So now that we are into the quarterfinals, what would it take to get this thread back to talking about the World Cup and not US youth soccer? We have 6 potentially great games remaining. Can we talk about that and move the rest somewhere else?
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Effectively women's soccer was invented in the United States. We are decades ahead of most other countries. It isn't even close.
Oh yeah I know I was just making that point about the top players and the NBA
England and Norway is easily the best game left, very exited for that one. Kinda a joke that Argentina just gets Switzerland at this stage.
I think Spain is going to handle Belgium pretty easily. I think with the expansion of the tourney they really need to think about reseeding some of these matchups
What are you reseeding to though? World rankings or group stage finish? If you use world rankings, that diminishes the group stage. If you use group results, that puts an extra penalty on teams randomly drawn into a difficult group. I don’t like reseeding, if there’s an upset, that team deserves the benefit what that brings.
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals |
|---|---|---|
| FRA 1, PAR 0 | ||
| France 2, Morocco 0 | ||
| MAR 3, CAN 0 | Tue 7/14, 2:00 (Dallas) | |
| ESP 1, POR 0 | Fri 7/10, 2:00 (Los Angeles) | France vs TBD |
| Spain vs Belgium | ||
| BEL 4, USA 1 | ||
| NOR 2, BRA 1 | Sat 7/11, 4:00 (Miami) | |
| Norway vs England | ||
| ENG 3, MEX 2 | Wed 7/15, 2:00 (Atlanta) | |
| ARG 3, EGY 2 | Sat 7/11, 8:00 (Kansas City) | TBD vs TBD |
| Argentina vs Switzerland | ||
| SUI 0, COL 0 [SUI 4-3] |
Not sure and totally agree but man some of these paths are insanely easy and don’t feel right. Not sure if it’s from the expanded field or just from having 3 home countries.
By no means a dealbreaker but not a fan.
