She was attempting to break up the cross and knocked it into her own goal by mistake.
The officials at FIFI might know.
can someone PLEASE explain to me what happened?Soccer sucks. That's what happened.
It’s not a ‘British’ team, but an English team. Wales, Scotland, and Northern Island have their own soccer teams for international play.
I haven’t seen the clip myself but post #2 is I think correct. The Japanese player you mention was probably a forward if she was near the England goal.
Two types of people in the world:
1: Those who watch and complain.
2: Those who change the channel.
Dark uniform ? The goal was defended by a woman (goalie) wearing a Yellow uniform defending against Japanese attackers wearing Blue uniforms.
Goalies wear different colors because they can use their hands, and the other 10 on her side cannot..thus the goalie(s) wear unique colors.
It also happens in ice hockey.
It is considered among the ultimate embarrassments in sports, and fans can be quite intolerant of the goof. (IIRC) a Colombian soccer player was murdered after erring with an own goal in a game vs the USA.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK1yR6mSxtU
Own goal compilation, some classics....
Here it is in a way an American would understand (Marshall’s infamous touchdown against his own team): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1UZy7SSdDI
Worst loss since Singapore. (I am betting you won’t get that either.)
The Brit dyke kicked the ball into her teams goal. Scoring the winning goal for the Japanese dykes
An offensive play that can result in a goal being scored is when the ball is booted from the flanks across the front of the the goalmouth. An offensive striker can run onto it and with foot or head can quickly change the ball's direction somewhere around 90° toward the goalmouth. A defender must attempt to clear these crossing passes. In this case that you cite the defender did not lift the ball quite high enough and it ricocheted off the crossbar into the goal. It's called an "own goal", a term that is also appropriate for use in basketball, and as happened at the major college level as recently as this past year in the final second to decide the outcome of the game.
BTW, off of what I've watched, I think the American women's team is faster, more fit, and more skilled than either the English or Japaneses sides in that other semi-final game, so I'm optimistic for the USA taking the title.
I do appreciate for some type of uber-American, dismissing soccer (what is it with soccer? Do they get as equally snarky about curling or water polo or badminton?) is seen as a badge of honour but really, are you telling us you can’t cope with the very simple concept of scoring an own-goal? And why such a thing would be upsetting to a player in the dying seconds of the semi-final of a world championship?
Soccer is so popular around the world is because it is actually a very simple game, it can be played almost anywhere with anything remotely akin to a ball and with any number of players. Can the same be said for American Football, Baseball or Basketball?
I am all for American exceptionalism but showing what a big tough American you are by sneering at a sport that you are too ignorant to understand just makes you look kinda stupid, if you will forgive me for saying so.