Showing posts with label Soccer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soccer. Show all posts

Sunday, July 17, 2011

USA or Japan?



Which team will win the Women's Soccer World Cup?
USA by 1 goal
Japan by 1 goal
USA by 2 goals or more
Japan by 2 goals or more
USA by penalty kicks
Japan by penalty kicks

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Team USA defeats France 3-1 for Women's World Cup Final


Team USA led 1-0 with a goal by Lauren Cheney. France came back to even the score at 1-1.

At one time, France seemed to dominate the game and it looked like the U.S. was in trouble. But Abby Wambach scored with another header to give 2-1 lead. Alex Morgan scored another late goal to beat France 3-1!

They will face the winner of Sweden and Japan match for the World Cup!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Women's World Cup: USA 1-0 Brazil at the half



Lucky Better Than Good

An early own goal by Brazil in Sunday's quarterfinal match gives the U.S. the lead at halftime. A lucky break for team USA. You can watch it live on ESPN.



Team USA is 19-1 when they lead at half time while team Brazil has never won when trailing at the half. But this is still far from over. Brazil is a very good team and they have the most lethal scorer in Marta.

Yesterday, Japan scored the biggest upset in Women's World Cup history by beating 2-time defending champion and host Germany 1-0 in overtime.

The referee should be ejected for incompetence. She gave a red card to a US player and a penalty kick to Brazil when the play did not warrant a red card. The US goal keeper, Hope Solo, made a brilliant save only to receive a completely bogus yellow card and a rekick for Brazil. Marta scored on the 2nd penalty kick to tie up the score 1-1.

The score is 1-1 at the end of regulation. They will go into a 30 minute overtime.

Brazil scored another controversial goal. The replay clearly showed that Brazil was offside but the call was not made. Marta scored the go ahead goal. 2-1 Brazil.

Wambach scored for team USA in injury time to tie the score up at 2-2! Now penalty kick to decide which team advances to the semifinal! I still believe that this was one of the worst officiating games in the World Cup this year.