn't pick who they played. Don't blame them for being professionals against a scrub team. Blame FIFA.

FIFA is responsible for and needs to set up a competitive tournament, not the USWNT.

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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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