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WB you old dog ! I am sitting here loving it while watch the women destroy Japan in the finals, Thinking there is another soccer fan on this board but should have known better.

But Go USA anyway

I'm another bean. What a performance tonight.

Whooped that ass.

i think there are several fans on the board...looking forward to a GoldCup championship

Fan here as well.

Word.

I'm one of those fair weather fans who only gets excited during world cup tourney play, but damn, it's exciting.

I'm also a big enough homer that I only care as long as the US team is alive.

Leave it to a bunch of men to take an amazing World Cup victory and turn it into an opportunity to obsess over a female athlete's body. I mean, forget her amazing achievements. What matters is that she's hot, am I right?

Ick.

I watched the match and was very impressed with how our ladies played yesterday. That first few minutes was amazing. Didnt notice anything to get worked up about regarding those gals' bodies though, BFB... Not sure where that comment of yours came from.

BD, click the first link in the thread.

(07-06-2015 05:27 PM)blazerfrombirth Wrote:  Leave it to a bunch of men to take an amazing World Cup victory and turn it into an opportunity to obsess over a female athlete's body. I mean, forget her amazing achievements. What matters is that she's hot, am I right?

Ick.

Truth, but why is this guy still doing commercials when he hasn't been Futbol-relevant for years, and never relevant in the US?


Anyways, to the girls!

(07-06-2015 06:43 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  BD, click the first link in the thread.

(07-06-2015 05:27 PM)blazerfrombirth Wrote:  Leave it to a bunch of men to take an amazing World Cup victory and turn it into an opportunity to obsess over a female athlete's body. I mean, forget her amazing achievements. What matters is that she's hot, am I right?

Ick.

Truth, but why is this guy still doing commercials when he hasn't been Futbol-relevant for years, and never relevant in the US?


Anyways, to the girls!

Oh, I agree. Also ridiculous. I'm just a little disappointed to see this kind of thing here. I clicked on the link expecting to see something celebrating the victory. Wasn't happy with that surprise.

I frankly enjoy the women's game more. Maybe it's because having daughters raised my consciousness, or maybe it's because women generally don't drop like they've been shot when an opponent ruffles their shirt sleeve.

(07-06-2015 07:31 PM)blazerfrombirth Wrote:  

(07-06-2015 06:43 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  BD, click the first link in the thread.

(07-06-2015 05:27 PM)blazerfrombirth Wrote:  Leave it to a bunch of men to take an amazing World Cup victory and turn it into an opportunity to obsess over a female athlete's body. I mean, forget her amazing achievements. What matters is that she's hot, am I right?

Ick.

Truth, but why is this guy still doing commercials when he hasn't been Futbol-relevant for years, and never relevant in the US?


Anyways, to the girls!

Oh, I agree. Also ridiculous. I'm just a little disappointed to see this kind of thing here. I clicked on the link expecting to see something celebrating the victory. Wasn't happy with that surprise.

For the record, I actually like soccer and have watched many USA vs XXX World Cup matches over the years(even though I missed last night at a family celebration but followed it on twitter). By the way, this thread was started BEFORE the match began after I stumbled across the ad for the YEARLY body issue which has been posted here before...

I've never seen it, but doesn't the annual Body issue focus on both men and women and the extraordinary fitness of their bodies, rather than anything lewd or sexual about it.

Still probably no place for a message board.

(07-06-2015 09:09 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I've never seen it, but doesn't the annual Body issue focus on both men and women and the extraordinary fitness of their bodies, rather than anything lewd or sexual about it.

Still probably no place for a message board.

Yes it does. It's on ESPN's home page.

(07-06-2015 09:09 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I've never seen it, but doesn't the annual Body issue focus on both men and women and the extraordinary fitness of their bodies, rather than anything lewd or sexual about it.

Still probably no place for a message board.

Yes, it does. And I don't really have a big problem with that. I just got the feeling that "celebrating her extraordinary fitness" wasn't the intent of this thread. But I could have misunderstood.

Anyway, regardless of the original intent, at least a warning would have been nice.

(07-06-2015 08:19 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I frankly enjoy the women's game more. Maybe it's because having daughters raised my consciousness, or maybe it's because women generally don't drop like they've been shot when an opponent ruffles their shirt sleeve.

I'm right there with you.

I didn't really get into women's soccer for real until the previous World Cup. I just so happen to catch a couple of games while I was in Afghanistan and I've been all about it ever since. Don't get me wrong, though. They still have the occasional flop here and there, but not nearly to the extent we see in the men's game.

Overall, I just feel like the women's game is cleaner and is void of a lot of the melodrama that the men have to deal with.

(07-06-2015 09:09 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I've never seen it, but doesn't the annual Body issue focus on both men and women and the extraordinary fitness of their bodies, rather than anything lewd or sexual about it.

Still probably no place for a message board.

"Celebrates" all sorts of body types, not just extraordinary fitness (see Prince Fielder)

(07-07-2015 12:56 AM)LairDweller Wrote:  

(07-06-2015 09:09 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I've never seen it, but doesn't the annual Body issue focus on both men and women and the extraordinary fitness of their bodies, rather than anything lewd or sexual about it.

Still probably no place for a message board.

"Celebrates" all sorts of body types, not just extraordinary fitness (see Prince Fielder)

Including the Indianapolis Colts offensive line this year.

GoldCup starts tonight...whoo hooo