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17 July 2011

Anyone watching the FIFA Women's World Cup right now?

post by: gc at: 13:47 | 31 comments

I've tried, really I've tried to watch the Women's World Cup but, gahhhd, it's terrible, dreadful football compared with the Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundeslige, etc. I love football, but I can't watch women playing it, it just doesn't work for me.

posted by Senyar 17 July | 14:02

I'm just happy to have more soccer.

posted by gc 17 July | 14:13

I am! But I have to leave for work in about an hour, so I want be able to watch the finish. I'll just follow along on Twitter, I guess.

posted by ufez 17 July | 14:14

~~want~~ *won't*, ffs.

posted by ufez 17 July | 14:14

I still have never learned how to watch soccer, I just can't ever figure out what's going on.

posted by octothorpe 17 July | 14:47

I have it on but I don't know much about soccer.

posted by amro 17 July | 15:04

Right now it's two very evenly-matched teams going at it. And lots of missed opportunities.

posted by gc 17 July | 15:08

Yes, watching it and chewing on my fingernails. Go USA!

posted by toastedbeagle 17 July | 15:26

1 to 1, and in overtime. This is turning out to be an exciting game.

posted by gc 17 July | 15:43

Also, ESPN is really pushing the earthquake angle with Japan. Lots of talk about destiny.

posted by gc 17 July | 15:43

USA GOAL! 2 -1!

Now let's see if they can keep it together.

posted by gc 17 July | 15:52

That was a cool goal.

posted by octothorpe 17 July | 15:52

oh crap

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:06

Wow. That was an incredible goal, too.

They still have a few minutes yet to bring it back!

posted by gc 17 July | 16:09

red card!

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:10

RED CARD!

The first ever in a Women's World Cup final.

USA is up 11 women to 10.

posted by gc 17 July | 16:11

Now we're in to penalty kicks.

posted by gc 17 July | 16:13

penalties

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:14

oh I hate these endings

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:14

Me too. I wish it could have ended at 2 - 1.

posted by gc 17 July | 16:16

heh, well yeah. But I loathe shootouts.

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:18

oh shit. two misses. can't come back from that.

posted by gaspode 17 July | 16:18

I'm totally with you on that. It's very anti-climatic.

posted by gc 17 July | 16:20

And it's over. Japan is the winner.

Wow. Good game. They deserved it.

posted by gc 17 July | 16:22

I put on Turning Japanese by the vapors on the jukebox at the bar that was showing the match.

No one was amused.

posted by The Whelk 17 July | 16:31

Ha!

posted by gc 17 July | 16:36

That was fun even not knowing what was going on.

posted by octothorpe 17 July | 16:41

What a heartbreaker.

posted by mudpuppie 17 July | 18:24

Still pissed this game was on ESPN and not ABC (where I could've kept half an eye on it at work), but I refreshed this thread a bunch on my phone and followed along, so thanks, folks!

posted by ufez 17 July | 18:29

Here in Eugene, we are getting used to games which are on cable and should not be, and last-minute close losses (the NCAA football championship).

We watched it in a sort of bar sort of food court. . .since we do not have cable.

posted by danf 17 July | 21:39

I watched it on ESPN3.com, through the iPad app (though I had started on my laptop). It was free, so that was nice.

posted by gc 17 July | 21:49

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