I will probably be banned for this but... Footie Thread

[gadjo_dilo]

Good result for Romania, there are still on top of their Group!

Hungary is coming in a threat.......

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Who saw Jack Wilshire's goals at the weekend? The second one was sweet!

[steveaki13]

Who saw Jack Wilshire's goals at the weekend? The second one was sweet!

I enjoyed that game. Good close game unlike most in this group.

Both Wilshere's goals were sweet. The second was better. Nice to see Rooney move onto 48 goals too.

[Rollo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-2...rter-f/6565872
England has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after a stunning goal by Lucy Bronze saw the Lionesses to a 2-1 round-of-16 win over Norway.
- ABC News, 23rd Jun 2015

"Stunning" doesn't do this justice. This is a goal which wouldn't look out of place at the European Champions League.
Power. Contact. Bullet.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-2...rter-f/6565872
England has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after a stunning goal by Lucy Bronze saw the Lionesses to a 2-1 round-of-16 win over Norway.
- ABC News, 23rd Jun 2015

"Stunning" doesn't do this justice. This is a goal which wouldn't look out of place at the European Champions League.
Power. Contact. Bullet.

The goalkeeper could have done better.

The standard of goalkeeping in the woman's game is far below that of the outfield players.

[steveaki13]

Congradulations to England women for finishing 3rd at the world cup. A great effort. Nice to see.

Also to Chile for winning there first ever Copa America, over a Argentina side, that really lacks direction.

[steveaki13]

Also a sad tale from the 2015 Pacific games football tournament.

Federartion States of Micronesia have sent a national team for the the first time in about 12 years and got off to a shocking start. They lost 30-0 to Tahiti.

Normally you would say things can only get better. There second game though ended up a 38-0 loss to Fiji.

One game to go.

Tahiti 30-0 Micronesia
Fiji 38-0 Micronesia

Vanuatu v Micronesia tomorrow. Keep battling lads.

[Tazio]

Congradulations to England women for finishing 3rd at the world cup. A great effort. Nice to see.

Also to Chile for winning there first ever Copa America, over a Argentina side, that really lacks direction.

Really a shame that England didn't make the final. They are a very good side, and I saw this coming since their very good showing at the last Olympics.
Oh yeah, the USA did the business, congrats to our gurlz.!

[journeyman racer]

I'm not sure what to make of Americans taking women's soccer so seriously. It's like the men's team is secondary. It's unusual.

Good on the Canadians for making a stadium where the sun directly faces a goal.

[Rollo]

I'm not sure what to make of Americans taking women's soccer so seriously.

I'm not sure why you think that's the case:

http://qz.com/446439/minimum-wage-fo...t-6800-a-year/

players in the National Women’s Soccer League can receive as little as $6,842.
...
Instead, professional female footballers depend on sponsorships or second jobs to supplement their annual wages, which are capped at a maximum of $37,800.
- Richard Macauley, Quartz, 7th Jul 2015.

The tale of salaries in women's sport is generally atrocious. Even in a sport mad country like Australia, I can't honestly think of a single sport (except maybe for people who are paid by the AIS) where jugadora take home enough of a salary to be able to even live off of.