# Japan - USA Olympic Final

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**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-usa-olympic-final/630991 "2012-08-09T19:31:03Z")
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### Author: ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-usa-olympic-final/630991/11 "2012-08-09T23:59:57Z")

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> [@RedFury](#):
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> Congrats on the US win, but I surmise you are no fan of the men’s game, correct? Different sport after all.

I’ll not speak for Airman Doors, but I will say that as much as I love soccer played by men, women’s soccer does offer an overall cleaner game with fewer fouls, almost no diving, and a lot less whinging on the field in general, and all this nowadays without sacrificing anything in the way of athletic excitement.

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