Have Olympics diminished excitement over football training camps?

[denverYooper]

[Freak Out]

83000 tickets sold for USA vs Japan.

[KYPack]

Misty has a great butt.

USA vs USA tommorrow for the Gold in Women's volleyball

[Harlan Huckleby]

Misty has a great butt.

yes, it is an old school woman's butt, big & round & meaty.

Misty & Kerry are so good it's breathtaking. The chinese team they beat looked just as talented, edge seems to go to experience most every time.

[Gunakor]

Lots of people crying foul up hear about the officiating in that game. Having seen no evidence and only heard frustration over teh radio about the bs officiating I have scientifically determined that the USA womens soccer team are a bunch of cheats who paid of teh ref.

To be perfectly fair, Canada has a legitimate gripe with the officiating at the end. The 6 second penalty on the Canadian GK I can support, as she had already been warned about stalling the game. But the handball that lead to Wambach's PK shouldn't have been called. The Canadian defenders arm was at her side, and by rule I thought that was how you were supposed to do it. Can't make your arm disappear, gotta put it somewhere. Wambach should have never had an opportunity to tie the game at the end of regulation by means of PK.

What a fantastic way to end it though! Not often will you see a winner scored in the 123rd minute!

[Upnorth]

To be perfectly fair, Canada has a legitimate gripe with the officiating at the end. The 6 second penalty on the Canadian GK I can support, as she had already been warned about stalling the game. But the handball that lead to Wambach's PK shouldn't have been called. The Canadian defenders arm was at her side, and by rule I thought that was how you were supposed to do it. Can't make your arm disappear, gotta put it somewhere. Wambach should have never had an opportunity to tie the game at the end of regulation by means of PK.

What a fantastic way to end it though! Not often will you see a winner scored in the 123rd minute!

Gun, you appear to be a duel threat. Football and football knowledge, wow! Seriously I listen to a lot of talk radio and they are still going on about it up here. I agree that the handball should not have been called, but sporting history is littered with bad calls determining the outcome of games. Champions shake off a bad call and overcome, they didn't.
One comment I heard was that all the 50-50 fouls (coulda gone one way or the other) went in the US favor. Did anyone watch the game? I did not and was just stirring the pot!

One last thought, how did this thread get side tracked? She is good with the pole.

[Patler]

Anyone have a link to a video of the hand ball call? I can't find one.

[Zool]

Anyone have a link to a video of the hand ball call? I can't find one.

You'll be hard pressed to find one. NBC actively scans the web and youtube for any data they own and have it removed.

[Freak Out]

I have no idea where to find a good shot of it. NBC might have a entire game replay of it up. Their site is a pain though. I saw the play in question and that call gets fucked up regularly.

Sorry Canada.....now get over it.... life's to short to stress about this stuff.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Anyone have a link to a video of the hand ball call? I can't find one.

Here's one but it's poor quality. Really can't tell what she did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83mfdSb3YHM

[Patler]

Finally found a good highlights video.
Hand ball infraction occurs at about 2:30, and it is replayed in slow motion:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/soc...-thriller.html

[Cheesehead Craig]

Finally found a good highlights video.
Hand ball infraction occurs at about 2:30, and it is replayed in slow motion:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/soc...-thriller.html

Fine. Last time I try and help you out you stupid beagle.

[Upnorth]

Fine. Last time I try and help you out you stupid beagle.

The dog bit the hand that feeds it. Its sad.

[digitaldean]

There was also a pretty egregious face-stomping done by Tancredi of the Canadian squad to Carli Lloyd of the US, which, if seen, would have been a certain red card.

Refs missed a bunch in this game. Shame that the Canadians only offense was Sinclair.

[easy cheesy]

Bob Costas Sucks