They're paid like 3x the other teams. Women soccer is still pretty amateur in most of the world, except for the USA so they're definitely the one to beat.
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FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 || 7 June – 7 July, France
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It's effective for me to cope with yet another England disappointment.
You obviously haven't been watching the Cricket World Cup, this isn't even new this summer.
And when it comes to the USA they are by far the best funded and most established side. Everyone likes to see winners knocked down apart from Americans.
I will say this though. I do wish that offsides worked more like it does in hockey than it does now. What I mean by that is that as long as one part of the player in hockey is on the line it isn't offsides. I wish they made it so that it was just the majority of a player's body had to be on so that you didn't get ticky tack calls like there have been. I really don't see the difference with someone's arm or foot being too far out makes unless its a large portion of their body.
Soccer is supposed to be "the world's" sport, not America's, so they never get their hopes up for basketball anyway
Outside of people that just have beef with the US in general, rooting for the favourite isn't very fun.
Why? That's how pretty much all sports works. The dominant teams with the well off divas are always the most hated.
I dont dislike them but they really are dominant and I would like someone else to win. My dream of Canada VS USA rematch never happened :(
You really don't follow football, do you?
Every dominant team is hated by everybody. Be Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City now in England, etc.
You'd have to be an insane turbo nationalist to actually think this, right? Not that those are in short supply.
No, I don't mind them being good. I just wish they weren't so damn smug about it. Some humility goes a long way.
Same reason people dislike the Patriots. The US women have dominated the World Cup since its inception. They have never placed below third, and if they win this year then they'll have won half of the titles.
People are gonna drag their issues with the US into anything that has a US title on it.
Being good is one thing, being arrogant and douchey about being good is another.
America were deserved winners overall but England gave them one hell of a game in the second half and the Yanks were using every trick in the book to waste time and break up play, like the true champions they are.
They're the most professional team at the tournament and will be worthy winners come Sunday. Rest of the World needs to up its game.
They're the most professional team at the tournament and will be worthy winners come Sunday. Rest of the World needs to up its game.
People like to see dominant teams lose.
Aside from Women's football and the Olympics, America is basically irrelevant at Sport internationally as all they do is play their own games within the confines of their country and then act arrogantly about how great they are. Arrogance is annoying.
Hahaha "Other countries"... hahaha,You mean the rest of the progressive Western European countries in this tourney who make the US look like Iran circa the 80's???
I love how you are just like and the Olympics like it isn't 100 sports which a lot have their own tournaments. Also what about women's tennis, golf
I never have a problem with arrogance if you earned it.
The fact they can't see a reason to properly compensate their female athletes would seem to argue against your premise.
Don't get too defensive about it. You'll get there one day!
Heh, I'm good thanks, already been there and past, I rather not move backwards.
I mean the Olympics are the most important international sporting event and the US is dominant in the Summer Olympics, although meek in the Winter to be fair.
Slight correction here. Many of the world 's best women players play in the US league because they get PAID.
Its the Thailand game, hard to escape the negative press of that one.
Err, not really true. Best Paid team is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympique_Lyonnais_Féminin
To be honest, what makes Women's soccer strong in the US is Title IX with strong collegiate players (that attracts foreign talent as well).
Paying women a fair wage isn't backwards. Wow it's really worse than I thought.
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America is irrelevant at sports? Wait, what? This has got to be the stupidest hot take I've read on this thread.
Name one other country which has the breadth of athletes the US does? You've said it yourself. USA generally finishes at the top of the table at the Olympics meaning it's got medalist in more sports than the majority of other developed countries. Tennis? Golf? Snow/skateboarding? Skiing?
Even sports where the US doesn't have much a history, like rugby, they are getting increasingly better.
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the thing about arrogance though, you don't have to do anything to earn it.
Hamstring injury. Should be good to go for the final.
How are the US Women Team arrogant and douchey? They have behaved as reasonable role models to all the girls as far as I know. Also... before anybody mentions the Thailand team, no they are not an amateur team, you pitying them is even more shameful.
No, you just need to be labeled as such even when it's undeserved.
The world loves hating on the US. It's not just a women's soccer thing.
I hope the USMNT can one day win the World Cup just for the amount of salt that will flow.
So you're saying countries like England, Germany , Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, France
( FYI: all the countries in the quarter finals of this tournament , just in case you're only here to start shit posting and have no interest in this sport or tourney, which I highly suspect that you are...)