I'm VERY nervous about this game; it will be no easy feat to take on Portugal and our coach has done a horrific job tactically and with regards to roster management. Julie Ertz is my favorite player on this lineup and I don't see how they expect her to continue to play full 90 minutes so soon after her return to the sport. She was off for almost two full years prior to April 2023.
Post by wanderingback on Jul 31, 2023 9:44:39 GMT -5
Ugh. I haven’t been able to watch a single game 😔 And I see that there are pretty much no games at "normal" times for us. Are they doing reruns at prime time? Happy to see that some teams from Africa and the Caribbean have had some wins!
I also played D1 soccer and did play in some adult leagues but it’s prob been about 5 years. I actually told a friend recently that my goal is to get back to playing soccer next year, so watching will be motivation!
Ugh. I haven’t been able to watch a single game 😔 And I see that there are pretty much no games at "normal" times for us. Are they doing reruns at prime time? Happy to see that some teams from Africa and the Caribbean have had some wins!
I also played D1 soccer and did play in some adult leagues but it’s prob been about 5 years. I actually told a friend recently that my goal is to get back to playing soccer next year, so watching will be motivation!
I kept playing for about 5 years after college then stopped when I was having babies and working. I started playing again at 40 and it's a blast (although some of my teammates are young enough to be my kids...). You got this
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Ok, who’s watching at 3am? I think I’ll record it and watch when I wake up at like 5:30.
Well, if tonight is anything like last night I will be watching it thanks to the dog waking me up to go out from about 12-4! I am super cranky today though.
I am nervous about the game. I also feel out of the loop because of the time difference, I generally try to watch more games.
I really want to watch, but they play at such weird times for it being held in a time zone not terribly far from me, and I have to go out to watch. I'm assuming that's for Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Not the Americas. Most of the games are at 3 or 6 AM EST. I assume they are targeting European audiences (and of course, AUS and NZ so people can go live to games). I get it, but I hate it, lol.
Lol I realized the website I checked is really stupid. It listed game times as 03:00 and 06:00 when they meant 3p and 6p. It actually works out incredibly well for me since I'm 3 hours behind except for the fact that it's hard to find a place to watch before noon
Ok, who’s watching at 3am? I think I’ll record it and watch when I wake up at like 5:30.
I'm in Eastern Time and it sucks that there are teams I basically barely know at all because all their games have been on at like 1:00 or 2:00 am. I'm an early bird and up at 5:00 am though most days so I do get to catch at least one full game and sometimes two. The other day one game was on at 8:00 pm and that felt amazing lol. The knockout games are at terrible times though - looking ahead, I will only be able to watch one full game live, plus parts of a few, and I just haven't had time to watch full replays. Seems even worse for people out west! Except for maybe Hawaii?
Oh well, it's bound to happen. I'm pretty sure people in Australia and NZ deal with this a lot more than we do.
Ugh. I haven’t been able to watch a single game 😔 And I see that there are pretty much no games at "normal" times for us. Are they doing reruns at prime time? Happy to see that some teams from Africa and the Caribbean have had some wins!
I also played D1 soccer and did play in some adult leagues but it’s prob been about 5 years. I actually told a friend recently that my goal is to get back to playing soccer next year, so watching will be motivation!
I started playing again last summer after almost 10 years off and it’s been so much fun. Although I am laid up with a bad ankle sprain right now. My friend said “that’s what you get for acting like you’re 18.” Lol
Yeah, I don’t know a lot about soccer rules as far as what constitutes a foul vs. a yellow card, but there was MUCH worse from other players that didn’t get yellow cards. Was she under more scrutiny because of previous warnings? Is the whole thing just entirely subjective?
We need to fire our coach. It is quite clear that the players don’t play hard for him and he struggles to make adjustments. Like - great to see Lynn on the field but she was very off, and he waited until the 84th minute to put Trinity in?
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
I know it's old news but I'm surprised-not-surprised Canada got knocked out the first group. Honestly, I love Christine Sinclair but I have zero idea why she started that game. We're just not great at phasing in new talent and I don't know why. I saw a tiktok video that talked about how we've been ranked so high simply because other countries up until now have not invested in their women's programs, and that those countries are now catching up and bringing enormous talent into the mix.
Post by basilosaurus on Aug 6, 2023 4:17:52 GMT -5
Watching live! Finally! 5p on Sunday works very well.
I'm the only person in the pub paying attention, but ok. They won't change the channel, and they'll refill the Guinness, so I'm content
Eta I'm the only woman here except bartender. Only American, too. Now everyone is very engaged. In a very small place I'm counting at least 5 nationalities. This is why I give a giant middle finger to people who think women's sports just don't appeal
Someone help me understand… I thought we still had more penalties to shoot???
After the first round it goes in to ”sudden death."
I don’t think I realized the game was on! I was just googling when I woke up and saw the game was on and watched the end. What a match. I haven’t watched any of the other U.S. games but I guess it seems this was kinda expected cause they weren’t playing that great? Bummer.
That was brutal. They played so well today but Sweden’s goalie was lights out. I think it’s a lot to ask a player to come into a game like this having not really played in the whole tournament and hit a PK. I feel awful for the veterans and for Smith
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”