# Women's World Cup 2011, Germany Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 26, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957 "2011-06-26T23:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/41 "2011-07-10T15:44:07Z")
Brazil is looking very rattled right now. Their keeper has saved them more than a few times so far. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/42 "2011-07-10T16:17:44Z")
Keep complaining Marta. Get frustrated and sent off. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/43 "2011-07-10T16:31:52Z")
First half: the own-goal was a good break for the US. They’ve had some good play, but they give the ball away a bit too much. Brazil has had some good chances as well, but Hope Solo has been standing on her head. She only made one mistake, but Brazil didn’t make her pay for it, and she served notice that if you’re coming into the box you’re up for a good racking. The US simply needs to keep the game at a medium pace and control the ball (a lot) more and they’ve got it locked up. If they give the ball away like they have been they’ll be playing with fire, and inevitably they’ll get burned by it. Then again, if they give the ball away that’ll give me more chances to see Hope Solo, and I can live with that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/44 "2011-07-10T16:55:42Z")
Well, that’s a kick in the nuts. A red card? Really? And Hope Solo saves it, and they called it back on bullshit, Hope gets a yellow card, and and brazil scores anyway. FIFA cheats the US again. Again. What bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/45 "2011-07-10T16:58:21Z")
That was a fucking amazingly bad call to yellow Solo. She saved that PK fair and square, and to give them another shot at it was complete bullshit. Plus we’re a man down. Insane. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/46 "2011-07-10T17:12:17Z")
And the US is STILL playing to win. Good on them after being robbed like that. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/47 "2011-07-10T17:14:02Z")
No kidding. I think they have more spark now knowing how Solo got screwed on that PK. I still can’t even believe that whole thing happened the way that it did. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/48 "2011-07-10T17:16:10Z")
That wasn’t just a bad call, it was an intentionally bad call. The Aussie assistant ref who called it should be banned from now on. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/49 "2011-07-10T17:17:54Z")
I wonder if she will be if the US loses this game. This officiating is pretty abysmal. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/50 "2011-07-10T17:19:00Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > I wonder if she will be if the US loses this game. This officiating is pretty abysmal. I love Ian. “If you can figure it out please send in postcards” ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/51 "2011-07-10T17:19:17Z")
And a yellow on Rapinoe? WTF was that? She had possession of the ball, got called on a yellow, and then the US got the free kick? Somebody explain that to me, because I have no idea what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/52 "2011-07-10T17:19:29Z")
That fucking ref is waving the cards like they’re flags. This is getting absolutely absurd. Even the announcers think this is getting absurd. Where’s she from, anyway? Brazil? I’ve seen hometown refs that weren’t that blatant. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/53 "2011-07-10T17:20:27Z")
The crowd seems to be getting pissed, at the officiating and with Marta. Legitimately so, I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/54 "2011-07-10T17:21:59Z")
Why does it seem like, whenever I watch soccer, it always ranks among the worst officiating I’ve seen? ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/55 "2011-07-10T17:22:37Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Why does it seem like, whenever I watch soccer, it always ranks among the worst officiating I’ve seen? Because the refs always suck. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/56 "2011-07-10T17:24:01Z")
Extra time. The ref still has time to run a few more US players on bullshit. What a rip-off. Did you hear the crowd booing Marta? Everybody thinks the US got jobbed except the jerkoff doing the jobbing. OK, I’m done now. Like the men’s thread last summer I’m starting to inundate it with bitterness. I’ll only post again after the game or after another questionable (!) call. No more endless editorializing from me. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/57 "2011-07-10T17:24:07Z")
The calls have been absurd but good on the US for keeping the energy and intensity up. It really speaks to their conditioning and endurance. Still, the calls have been agitating to watch. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/58 "2011-07-10T17:24:58Z")
Brandi Chastain is so mad she can barely talk. You know she had to bite her tongue to say “ridiculous” rather than “load of steaming bullshit”. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/59 "2011-07-10T17:26:19Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Why does it seem like, whenever I watch soccer, it always ranks among the worst officiating I’ve seen? Because you don’t watch soccer enough? Even the rest of these WC games haven’t been bad, and when the calls are questionable they don’t necessarily directly impact the outcome of the game. Calling back a PK save? Pretty outrageous and game changing. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957/60 "2011-07-10T17:27:42Z")
Fuck. Marta scores in 92’. Offsides too. Wonderful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-world-cup-2011-germany-thread/586957.md?page=4)