[Sport] Women's Football World Cup 2011
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fiftyone said:
EXACTLY. Same thing with women's tennis... so much more entertaining than men's.
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Here we gooooooo! 
Good luck Japan
Good luck U.S.
I wanna say this before the game starts.. Of course I want the US to win, of course I do. However, if Japan wins, deep down inside, I will be really happy for them considering everything their country has been through lately. They deserve the uplifting morale boost wherever it comes from. So either way, I will have some happy feelings at games end
Let's hope for an exciting match!
Good luck Japan
Good luck U.S.
I wanna say this before the game starts.. Of course I want the US to win, of course I do. However, if Japan wins, deep down inside, I will be really happy for them considering everything their country has been through lately. They deserve the uplifting morale boost wherever it comes from. So either way, I will have some happy feelings at games end
Let's hope for an exciting match!
German team is rehabilitated, we lost against the world champion!
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Wow, what a great game
Congrats Japan, you earned it and deserved it. Well done all the way around
We played well but fell apart during those last kicks (obviously). Well, I'm proud of the way they played and feel like they should hold their heads high in spite of losing. GG.
Congrats Japan, you earned it and deserved it. Well done all the way around
We played well but fell apart during those last kicks (obviously). Well, I'm proud of the way they played and feel like they should hold their heads high in spite of losing. GG.
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That was one heck of a game (although as an American, my opinion is certainly a less educated one). Thoroughly enjoyed it--good job to both Japan and the US.
I don't care about soccer at all, but this is amusing:
http://www.onefoottsunami.com/2011/07/18/fixing-soccer/
http://www.onefoottsunami.com/2011/07/18/fixing-soccer/
Articles like that pop up every time theres a major tournament and then the author pisses off until the next one....
Same old ****.
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A nice read. I especially liked the "bigger goals" part.
The reason: I recently read a study that claimed that football (as in the game where you kick a ball with your foot, you silly americans) is the most popular sport in the world for the very reason goals are so scarce!
With few goals single goal counts "more". Thus, a lucky goal can be decisive of the outcome, making it less predictable. Less predictability = more suspense.
Just look at a basketball match in comparison and tell me what triggers the stronger emotional response: a successful throw into the basket, or a goal?
The reason: I recently read a study that claimed that football (as in the game where you kick a ball with your foot, you silly americans) is the most popular sport in the world for the very reason goals are so scarce!
With few goals single goal counts "more". Thus, a lucky goal can be decisive of the outcome, making it less predictable. Less predictability = more suspense.
Just look at a basketball match in comparison and tell me what triggers the stronger emotional response: a successful throw into the basket, or a goal?
Women's football - many girls, one cup
Regarding that rant article above, most of those were fixed in ice hockey
Regarding that rant article above, most of those were fixed in ice hockey
The problem with low scoring sports like soccer is that since scoring is so rare, an entire game can be decided by a chance occurrence like the goalie sneezing at the wrong time or a gust of wind, etc. The "better" team may lose by pure luck. The winning didn't necessarily play better than the other team, they just got lucky.
On the other hand, in higher scoring sports (like [American] football, baseball, and basketball), the better team can often gain a significant lead, so one small mistake won't cost them the game; gaining such a lead requires playing better than the other team consistently. Thus, it is more liekly the "better" team will actually win.
The very high frequency of scoring in basketball does make it less interesting though.
Well, I would never dare put one sport over another, simply because I just plain love sports in general. Competition in a set rules activity is awesome all the way around.
However, the guy does have a point with the penalty kick thing. When the game is tied, there has to be a better way of coming to a conclusion. Just play it out ffs. Add a set amount of time and play it out..
As for goals in soccer being more exciting than say baskets in basketball.. It's funny how it works out that way cause I agree, there is a bigger thrill when a goal is scored.. but look at the size of the ball compared to the goal it goes into. The basketball is only slightly smaller than the goal itself. Yes it's thrown with the hands but you're still being tightly defended by another person right in your face as opposed to some distance away with a much larger goal to ball size ratio as in soccer. I guess it is the rarity of a soccer goal that makes it more exciting, cause it isnt toooo much more difficult than other types of scoring in other sports.
..and then there's baseball. Hitting a 99 mph split-finger fastball that has movement on it, for a homerun.. very few people can do that, and it's very exciting everytime it happens; moreso than a soccer goal in my opinion.
In the end, I think if they made it easier to score goals it would take something away from the game of soccer.. yes, soccer
However, the guy does have a point with the penalty kick thing. When the game is tied, there has to be a better way of coming to a conclusion. Just play it out ffs. Add a set amount of time and play it out..
As for goals in soccer being more exciting than say baskets in basketball.. It's funny how it works out that way cause I agree, there is a bigger thrill when a goal is scored.. but look at the size of the ball compared to the goal it goes into. The basketball is only slightly smaller than the goal itself. Yes it's thrown with the hands but you're still being tightly defended by another person right in your face as opposed to some distance away with a much larger goal to ball size ratio as in soccer. I guess it is the rarity of a soccer goal that makes it more exciting, cause it isnt toooo much more difficult than other types of scoring in other sports.
..and then there's baseball. Hitting a 99 mph split-finger fastball that has movement on it, for a homerun.. very few people can do that, and it's very exciting everytime it happens; moreso than a soccer goal in my opinion.
In the end, I think if they made it easier to score goals it would take something away from the game of soccer.. yes, soccer
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The term football is more likely historically to be because the sport is played on foot rather than on horseback and has nothing to do with how the ball is interacted with. Incidentally all regions of the world just refer to football as their locally popular version, so Americans have their, uh, American football, we have association football (association abbreviated to soccer), the Aussies have Aussie rules football, etc.
Anyway, the only improvements that football really needs is to utilise goal-line technology (which it never will while Blatter is still around), and clamp down on playacting and players crowding around the ref - it is the referees' own fault that this hasn't been sorted out, all they have to do is start carding people for doing either and the players will get the message and stop doing it, or keep doing it and get sent off.
Regarding penalties: it isn't ideal, but there is a limit as to how long you can make tired players keep playing. There have been a few trials done of never-ending matches, and they don't work. They already have a set "overtime" period, so if they don't get a result in that time they aren't going to get one in open play. Everyone hates and at the same time loves penalties (I should know, following England), and to be quite honest I would have thought the Americans would have been totally up for this - the best team (at penalties) on the day will win and the worst will lose, and you get a result, so what is not to like?
Regarding the (often) low-scoring nature of football, and the possibility of (gasp) draws: that's what makes it a great sport to watch and to play, you've always got a chance to influence the game, one moment of brilliance or ineptitude can change everything, what can be more exciting than that?
If you do get a chance to watch some of the Premiership football in England on TV this season then try it out, you might end up understanding some of why the game is the way it is. Or you might watch a terrible 0-0 draw.
Anyway, the only improvements that football really needs is to utilise goal-line technology (which it never will while Blatter is still around), and clamp down on playacting and players crowding around the ref - it is the referees' own fault that this hasn't been sorted out, all they have to do is start carding people for doing either and the players will get the message and stop doing it, or keep doing it and get sent off.
Regarding penalties: it isn't ideal, but there is a limit as to how long you can make tired players keep playing. There have been a few trials done of never-ending matches, and they don't work. They already have a set "overtime" period, so if they don't get a result in that time they aren't going to get one in open play. Everyone hates and at the same time loves penalties (I should know, following England), and to be quite honest I would have thought the Americans would have been totally up for this - the best team (at penalties) on the day will win and the worst will lose, and you get a result, so what is not to like?
Regarding the (often) low-scoring nature of football, and the possibility of (gasp) draws: that's what makes it a great sport to watch and to play, you've always got a chance to influence the game, one moment of brilliance or ineptitude can change everything, what can be more exciting than that?
If you do get a chance to watch some of the Premiership football in England on TV this season then try it out, you might end up understanding some of why the game is the way it is. Or you might watch a terrible 0-0 draw.
