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Grimson
Dec 16, 2004



highme posted:

Let's check in on what's happening in France?

They're also investigating the possibility of match fixing in the D1 after several players got DM's on Instagram promising them €100,000 in bitcoins, according to L'Equipe.

quote:

They offer 100,000 euros to rig a match in women's D1
An investigation was opened after the discovery of approaches of female D1 players by mysterious corrupters. The latter proposed the sum of € 100,000 in bitcoin to rig the result of a match. Dozens of athletes from different European countries were also targeted.

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Zwachro
Mar 7, 2003
C808BEA
Meanwhile, the initial reports on the PSG thing seem to have been inaccurate. Difficult to find English sources, but the current police theory points to an ex of Hamraoui.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Mayca_Jimenez/status/1459558386601799695

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
The NWSL Final will be #3 Washington Spirit (1-0 winners against #6 Gotham FC, 2-1 winners at #2 OL Reign) vs. #4 Chicago Red Stars (1-0 AET winners vs. #5 North Carolina, 2-0 winners at #1 Portland).

Sure was nice of Portland to suck more than the Reign did to make me feel a tiny bit better.

Grimson
Dec 16, 2004



Zwachro posted:

Meanwhile, the initial reports on the PSG thing seem to have been inaccurate. Difficult to find English sources, but the current police theory points to an ex of Hamraoui.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Mayca_Jimenez/status/1459558386601799695

Defector has a writeup of it with more detail.
https://defector.com/the-totally-insane-story-about-the-attacked-psg-player-has-only-gotten-more-insane/

habeasdorkus
Nov 3, 2013

Royalty is a continuous shitposting motion.
Yeah, this is one of the more bonkers stories I've ever encountered in sports.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
And the 2021 NWSL season has come to a close. A rather "interesting" season, to be sure, but at least no hitmen were involved (:wtc:)

Recap
Cup: Washington Spirit (2-1 AET over Chicago Red Stars thanks to Kelly O'Hara's only goal on the season at 97')
Shield: Portland Thorns (44 pts, 13-6-5)
MVP: Jess Fishlock, OL Reign
Golden Boot: Ashley Hatch, Washington Spirit (11g, 0a)
Defender: Caprice Dydasco, Gotham FC
Keeper: Aubrey Bledsoe, Washington Sprit
Rookie: Trinity Rodman, Washington Spirit (she is legit)
Coach: Laura Harvey, OL Reign (given how 2021 went, this is pretty much an award for being the least lovely person in charge of a team)
Best XI: Kailen Sheridan (Gotham FC); Caprice Dydasco (Gotham FC), Alana Cook (OL Reign), Sarah Gorden (Chicago Red Stars), Carson Pickett (North Carolina Courage); Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit), Jessica Fishlock (OL Reign), Eugenie Le Sommer (OL Reign); Midge Purce (Gotham FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Angela Salem (Portland Thorns)

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Mark Parsons was robbed.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/mollyhc/status/1462893968723689479?s=21

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
There's always more and it keeps getting worse :smith:

habeasdorkus
Nov 3, 2013

Royalty is a continuous shitposting motion.
I'm glad to see Midge Purce in the best XI. She had a rough few years.

Grimson
Dec 16, 2004



So they managed to schedule the Ballon d'Or awards during the international break meaning all of the nominees for the women's award can't make it.

You literally had one job.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
UEFA's changing their WWC qualification procedure next cycle after the past three months of qualifiers have seen 29 games with 7+ goal margins, including England beating Latvia 20-0 and Belgium beating Armenia 19-0. :eyepop:

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


https://twitter.com/DannyPage/status/1467951406959185931

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Piss off Sam Kerr at your own peril

Also, totally lame of the ref to card her for that.

Akbar
Nov 22, 2004

Hubba-
Hubba.

whypick1 posted:

Piss off Sam Kerr at your own peril

Also, totally lame of the ref to card her for that.

the pitch invader must have been her cousin

Grimson
Dec 16, 2004



https://twitter.com/_shireenahmed_/status/1470785287043399680?s=20

rantmo
Jul 30, 2003

A smile better suits a hero



Yeah, that's what women's soccer has been missing.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
BRB, looking for an even bigger :ughh: to post here

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Yes pay the women in Dogecoin to give the league more legitimacy.

Thaddius the Large
Jul 5, 2006

It's in the five-hole!
Look, equality means the right to be insufferable no matter your gender identity

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
I mean as long as the players are not being paid in griftcoin then I don’t see much wrong with it. It’s a sponsorship like any other.

I don’t like the industry but it’s flush with money right now and hopefully the NWSL gets paid from this. Just have to hope the league isn’t actually tying anything financial to the crypto market.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
OL Reign are moving back to Seattle and will be playing in Lumen Field (where the Sounders and Seahawks play), which is pretty cool.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Milan seems to be in the middle of turning the team from title contenders to mid table because the manager, former Milan men’s team player Maurizio Ganz, is alienating all of the good players. After losing Hasegawa in the summer and benching/not even calling up Vero Boquete, it’s being reported that the captain and arguably our best player, Valentina Giacinti, is on the way out in this transfer window. Absolute shame, and I wonder what the hell is going on.

Nobody is admitting anything in public yet; I hope Ganz isn’t some sort of sex pest.

Zwachro
Mar 7, 2003
C808BEA

Gigi Galli posted:

Milan seems to be in the middle of turning the team from title contenders to mid table because the manager, former Milan men’s team player Maurizio Ganz, is alienating all of the good players. After losing Hasegawa in the summer and benching/not even calling up Vero Boquete, it’s being reported that the captain and arguably our best player, Valentina Giacinti, is on the way out in this transfer window. Absolute shame, and I wonder what the hell is going on.
I remember Hovland being one of what, ten players to go when she left last summer, was he managing then too?

Anyway, Swedish football site is reporting Giacinti is going to Roma on loan, and they're sniffing on Asllani as a replacement:
https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/bloggar/sillybloggen/2022/01/05/uppgifter-asllani-aktuell-for-milan/

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
The USWNT's annual SheBelieves Cup will see some new faces, as Czech Republic, Iceland and New Zealand will be making the trek for the friendly tournament next month.

Imagine intentionally travelling into the US right now.

ilmucche
Mar 16, 2016

What did you say the strategy was?
It seems like new women's tournaments keep showing up at this time. Shebelieves ate the Algarve and now the Arnold Clark is eating that

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
There was some worries about the upcoming NWSL season not happening because there was no CBA in place

https://twitter.com/nwsl_players/status/1488326369222094850?s=20&t=dknWbvGjynF9uMbuoVl40g

:toot:

Although it is rather sad that the minimum salary is a paltry $35k/yr

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

whypick1 posted:

There was some worries about the upcoming NWSL season not happening because there was no CBA in place

https://twitter.com/nwsl_players/status/1488326369222094850?s=20&t=dknWbvGjynF9uMbuoVl40g

:toot:

Although it is rather sad that the minimum salary is a paltry $35k/yr
Pretty sure that minimum is more than double what it was maybe five years ago.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


whypick1 posted:

There was some worries about the upcoming NWSL season not happening because there was no CBA in place

https://twitter.com/nwsl_players/status/1488326369222094850?s=20&t=dknWbvGjynF9uMbuoVl40g

:toot:

Although it is rather sad that the minimum salary is a paltry $35k/yr

This was MLS's minimum salary like 10 years ago. Beckham was playing with dudes who made that little.

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

your friend wicka posted:

This was MLS's minimum salary like 10 years ago. Beckham was playing with dudes who made that little.
IIRC that was a time when there were still NCAA grads who would occasionally turn down the league because there was a team in the USL who was paying higher, or they'd just quit playing the sport altogether and go work a 9-5 job because they'd easily make more money.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Washington Spirit have been sold to Michele Kang (the one bit of good woso news today)

in other news, male coaches of female athletes sure seem to be a whole herd of sex pests.


https://twitter.com/mollyhc/status/1491067471490863112

https://twitter.com/proctor_jason/status/1491109185408278531

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Alright, the draw against the Czechs was kind of embarrassing; we gotta do better today.

I am glad that we're trying out younger talent though. Dropping almost everyone 31+ feels a little extreme, but this is the right time to try it.

edit: we take own goals!

edit: twice!

surf rock fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Feb 20, 2022

Doctor Teeth
Sep 12, 2008


two own goals by the same player in under 10 mins is brutal

e: that makes me curious: has there ever been an own goal hat trick?

Doctor Teeth fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Feb 20, 2022

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Maybe

quote:

Stan van den Buijs (born 8 June 1957) is a Belgian retired football player, who is most notable (or notorious) for scoring a hat-trick of own goals (three own goals) in one match while playing for Germinal Ekeren against Anderlecht in the 1994–95 season of the Belgian Jupiler League (Anderlecht won 3-2). However, a video from ActueelTV appears to show that while he scored two own goals the third was in fact put across the line by an attacker.

Fake edit: I hit post just as that third went in :laffo:

Doctor Teeth
Sep 12, 2008


well if there wasn't there is now

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Jesus Christ this is brutal

I really think the second one shouldn't count as an own goal though. It wasn't like she intentionally headed it in; the ball ricocheted off her face

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Well at least there won't be a fourth

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
gently caress YEAH, finally got one of our own

GOAAAAAAAAL

edit: oh poo poo how did I not know that Trinity Rodman was Dennis Rodman's daughter

edit: PEW-PEW-PEW, it's PUGH!

surf rock fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Feb 20, 2022

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Sorry to double-post, but the USWNT got a good settlement on the lawsuit!

https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1496102536553578498

edit: I refuse to triple post but GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL MACARIO THAT WAS SICK

surf rock fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Feb 24, 2022

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Akbar
Nov 22, 2004

Hubba-
Hubba.
jfc Macario what a worldie

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