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  • Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
    Im good with scoring 100 goals and celebrating all of them. This is professional teams, not little league.
    Except most of them aren't. Outside of North America and Europe, very few of the players would be considered professional, unless you think belong paid all of a couple hundred bucks per year qualifies you.

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    • Originally posted by unofan View Post
      Except most of them aren't. Outside of North America and Europe, very few of the players would be considered professional, unless you think belong paid all of a couple hundred bucks per year qualifies you.
      Great. Dont enter the world cup then. You cant be both things. Either your playing with the big teams and take whats coming or stay home and save your feelings from being hurt.
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      • Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
        Great. Dont enter the world cup then. You cant be both things. Either your playing with the big teams and take whats coming or stay home and save your feelings from being hurt.
        Well, FWIW, I dont think Thailand is the one taking issue with it.

        Personally, I dont have a problem with a team celebrating like that or piling up the goals where GD plays such a key role in the tournament.
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        • Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
          Well, FWIW, I dont think Thailand is the one taking issue with it.

          Personally, I dont have a problem with a team celebrating like that or piling up the goals where GD plays such a key role in the tournament.
          Again, it's not the scoring, it's the excessive celebration. It's as stupid as the football players who do dance around after a sack when they're losing 42-0 or a basketball payer celebrating a dunk in garbage time.

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          • Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

            Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
            Great. Dont enter the world cup then. You cant be both things. Either your playing with the big teams and take whats coming or stay home and save your feelings from being hurt.
            It's not about Thailand being hurt, it's about not looking like a bunch of assholes.

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            • Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

              Cameroon have never given up a second half goal in World Cup history. 1-1 at the half.

              ETA: Scratch that
              Oranje 2
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                Cameroon inches away from tying the score. Minutes later the European Champions put the game away with a goal in the 85th. 3-1 Oranje

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                • Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                  It's not about Thailand being hurt, it's about not looking like a bunch of assholes.
                  Im still good with it. Its entertainment. So do whatever.

                  Once you reach the level where sports is about TV money (any sport). Celebrate as much and as often as you want.
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                    Netherlands becomes the latest team to advance now.
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                    • Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

                      Canada and New Zealand play to a scoreless draw for the first half. A Canada win gets them through. Christine Sinclair is still on 181 goals, three behind Abby Wambach.

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                        Oh Canada! 1-0 after Fleming finishes a break.

                        ETA: And then Sinclair bottles a sitter. Ouch.

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                          Sinclair heads one off the post and Prince is there for the rebound. 2-0 the final. Canada advance.

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                            Originally posted by unofan View Post
                            Again, it's not the scoring, it's the excessive celebration. It's as stupid as the football players who do dance around after a sack when they're losing 42-0 or a basketball payer celebrating a dunk in garbage time.
                            And again, I don't have a problem with it. It's the World Cup. I would, of course, wished they had celebrated a bit less, but I also would rather have them celebrate like they did as opposed to not celebrate at all.

                            I also think you're discounting goal differential. The US has lost to Sweden in 2 of the last 4 major tournaments (2011 World Cup and 2016 Olympics), and drew with them at the 2015 World Cup. The winner of the group could very well come down to goal differential. As a result, it is actually quite different than celebrating a sack or dunk in garbage time. Those goals could be the difference between winning the group and finishing second.
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                              Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
                              And again, I don't have a problem with it. It's the World Cup. I would, of course, wished they had celebrated a bit less, but I also would rather have them celebrate like they did as opposed to not celebrate at all.

                              I also think you're discounting goal differential. The US has lost to Sweden in 2 of the last 4 major tournaments (2011 World Cup and 2016 Olympics), and drew with them at the 2015 World Cup. The winner of the group could very well come down to goal differential. As a result, it is actually quite different than celebrating a sack or dunk in garbage time. Those goals could be the difference between winning the group and finishing second.
                              agreed, my perception of all of this changes drastically if this is the third game and GD doesn't mean anything at all.
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                                The kick is up...and it is good. Mexico 7-0 in the 81st.

                                Canada Day concluded with a 4-0 win over Martinique earlier.

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