BRAZIL vs. USA - Women's World Cup - A GAME TO BE WATCHED OVER AND OVER
Thursday, 27 September 07, 03:23 PM
Let me start this one with some facts and a question, a serious question:
If your team has a solid goalkeeper who played all the previous games in the International competition you're in and hasn't allowed a single goal in 300 minutes would you bench this person even though there isn't any injury or technical deficiency or relationship problems?????
If you answered NO you're a sane intelligent person but if you said YES you and Coach Greg Ryan from the USA Women's Team can start writing a book on new crazy game strategies.
The only problem is that I don't think anyone will buy that idea after what happened in the BRAZIL vs. USA in the World Cup Semifinal.
I was not going to post until the competition was over. I've been waking up at around 4am to watch some great games and this one was not just great. IT WAS FANTASTIC. So I had to write and avoid being influenced by any result that will come in the Championship Game.
The USA is by far the number one team in the women's rank of soccer. Since their first World Cup Tittle in 1991 and with the golden generation of Michelle Akers, Kristine Lilly, Julie Fouldy and the amazing Mia Hamm, the United States has always excelled in showing the best female soccer in the world.
They won 2 World Cups and 2 Olympic Gold Medals. Until today they had been unbeaten for 50 straight games. They have a very good mix of experience (Kristine Lilly still playing) and youth (Abby Wambach) but it all changed this morning.
Womens Soccer in Brazil is not badly structure, it is simply NON-EXISTENT. There is no profesional league, no sponsors, no media coverage, no audience. Most of the players, just like the men's team, come from very poor background but they have to suffer with a lot of prejudice. Many families would rather see their daughters working as maids than playing soccer.
But there is still room for magic.
Have you ever heard of Marta??? Well, I have. I haven't paid a lot of attention on her until the last Olympic Games when she was only 18 years old and was already INCREDIBLE.
Well, if you didn't watch Marta play yet you have no idea what you're missing. I mean, maybe I can help you. Get the skills of Ronaldinho, the speed of Robinho, the pass quality of Beckham, along the quality of being a great team player and you have MARTA.
When Marta plays her game (and she often does) Brazil is a very dangerous team but when Aline controls the defense flawlessly, Elaine and Maicon run up and down the wings, Formiga and Daniela block any attempt of play making in midfield and create themselves a lot of plays, and Cristiane decides that's it's time for a revenge then BRAZIL BECOMES UNBEATABLE!!!
Please... Brazil Soccer Federeation (aka CBF) INVEST IN THOSE GIRLS... Regardless of the result in the Final Game the world would be happier watching more Martas, Cristianes, Danielas, Formigas....
As for the USA, the investment continues. That is a growing experience. The roots of the Women's Soccer Team are very strong here. A strong wind can blow some leaves and bend the branches but the tree will always stand.
Brazil won this one with no questions ... (We just need some really logical answers from Mr. Greg Ryan for the first question of this post)
Brazil was the best team... 4-0 is unquestionable and the numbers are there!
GO BRAZIL!!!
I hope they take this one!!!
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Well as in men futbol.........the womens team made bad choices and bad tactical erorrs and as a result the US falls short its has to stop
I'm not going to be mean with this girl that posted because she appears to be just a kid. But Brasil DOMINATED United States. manogil is completelly correct. And Marta is the BEST PLAYER OF THE
WOLRD!!!
Amy Wambach: "Brazil is not better than us." Brazil 4-0 USA. Doesn't that tell you something? Please, step out of denial and admit that...Brazil is BETTER than the US. Thank You.
Brasil-sil-sil-sil: "Marta is the BEST PLAYER OF THE WORLD!!!" Yes, she is, as far as the women go. I love Marta and I hope she does magnificently well in the coming years.
Over all...this is not suprising to me. Some of the USWNT fans were perhaps a little too cocky going into this match and thought that they could simply beat the Samba Girls. BUT, when the US beat
them the last few times, there was no Marta. She is a beast and I absolutely adore her. If my club, Barcelona, ever developed a women's team (I don't think we have one), she'd be #1 on my wish list.
I heard that down in Brazil, they call her "Pele-in-skirts". That right there, should tell how good she is. I hope Brazil wins the WWC!
Have You ever noticed how big Amy Wambach is? She is a first class Diver in womens football, surprised she didnt dive in the box 5 or 6 times, so the USA would get a chance to score. USA coach just
won the dumb-ass award.
Brazil Better? Ummmm I know that on this day they were bettn but i don't know if Brazil is better esp when you take in to account this is the first loss the US has had a 50 game winning streak
The Brazilians womans nt, play beter footbal than,other countries mans nt. Las mujeres Brazileiras fuegan mejor FUTBOL quen los honbres en otros paizes.
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Nice game. Marta was amazing. And we missed Solo! hehe
I couldn't watch the game but I feel sad that the USA team lost. Brazil is not better than us. Can anybody tell me what happened with my favorite player? Abby Wambach? Was she playing? And she didn't
score??? What hapened? I play soccer too and i LOOOVVVEEEE Abby. That's why my friends call me Amy Wambach. Peace out! USA! USA! USA!