As a lesbian I guess I shouldn't say this but I've never been a fan of women's sports... except Finnish women's basketball and that's only because my first real crush was a basketball player and I didn't even realize I had a crush on her until I came out of the closet and by that time it had been almost 10 years since I had the crush...We could discuss all the stalker-y things I did when I was crushing on her in my teens but we'll save it for another time...(or never) and she was 7 years older than I am. Anyway, she was the reason I was watching basketball...outside of her and her team I couldn't really care less and since she retired I haven't really felt that "passion" for basketball or any other women's sport since.
T went to college on a football scholarship and played since she could walk (I think) so she had a reason to watch Team USa and got me kinda sucked into watching them when they were on. She also played against one of the defenders of Team USA in college so I kinda sorta have a "2 degrees of separation" from team USA... I've kinda been on anti-USA kick since she left me so I wasn't sure where my alliance would lie with this game. But soon after I started watching it and the Brazilians were taking grass samples (aka laying on the ground after obvious dives) and the ref so blatantly was blind/stupid/bought I just couldn't help myself, I found myself cheering for team USA. I was cheering for Hope Solo to save the penalty and she did...only for the ref to order a re-take and Marta scoring from it and tying the game. Then in the over time Brazil scored and looked like they were heading for a win...Erika faking an injury after looking around to see if anyone was watching only to get off the stretchers right outside the pitch and run towards the center field to get back to the game...and for Abby Wambach to score 2 minutes into the added extra 3 minutes....I was yelling and screaming and jumping up and down from excitement! If there is one thing I hate in any sports it's the diving. Football and Ice Hockey are my all time 2 favorite sports and in both you see divers and whiners that take away from the game. You don't see that so much with women's sports in general but boy were the Brazilians diving and whining. And they were the better team, they had the posession of the ball, they were more dangerous and they had better chances to score and had they focused on scoring instead of taking grass samples, they could have easily won the game. But USA never gave up, never stopped fighting and never lost faith and basically with their one last chance they scored. Penalty kicks.
USA went first... Brazil keeper saved but she was miles away from her line and never corrected herself. If you take anything away from that game, it's the fact that you should always LEARN something from either your mistakes or the opponents mistakes and sadly Brazil keeper learned nothing! They got their 1st goal from re-taken penalty and then in the PK's she always got to the 6m line, was way off the goal line. Thankfully Americans scored from there on and Hope Solo saved the 3rd try from Brazil so USA advanced.
Most of the game I had the game on on one side of the screen and Tweet deck on the other and I was watching what people were saying about the game. I'm not sure which was more entertaining, the actual game with the divers/whiners/bad refs or people tweeting about it. I was laughing so hard at one point that I wasn't even sure what was happening anymore.
Here are some gems from yesterdays tweets:
- NotHansBacke
I wish Wambach would go down on me that easily. #WWC (Funny because AW is a lesbian, we're 99% sure) - hogan_stanger
This Brazil team is filled with RonaldinHoes #WWC (If you don't get it, well...) - FortyDeuceTwits
Possession. It's not just a Sarah McLachlan song. It's also your friend. #wwc (Love Sarah McLachlan) - BishopsBlaize
When girls are having theyre period, they shouldent be allowed to referee. #WWC (As a woman I should be up in arms and ready to kill this man for saying such a stupid thing but this ref was AWFUL) - sanderspga
If I new a Brazilian I would kick them in the shin out of principle!! US women just got screwed! #WWC (me too [would kick a brazilian, did not just get screwed!]) - Whereismyrobot
Trusted not a lot of urgency with Brazil because they know the check has already cleared. #wwc #uswnt (Someone so paid that ref to whistle the way she did...that bad) - ssspoonah
"That Ref's call was an act of war. Face it, we've bombed countries for a lot less." #hearditsoItweetit #wwc #usa (Let's face it, you totally have!) - JasonGilbert7
Wow I haven't seen a corner that bad since I was in time out. #USA #WWC (Just LOL!) - MisterMaryJane
RT @jbboyles76: So with the red card, the puts Brazil up 4 players now! Refs should just put yellow jerseys on. #wwc #smfh (If you were cheering for USA, that's how you felt) - alexbahlavouni
The economy in brasil must be amazing bc they have all this money to pay the refs. #wwc #offside? (Second goal for Brazil came from offside) - juc2
@HarrisAuston Never give up we have Hope! #wwc (Hope Solo saved 2 penalties that night but ref took one away. Thankfully the second counted!)
And that's the game! USA will play France in the semi's on Wednesday and Sweden will play Japan... Not sure who I'll be cheering if Sweden and USA play each other in the final. Sweden apparently has 6 out players in the starting 11...There's a bunch of american players who are rumored to be lez but haven't said it, so... I guess I'll need to see how the semi's go and then if the "dream" final is realized, well, I'll just see how I feel when the game starts. And I do have 2 USA jerseys...0 Swedish. I actually wore my Tim Howard jersey for the PK's and even said on twitter :
 | IllegalGaylien Wearing my Tim Howard jersey for Hope Solo! #SaveThemAll #WWC 10.7.11 9:04 PM |
So there! It's because of me Team USA won and Hope Solo saved that pk! You're welcome!
Later!
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