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To: dfwgator
Here is a video of Rapinoe's totally classless celebration after scoring the US's NINTH goal.

I played soccer from the time I was 5 up until I was 23. I referred soccer games from the ages of 12 to 18. I don't have a problem with running up the score, that is required because goal differential stats count, but they way this team celebrated goals was DISGUSTING! Had I been referring, and a team celebrated like that, I would have given yellow cards for unsportsmanlike behavior.
18 posted on 06/13/2019 8:11:25 AM PDT by MMaschin (The difference between strategy and tactics!)
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To: MMaschin

I’d love to see that kind of thing happen in a Men’s match.

They’ll be walking on crutches by the end of the match.


19 posted on 06/13/2019 8:14:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I'm rooting for The U.S. to lose!

I read Megan Rapinoe & Alex Morgan won't be going to The White House if they win! Alex Morgan's reason is some immigration BS! There are probably a ton more women that won't go but I forget

22 posted on 06/13/2019 8:16:06 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: MMaschin

I don’t have a problem with running up the score, that is required because goal differential stats count, but they way this team celebrated goals was DISGUSTING! Had I been referring, and a team celebrated like that, I would have given yellow cards for unsportsmanlike behavior.
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It is actually more respectful to your opponent to play hard until the last whistle than it is to condescend by not playing hard once you have a sizable lead. I was involved as a photographer, with Uconn women’s basketball for 35 years and never saw them disrespect an opponent. The athletes played hard every play of every game and walked off the court knowing they gave their best. There were no celebrations or glorifications but simply a pride in team performance.

In this era of mass media highlights and hero worship, athletes have become more like movie stars each competing for adulation as opposed to victories. I have seen celebrations by athletes who’s teams were losing by large amounts. The athletes now celebrate themselves not their teams.

Unfortunately, women’s sports has been politicized by the socialist revolutionaries to push an agenda. The most disturbing thing about the team USA women’s soccer team is that they left a great player off their team because she declined to wear a “gay pride” jersey saying it was against her religious beliefs. I ask you, what was team USA doing wearing “gay pride” shirts in the first place?


43 posted on 06/13/2019 9:17:59 AM PDT by photodawg
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