# 2016 Olympic Women's Soccer **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 28, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129 "2016-07-28T18:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/41 "2016-08-12T19:02:05Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > …Don’t feel bad at all for Solo… Why not, IYDMMA? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/42 "2016-08-12T19:04:43Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Why not, IYDMMA? Probably because she’s a famously terrible human being. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/43 "2016-08-12T19:11:59Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Why not, IYDMMA? She’s an arrogant violent alcoholic that stole and destroyed US soccer property, beat up her minor nephew, insulted dual citizens that play for the men’s team. Her current payment squabble is being argued very disingenuously, but I don’t really hold that shady tactic against her too much. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/44 "2016-08-12T19:30:30Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > Probably because she’s a famously terrible human being. If it’s all the same, I’d rather hear it from @ **Snarky\_Kong**. I find that people dislike Hope Solo for many different reasons, and I’m curious as to which reasons @ **Snarky\_Kong** has. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/45 "2016-08-12T19:35:50Z")
Itemization added by me: > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > She’s an (1)arrogant (2)violent (3)alcoholic that (4)stole and destroyed US soccer property, (2)beat up her minor nephew, (5)insulted dual citizens that play for the men’s team. > > Her current payment squabble is being argued very disingenuously, but I don’t really hold that shady tactic against her too much. - I counted “violent” and “beat up her minor nephew” as the same thing. Thank you for your answer. And see, the reason why I asked is because I personally only find (2) and (3) to be objectionable behaviors, and if you had stated that disliked her for reasons which excluded those two, then I was prepared to filibuster. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/46 "2016-08-12T19:37:19Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > If it’s all the same, I’d rather hear it from @ **Snarky\_Kong**. I find that people dislike Hope Solo for many different reasons, and I’m curious as to which reasons @ **Snarky\_Kong** has. Have no fear, he was only seven minutes behind me (and five minutes before you). If there’s one thing on which the footy world agrees, it’s that Hope Solo is an asshole. ETA: stealing and drunkenly cruising around in a US Soccer van isn’t objectionable behavior to you? ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/47 "2016-08-12T19:41:20Z")
:: shrugs :: Not really? I mean, the “drunkenly” part is, sure. I suppose I equate the other part to joyriding in the company car. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/48 "2016-08-14T23:53:48Z")
Women’s soccer is one of the sports where it’s hard to root for the USA. The USWNT is arrogant and boorish when they win, and unsportsmanlike sore losers when they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/49 "2016-08-16T18:52:28Z")
The Brazilians play 240 minutes in the knockout stages and can’t manage a single goal. I realize that Sweden just parked the bus today, but they needed to find a way to generate something. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/50 "2016-08-16T19:10:52Z")
I think you have to give Hope Solo a lot of credit for showing that women, just like men, can be both elite athletes and detestable, scum-sucking asshats. Dammit, you CAN have it all! Canada and Germany are live now, and it’s likely going to be the closest battle between Canada and Germany since… er, no, I’m not going there. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/51 "2016-08-16T19:22:17Z")
Germany 1-0 on a penalty shot for a yellow card in the goal area. The call was 100% correct, totally inarguable. Buchanan’s tackle didn’t even pretend to be for the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/52 "2016-08-16T19:24:19Z")
Canada concedes an utterly senseless penalty. 1-0 Germany. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/53 "2016-08-16T19:25:13Z")
What a brutal penalty to give away for Canada. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/54 "2016-08-16T19:46:37Z")
End of the first half and I am struggling to recall anything Canada has actually done right. They’re very lucky it’s only 1-0. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/55 "2016-08-16T19:49:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > End of the first half and I am struggling to recall anything Canada has actually done right. They’re very lucky it’s only 1-0. I think that’s a little harsh. They got into a muddle into the middle of the half. But they also had two wonderful chances (and would have had a third if not for some tunnel vision by Sinclair) and they didn’t concede all that much to Germany outside of that utterly awful foul for the PK. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/56 "2016-08-16T20:21:52Z")
Canada turns the ball over on a goal kick and almost immediately concede a second. That’s pretty much that. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/57 "2016-08-16T20:24:19Z")
I seriously am hoping Germany punish Sweden for their deplorable anti-football. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/58 "2016-08-16T21:12:20Z")
Too bad for Canada. At least they had a few decent chances. Their attacking sure seemed to pick up once Matheson came on, though that was probably at least partly because of the score at that point. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/59 "2016-08-16T22:57:32Z")
Here are Sweden’s full-time results so far this tournament: 1-0 1-6 0-0 1-1 0-0 And… they are playing for the gold medal. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129/60 "2016-08-16T23:00:01Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Women’s soccer is one of the sports where it’s hard to root for the USA. The USWNT is arrogant and boorish when they win, and unsportsmanlike sore losers when they don’t. How do you figure? I know Hope Solo is a whiner, but I think the US is generally pretty classy. If nothing else, they seem to very rarely dive, or stall for time late in games when they’re up, or any of that crap. I guess I don’t pay too much attention to post-game interviews one way or the other, but I don’t remember them bitching and moaning when they lost the WC finals to Japan 5 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-olympic-womens-soccer/761129.md?page=4)