declansdad
DIS Dad #639 New Brunswick, Canada
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- Apr 14, 2004
I'm hoping to watch Danny Green & the Raptors win the NBA championship first.
On that we agree.
I'm hoping to watch Danny Green & the Raptors win the NBA championship first.
You tried to downplay it, by saying it was shut down quickly. It shouldn't have happened in the first place & it wasn't shut down quickly.
Yeah that's the ticket. Prove all the naysayers that said they showed poor sportsmanship wrong by acting even worse.Again the celebrations were fine. I hope they win the next game 20-0 and I hope they dance twice as much after each goal to rub it in all the naysayers faces.
Yeah that's the ticket. Prove all the naysayers that said they showed poor sportsmanship wrong by acting even worse.
The controversy isn't around how many goals they scored, goal differential counts and everyone understands that. The controversy is about the excessive, choreographed, pre-planned goal celebrations when up 10-0.
Okay, let's forget the score. What I want to know is if everyone here who is complaining about the celebrations watches professional soccer. From as long as I can remember, part of the game is excessive celebrations and over the top players and fans. The noise from the crowd is like nothing you see in other sports and my first memory from a game is the announcer yelling "GOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL" for a long time and the players running around the fields and sliding. There was an earlier mention of unwritten rules and as far as I can tell one of them in soccer is celebrate like crazy when you score because usually at this level, it does not happen much.
Looking at the news, it seems it's mostly the Canadians that are losing their poop over this. Figures.
Yup it will show that the players are going to do what they want on the field. And the naysayers can shove it.
In soccer, you score and then you celebrate. That's how it works. By the way, Mallory Pugh scored one of the late goals. It's not only her first World Cup but she's also the youngest player on the team. She has every right in the world to celebrate that goal.
Looking at the news, it seems it's mostly the Canadians that are losing their poop over this. Figures.
No, she should not be happy, she shouldn't show any emotions for that accomplishment that she dreamed of her whole life. She should have acted like a robot and just went on with the game. How dare she celebrate that moment, she should have thought about the other teams feelings not her own.
Well according to some at least.
Yep, that's exactly what people are saying.
No, she should not be happy, she shouldn't show any emotions for that accomplishment that she dreamed of her whole life. She should have acted like a robot and just went on with the game. How dare she celebrate that moment, she should have thought about the other teams feelings not her own.
Well according to some at least.
To answer your question, a quick high five with the few players on the field and then back to the center line for another face off. Its funny to see how the US is all about big celebrations for what are like "empty net goals" in a route of an early round robin group game. In turn they got their pants in a twist when other countries actually had the nerve to celebrate winning an Olympic GOLD MEDAL. on the ice well after the crowds had left and there was just a few people ( a US media outlet) that reported it back home.Well I did ask for examples of what is appropriate celebration and nobody bothered to answer.
That leaves me to think a few things, one of them being that the truth is these woman were acting appropriately for the occasion and that people just have to have something to complain about.
The other I'll just keep to myself.
no, 2010 Women's hockey olympic gold medal after game celebrationOverall, I think there is a whole lot of nothing going on here. I don't much care for histrionics on the playing field, at any level or in any game, and Rapinoe was a bit over the top. So what. But it isn't lost on me that the greatest pearl clutching is coming from former Canadian players who, in their own bout of histrionics, chastised the U.S. team.
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/e...ortsmanship-after-13-goals-scored-vs-thailand
The most annoying portion of the commentary was expressed as such: “As a Canadian, we would just never, ever think of doing something like that.”
Well good for them! It also isn't lost on me that the three primary combatants on this thread are Canadian. Good for all of you that have the moral high ground. But why such angst from Canadians? I don't know a whole lot about soccer but I do follow many of the worldwide tournaments and have to believe that this is all just frustration. I can't find updated figures but the U.S. is something like 47-3-3 against Canada. In the 2012 Olympics Canada was gifted an opportunity when one of the Canadian players purposefully stepped on Carli Lloyd's head and the call was not made (look at the video on Youtube.) Canada had a chance to win that game but choked away the lead (that they never would have had if the earlier penalty was called) and then had the nerve to blame the officials for the loss! The Canadian captain was suspended for four games for essentially saying that the officials were on the take. The Canadian press went wild and continued the nonsense about how Canada was jobbed.
So what do I think? Canadian players and some citizens still resent the outcome of the 2012 game. They resent being dominated by the U.S. in women's soccer. They resent that their team was the poorest of sports (stomping on heads and whining about officiating seems much worse than harmless celebrations) and now have an opportunity to pile on the U.S.
In any sport when the game is out of hand, you show some class. Act like you've been there before even though you haven't. It isn't just Canada saying it was excessive. Plenty right here in the good ole USA are saying it too.Yup it will show that the players are going to do what they want on the field. And the naysayers can shove it.
In soccer, you score and then you celebrate. That's how it works. By the way, Mallory Pugh scored one of the late goals. It's not only her first World Cup but she's also the youngest player on the team. She has every right in the world to celebrate that goal.
Looking at the news, it seems it's mostly the Canadians that are losing their poop over this. Figures.
In any sport when the game is out of hand, you show some class. Act like you've been there before even though you haven't. It isn't just Canada saying it was excessive. Plenty right here in the good ole USA are saying it too.