FIFA Women's WC France 2019

I'll never understand how our women's team is so good and our men's team is so shit.

I used to be a fan of VAR, but I think the governing bodies need to figure it out because there will e some growing pains. I felt during a few games it really disrupted the flow and having calls so black and white could be a challenge.
 
mccity said:
Jonathan Pearce is such a drama queen isn't he?
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That's impressively polite of you.
He's getting worse too, and now specialising in holier than thou, wise after the fact, and barefaced changes of opinions.

Still, there's always his goal line tech meltdown to enjoy. Poor quality, but you need to watch it all for the ranting buffoon.

 
yankblue said:
I'll never understand how our women's team is so good and our men's team is so shit.

I used to be a fan of VAR, but I think the governing bodies need to figure it out because there will e some growing pains. I felt during a few games it really disrupted the flow and having calls so black and white could be a challenge.
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Because we don’t have good youth institutes yet. You look at American football,baseball,basketball all of them are high school sports with state playoff etc “soccer” is not that big here yet. It’s getting there slowly but it still lags behind the other sports. Especially in college scholarship/money part too. Maybe one day it will be as big.
 
yankblue said:
I'll never understand how our women's team is so good and our men's team is so shit.

I used to be a fan of VAR, but I think the governing bodies need to figure it out because there will e some growing pains. I felt during a few games it really disrupted the flow and having calls so black and white could be a challenge.
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Simply comes down to the level of competition. Women’s football is still in it’s development stages and the US is the only country committed to it. Meanwhile, every nation out there is pumping money into men’s football and has been for the last fifty years.
 
football in the states from infant to college is funded 50/50 between the sexes, it is light years in front of our cottage industry approach . our girls over-achieved but realistically were out-played by a fitter better coached team in both losses. While the London FA exist there will never be improvement.
 
MeatnSpudsMCFC said:
Simply comes down to the level of competition. Women’s football is still in it’s development stages and the US is the only country committed to it. Meanwhile, every nation out there is pumping money into men’s football and has been for the last fifty years.
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Indeed. It's much easier to become good at a sport that isn't well-funded simply by throwing money at it. Look at the progress China has made in the last 20 years at the Olympics. They've put tons of money into it, but it's not a massive surprise to see most of those medals coming in minority interest sports, rather than sports like athletics that have massive competition from established teams. Same with GB in the cycling. For the US men's team to become a force, you'd have to spend an absolute fortune, and you'd also have to convince all of your most sporty men to choose football over sports that are far more high profile and high paying in the States. Let's be honest, most of the women playing at this World Cup weren't even footballers as their full-time job (I think). Simply having a fully professional team gives you a massive advantage.
 
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