The Canadian Women's Soccer Team Thread

[transplant99]

So i dont follow the sport....but is Canada better than/equal too/worse than Colombia?

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by transplant99

So i dont follow the sport....but is Canada better than/equal too/worse than Colombia?

Ranked 22nd vs Canada’s 8th, but I have no idea about momentum or star power.

Edit: well obviously Canada has momentum now, I meant heading into the tournament or prior head to head.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Overreaction? The entire Canadian delegation should have been sent home! This is an extremely soft penalty. The Olympic gold medals from 2021 should be stripped from the women’s team as well.

These athletes make a pledge not to cheat at the penalty of a lifetime ban. It is extremely apparent from the reporting that the players knew full well that illegal - not just unethical - drone footage was being used for a competitive advantage. One or more of them should have spoken up.

Hard to look up to or cheer for a nation of cheaters.

lol what a loser this guy is

quit trying to be cool and edgy you are just coming across as a clown. Also, you were praying they lost this game so you could continue the #### posting so don't pretend you are happy now

[Sylvanfan]

Gotta give the team credit here as they could have folded, but fought back here. It's good that France and Columbia are not in a situation where both have three points booked a can kick the ball around to a 0-0 draw. The ladies st least have a chance here.

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by dino7c

lol what a loser this guy is

quit trying to be cool and edgy you are just coming across as a clown. Also, you were praying they lost this game so you could continue the #### posting so don't pretend you are happy now

They played magnificently in the second half and deserved the win. However, the headlines are "we're not cheaters" when they very clearly are.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/...e-not-cheaters

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

They played magnificently in the second half and deserved the win. However, the headlines are "we're not cheaters" when they very clearly are.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/...e-not-cheaters

GTFO, nobody wants this constant crap. If you actually think they should be banned from the tourney and medals stripped turn your TV off FFS. Certainly don't need to be posting about it constantly.

Its soccer for #### sakes where somebody fakes an injury every 10 seconds get off your high troll horse

[MegaErtz]

You seem upset.

I’m upset for all the women who trained hard for the past three years, only to be cheated by Canada.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It's Canadian journalists ####ting on Canadians.

You don't see Argentinian journalists ####ting on Enzo Fernandes and piling on as Argentinian teams are being booed in Paris.

It’s beyond pathetic. Trying to bring down everything good thats occurred in Canadian soccer the last 4-5 years. Arash was already speculating that Canadas Olympic gold is in danger and I swear i could see a grin sneaking in. Embarrassing as ####.

Yes using drones is morally unacceptable but so is dangerously speculating that Canada deserves to have their biggest achievements in the sport revoked. Something that is completely unprecedented. Our media is acting like Canada is part of some state sponsored doping scandal. Get a grip.

I still do not even believe there is a significant competitive edge from using a drone, which is why it was so stupid to use it to begin with.

[MegaErtz]

"Trying to bring down everything good thats occurred in Canadian soccer the last 4-5 years."

Yeah, achieving success by way of a major cheating scandal will do that. Ask Houston Astros fans how they feel.

[Bill Bumface]

Of all of the years watching CONCACAF soccer it's become clear surely it's Canada that are the dirty cheaters.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

"Trying to bring down everything good thats occurred in Canadian soccer the last 4-5 years."

Yeah, achieving success by way of a major cheating scandal will do that. Ask Houston Astros fans how they feel.

Stealing signs in baseball gives a team a much bigger advantage than taping a soccer practice. It is not even in the same ball park. No pun intended.

Using PED’s is a major cheating scandal, this is childs play compared to actual cheating that goes on in sports.

It was incredibly stupid, but even the Astros did not get their championship revoked. To strip a gold medal for something that may or may not of even happened is beyond extreme and complete bull####. The competitive advantage is minimal.

[MegaErtz]

The other teams should just kick off, and let Canada score as many times as they want. What's the point of entering a sporting competition when one country won't follow basic sportsmanship? They're cheaters, the men's team are a bunch of cheaters, and Jonathan Herdman is looking at a lifetime ban from football once all the details come out.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

The other teams should just kick off, and let Canada score as many times as they want. What's the point of entering a sporting competition when one country won't follow basic sportsmanship? They're cheaters, the men's team are a bunch of cheaters, and Jonathan Herdman is looking at a lifetime ban from football once all the details come out.

This is like your wet dream eh?

Canada got caught, they are all doing it.

“We watched training sessions of all the opponents before we played them,” Bielsa, now Uruguay’s head coach said. In Argentina, this practice was common apparently, and one he had continued after coming to work in Europe.”

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

You seem upset.

I’m upset for all the women who trained hard for the past three years, only to be cheated by Canada.

I'm upset that loser trolls have nothing better to do than ruin everyone's fun

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

The other teams should just kick off, and let Canada score as many times as they want. What's the point of entering a sporting competition when one country won't follow basic sportsmanship? They're cheaters, the men's team are a bunch of cheaters, and Jonathan Herdman is looking at a lifetime ban from football once all the details come out.

haha, as they fake injury after injury
FIFA the gold standard in sportsmanship

seriously just delete your account

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

Of all of the years watching CONCACAF soccer it's become clear surely it's Canada that are the dirty cheaters.

Players having bags of piss thrown on them is good old fashioned sportsmanship.

[MegaErtz]

Typical Canadians, won't take responsibility for their actions or admit when they're wrong.

Canadians seem to have this thing where they think the rest of the world loves them. Bizarre.

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by Beninho

This is like your wet dream eh?

Canada got caught, they are all doing it.

“We watched training sessions of all the opponents before we played them,” Bielsa, now Uruguay’s head coach said. In Argentina, this practice was common apparently, and one he had continued after coming to work in Europe.”

Bielsa said he was "ashamed" to have to reveal the information.

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/so...ining-sessions

Not a lot of shame coming out of Canada, and certainly not the posters in this thread. Not enough, anyway.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Typical Canadians, won't take responsibility for their actions or admit when they're wrong.

Canadians seem to have this thing where they think the rest of the world loves them. Bizarre.

imagine making this post...get help
anyway I'm glad I pulled you away from totally pretending you weren't butthurt they won today


look at this idiots post history, he was trashing Canada soccer before this incident with basically every post during copa

"copa" is fitting in this case

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

"Trying to bring down everything good thats occurred in Canadian soccer the last 4-5 years."

Yeah, achieving success by way of a major cheating scandal will do that. Ask Houston Astros fans how they feel.

I am one of those. I'm pissed that they cheated and wish they hadn't done it. Not going to be an apologist or try to minimize what they did.

But I remain a fan of the team. I feel zero shame, I'm not the one that cheated. You deal with the new circumstances and move on.

And by the way, very hard to dole out appropriate punishments in team sports, you end up inevitably hurting innocent people. Lots of Canadian players likely had zero to do with this and didn't benefit. Canadian soccer fans certainly had no idea.

I am all for determining the people responsible and punishing them harshly with suspensions (or fines in the case of pros like the Astros). I feel that is far more of a deterrent than team penalties. Taking away draft picks from the Astros really did nothing to punish the guilty parties. Same with Chayka and the Coyotes. It mainly hurts fans of the team.