"Vicariously I live while the whole world dies." Much better you than I.
"Vicariously I live while the whole world dies." Much better you than I.
A true Patriot fights for their country, not for their government.
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Im just glad that all of Brazil's "injuries" and "time management" came back to bite them in the ass. Erika's "fall" in the 110th minute or so gave the USA the 3 minutes fo stoppage time they needed to stay alive.
Woo hoo! Go ladies go go! Go, fight, WIN!
Lost all respect I had for Marta after that match. Also, I came in near the start of OT... and couldn't tell that the US was playing a man down. If the ref hadn't been so terrible, the score would have been 4 or 5 to nothing for the US.
I'm sorry but the discussion started with:
Besides, it's a completely moot discussion. It's two different languages, while very similar they are still not the same. Should we start having swedes come in and claim that the real word for this sport is their word? No not really. Wider horizon for the English speaking countries wouldn't be bad.
You realize this thread is about women's soccer in which the US is ranked #1 and has multiple world cups.
To be completely honest, from the few games I watched I think I actually enjoy the women's game more than the men. There certainly was a hell of a lot less flopping, but today's game seems to have been an exception.
You might think THIS is an interesting read. (No offense in any way)
that game had some of the worst calls i've ever seen. grats USA
"Scientists explore what is; engineers create what has not been." -Theodore Von Karman
The word "soccer" actually comes from England, where the modern version of the game originated.
In England, there were two dominant types offootball: rugby football and association football. The slang term for rugby football was "rugger," and the slang for association football was "soccer", from "association".
When association football was introduced to North America, gridiron football (the type played by the NFL and in the Super Bowl) was already well established. To avoid confusion, Americans adopted the British nickname "soccer" for the newsport. Similarly in Australia and New Zealand, where other codes of football were drafted and established prior to the development of 'associated football' "soccer" became used to differentiate the new sport.
Like other codes of football, Association Football is simply called 'football' within the areas in which it is the dominant form. Theories of convenience that it is called 'football' simply because it is played primarily with the feet seem to clash with the historical use of the term 'football' for all the relevant codes in their geographic areas, and their common ancestry in the 'mob footballs' of England. Evidence for this lies in Australian Rules Football, which pre-dates the drafting of the original Association Football 'Rules of the game' by over a decade always simply using the term 'football' for its own game, and the inclusion of rules allowing the use of hands in the original drafts of Association Football's rules.
Your statement just sounded like a stupid non-german with the typical german prejudices. "Oh they all must be nazis."
And it has nothing to do with pride.
Most people began waving german flags in 2006. FIFA world cup in germany did a great job for us.
On/off-topic, again: Can't we just call it foot-le-ball?