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Japan

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Brazil

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Canada

6 5.26%

other

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07-07-2015 , 04:08 PM

#4501

Noze

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Her husband is making 8 figures as well.

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07-07-2015 , 04:12 PM

#4502

ClarkNasty

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Yeah she said it was to start her family. I get it.

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07-07-2015 , 04:13 PM

#4503

ClarkNasty

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Just would've wanted another year for Olympics

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07-07-2015 , 04:14 PM

#4504

DuckSauce

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Seems silly at this point to not play the Olympics then bounce. Ticking clock I guess.

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07-07-2015 , 04:14 PM

#4505

CalledDownLight

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Don't some of the other players have kids? Doesn't seem like you have to retire to have kids.

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07-07-2015 , 04:18 PM

#4506

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Haven't seen Alex Morgan in like four years. Can't help but notice she's rocking some extra chins these days. LOL Morgan > Solo voters four years ago, now, and forever.

What an incorrect take

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07-07-2015 , 04:21 PM

#4507

LFC_USA

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I hope it does carry over. Of all the women sports out there, soccer is the only one I legit enjoy

Women's Tennis > Women's soccer

Women's Volleyball > Women's soccer

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07-07-2015 , 04:30 PM

#4508

MarsMuzak

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Is it too early to speculate on who returns next summer for the Olympics? Starting with this WC roster of 23, then subtracting Rampone, Boxx, Wambach, (all 3 speculation on my part) and now Holiday, and moving one of the back up GKs to the alternate roster would get you to 18. Add 3 alternates from a list of upcoming younger players.

Also a chance some combo of older players like Lori Chalupny (32 in 2016), Whitney Engen (29), Heather O'Reilly (31), Amy Rodriguez (29) who didn't play much aren't asked back.

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07-07-2015 , 04:47 PM

#4509

DuckSauce

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Originally Posted by LFC_USA

Women's Tennis > Women's soccer

Women's Volleyball > Women's soccer

Tennis lasts too long and volley ball is a bit too niche.

Soccer has more wide spread appeal and is a simpler game to under stand at a base level. The fact it's two hours start to finish for non ET matches is so massive for watchability. Add that to the fact there's only one break it's got a super high ceiling in terms of being able to gain new viewers comparatively.

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07-07-2015 , 05:37 PM

#4510

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Darren Rovell ‏@darrenrovell
New York City to host a ticker tape parade for US women soccer champs on Friday at 11am

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07-07-2015 , 05:42 PM

#4511

ClarkNasty

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TV ratings disagree re: Tennis and Volleyball.

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07-07-2015 , 05:42 PM

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ClarkNasty

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Awesome re parade.

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07-07-2015 , 05:52 PM

#4513

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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty

TV ratings disagree re: Tennis and Volleyball.

I assume you mean soccer > ?

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07-07-2015 , 05:56 PM

#4514

Wooders0n

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I can't be the only one who thinks Tobin has value

She's my fave...really underrated player, nice looks, solid dick suckin lips

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07-07-2015 , 05:59 PM

#4515

bahbahmickey

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Originally Posted by nutshot2

lauren holiday retiring from USWNT duty at the age of 27

Someone go back and watch the third star special. For some reason I think I remember her being handed a flute of champagne and not drinking from it even though what's his face suggests a sip twice.

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07-07-2015 , 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty

TV ratings disagree re: Tennis and Volleyball.

Meh, at the National team level, prob right. Guessing grand slam women's tennis does a lot better than the nwsl (there's been multiple women's leagues start and fold in the past 15 years alone).

Not sure about volleyball. I'll guess women's college volleyball does better TV ratings than soccer.

The world cup though is just such an exciting event and it's tops in terms of quality for the women's game. I suspect the Olympics will do well, as well. So we'll probably get a big spectacle every few years, which I'm cool with.

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07-07-2015 , 06:11 PM

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Wooders0n

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Nobody cares about women's soccer. They care about usa#1 and this group of girls who happen to have a lot of charisma, charm and good looks.

And hope solos mangled week-old pastrami looking snatch.

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07-07-2015 , 06:11 PM

#4518

Bigoldnit

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Originally Posted by CalledDownLight

Don't some of the other players have kids? Doesn't seem like you have to retire to have kids.

It's possible to do both, but pregnancy causes some pretty dramatic physical changes and requires you to cut back on your training, so I can't really blame someone who doesn't necessarily want to go through the grind that it would take to get back up to an elite level after taking time off to have a kid or two.

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07-07-2015 , 06:12 PM

#4519

BobboFitos

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i posted a TR from a women's pro (boston breakers) game a few years back

it was a lot of fun and def would(ve) done it again

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07-07-2015 , 06:13 PM

#4520

ClarkNasty

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Plus some people simply want to take care of their family and not work anymore.

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07-07-2015 , 06:25 PM

#4521

BobboFitos

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found my TRs. actually pretty good, esp the rundown of the USNWT members.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/46...76/index3.html

not sure how, but the 2011 WPS thread actually had a fair number of posts. Seemed like a lot of the conversation was between Clark, Meb, and me

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07-07-2015 , 06:28 PM

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found this from that thread:

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In an interview on Colin Cowherd today, Hope Solo read that she did some recent reading that showed PKs go to the keepers right 70% of the time, so vs. Japan she decided to ditch her normal "read and react" plan and just dive to her right for every kick, under the assumption that 3 of the balls would go to that side and she'd stop at least 2 and do her job.

Hope Solo, budding SABR-nerd!

Cool.

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07-07-2015 , 06:29 PM

#4523

ClarkNasty

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Yeah the league took a year off to reform. Had to because of the owner of the Orlando team. Current league does ok still. portlands team draws over 10k a game.