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MediaAlex Morgan Goal USA vs Colombia 2-0 Women's World Cup (vine.co)submitted 4 hours ago by giveawayguy9943 comments share

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[] San

Jose

Earthquakes

lamp37 8 points 2 hours ago

I love seeing defenders get scored on while they are yelling for offside on a play that isnowhere near offside.permalink

[] United

States

hateitorleaveit 31 points 4 hours ago

It appears more and more that you only need to shoot the ball on target in thesematches :/permalink

[] ColombiaDrYaguar 8 points 2 hours ago

Did you watch the other Colombian keeper at all? The one that got the red card?permalink parent

[] Colombia140414 5 points 2 hours ago

Our main keeper got a red on the 46th minute.permalink parent

[] Dead_Starks 9 points 2 hours ago

Wasn't that technically your 2nd keeper that got the red card?permalink parent

[] Hellas

Verona

Anononandonon 11 points 2 hours ago

Yep Colombia was down to 3rd string keeperpermalink parent

[] yupppshaboy 4 points 3 hours ago

Pretty much. The keepers just don't have the range like the men do. I've seen goalsthis tournament where I've thought, that kind of shot would very likely not be a goalin the men's tournament.permalink parent

[] Colorado

Rapids

Tricericon 13 points 3 hours ago

The keepers just don't have the range like the men do.

While this is true, to me it looked like this particular shot was well within thegoalkeeper's range and she just missed it.permalink parent

[] United

States

MxChamp24 2 points 10 m inutes ago

As a former keeper, these kind of shots are actually real bitches to save. Thisone looked savable but if shot with enough power and if enough people are inthe box its easy to find yourself stuck between guessing a cross or a shot.Suddenly a ball going 50mph, 10 yards away whizzes past you. Low, harddriven balls are always a pain in the ass, especially for taller keeperspermalink parent

[] riomx -1 points 3 hours ago

Stupid goals happen at all levels of the game. Here's Robert Green's fuckupduring the 2010 World Cup. Mistakes can be made by any goalkeeper.permalink parent

[] ASU

Politehnica

Tim ioara

rasmod 14 points 2 hours ago*

They do, but nowhere near the frequency of clumsiness seen at this women's

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...and 8 more world cup. I enjoy watching it but I don't see why we have to pretend we'renot seeing what we're seeing. Outfield play, while slower and less physicalthan in men's football, has the technical quality to make it interesting. With afew exceptions, keepers are extremely poor though, take this from someonethat has regularly watched Romanian 4th/5th division matches in the past 3years due to my team's circumstances. There isn't this kind of constantmishandling there.I see a lot of people on this sub during this tournament thinking they'redefending women's football when what they actually do is expect everyoneelse to refrain from all criticism and instead treat the players like fragilesnowflakes.permalink parent

[] riomx 2 points 1 hour ago*

I see a lot of people on this sub during this tournament thinking they're defending women's football when whatthey actually do is expect everyone else to refrain from all criticism and instead treat the players like fragilesnowflakes.

No one expects players to be free from criticism. That's a dramatic and overblown statement.Some of us are just sick and fucking tired of reading comments like these on threads about women's football,especially for a goal that could have occurred at any level.If you're surprised at a deflection off of a save attempt at a near post, you either haven't played football or watchedenough to even have an opinion. I've seen this happen time and time again and at different levels. It's the type ofplay that 8 times out of 10 would have gone the goalkeeper's way. Unfortunately, this time it didn't. But there's noneed to become dramatic and say that all you have to do in a women's World Cup match is shoot at the goal. It'smisogynistic, simple-minded and unnecessary.I would be happy to read valid criticism on threads about women's football. But instead it's just the constantparroting from people like yourself that feel the need to repeat the same trite statements about women's football notbeing on the same level as that of their male counterparts.It's not original, it's unbelievably repetitive and it just derails threads that could be much more substantial if theyfocused on the plays and not the same tired determinations from people that just can't seem to accept the fact thatwomen play football.EDIT: What I was hoping to talk about when I opened this thread in the first place is Alex Morgan's incredibly dumbdecision to shoot at goal from a terrible angle. She should have cut back and passed to at least one of twoteammates that had run into the box and were in better positions to score. However, she got extremely lucky andgot the deflection, so it counts, but in my opinion it was a bad play.permalink parent

[] OdetoaLiverpool 1 point 10 m inutes ago

Alex Morgan's decision to shoot was probably influenced by the level of goalkeeper she is up against. There hasbeen more mistakes leading to goals in this competition from goalkeepers than I have seen in any 'professional'tournament. I know it's only women's soccer, but the standard has been remarkably poor. I don't know how youcan call people misogynistic for criticizing the level of women's soccer. It is at a poor level relative to men's. Infact, it's about the level you'd expect to see in u15 men's football. This point is evidenced by friendlies played bythe women's national us team against the men's u14 in which they allegedly lost 5-1. There are countless otherexamples. It isn't sexist, it's just a fact.permalink parent

[] Attakurk1282 -1 points 1 hour ago

You are getting mad because people are speaking the truth then. There are only so many ways to say, shit sucks.Get over it.permalink parent

[] United

States

evanb_ 5 points 2 hours ago

Makes it more exciting, for me.permalink parent

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[] Manchester

City

MrFTWification 12 points 4 hours ago

Damn, I feel for the keeper here.permalink

[] LiverpoolThapricorn 9 points 4 hours ago

How do you mean? There really is nobody to blame but herself on that one- you can't be getting beat like that in yournear post, especially if you get a hand to it.permalink parent

[] River

Plate

TurningIntoaDrumSet 25 points 3 hours ago

She was brought on as a third option goalkeeper with no time to warm up and they were down a player.

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[] gfy_mirror 2 points 2 hours ago

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[] Arsenalpenubly 2 points 2 hours ago

Poor keeping for sure. It will be interesting to see if the US can keep playing good defense and steal the odd goal hereand there. Alex Morgan is looking more match fit and that is something to see if there is space behind the opposingback line.permalink

[] Brutesavage666 -3 points 1 hour ago

Is there any point in commenting in /r/soccer it seems like any opinion gets downvoted.permalink parent

[] Manchester

United

schmorgesborg 1 point 24 m inutes ago

Love Alex Morgan and USA soccer but that was such a weak goalpermalink

[] yung_iron 1 point 1 hour ago

Ugly goalpermalink

[] Barcelonatreble322 1 point 18 m inutes ago

You're ugly.permalink parent

[] United

States

rainyforest 1 point 4 hours ago

This Vine won't open on my phone for some reasonpermalink

[] SoPhantastic 1 point 4 hours ago

Yay, this vine wasn't filmed from a tvpermalink

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