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i for one am enjoying hayes meltdown
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# ? May 1, 2024 21:36 |
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# ? May 28, 2024 03:55 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksme5SIumBw No Hayes meltdown yet but there was lots of swearing during the game.
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# ? May 1, 2024 21:36 |
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https://twitter.com/kccspelova/status/1785771172115673173
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# ? May 1, 2024 21:47 |
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I'm laughing but I shouldn't be because I love Liverpool and that meme could be about the men's team this year.
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# ? May 1, 2024 21:51 |
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https://twitter.com/jessyjph/status/1785772229264846914
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# ? May 2, 2024 11:16 |
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Chelsea still on for the quadruple or..?
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# ? May 2, 2024 11:21 |
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https://twitter.com/ChelseaFCW/status/1786682249758302295
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# ? May 4, 2024 12:28 |
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This thread could use some pure, uncut #NWSLAfterDark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwPseuOQsk Please do not play a drinking game on cards being handed out, you will lose.
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# ? May 4, 2024 16:00 |
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A-League Women wrapped up here in Australia yesterday, with Sydney FC claiming a second consecutive title. Complete smash & grab win in the grand final - Sydney had 30% possession, 2 shots on target, 1 goal. San Diego Wave's Shae Connors scored the winner with her first Sydney FC goal; basically a perfect counter-attack and a peach of an assist from 16 year-old Indiana dos Santos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYGV3SAqzQ
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# ? May 5, 2024 02:29 |
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webmeister posted:Indiana dos Santos.
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# ? May 5, 2024 04:42 |
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Plot twist: her birth name is actually Henrietta, her parents named the dog Indiana.
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# ? May 5, 2024 04:44 |
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lol City
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# ? May 5, 2024 16:17 |
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I really want the sport to get to the point where your journeyman players earn enough to not have to play in multiple league seasons a year. It would hurt the A-League and NWSL most since they share a lot of players, but the injury risks are just so much higher if you don't have an off-season where you can recover. And one way to mitigate/reduce ACL injuries is to have a few months a year where you're not playing or even practicing at full tilt so your body can recover. It's like UCL injuries among pitchers in baseball, they just get so overworked growing up and then it's a career altering injury right when a player should be in their prime.
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# ? May 5, 2024 16:33 |
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habeasdorkus posted:I really want the sport to get to the point where your journeyman players earn enough to not have to play in multiple league seasons a year. It would hurt the A-League and NWSL most since they share a lot of players, but the injury risks are just so much higher if you don't have an off-season where you can recover. And one way to mitigate/reduce ACL injuries is to have a few months a year where you're not playing or even practicing at full tilt so your body can recover. It's like UCL injuries among pitchers in baseball, they just get so overworked growing up and then it's a career altering injury right when a player should be in their prime. I don't think European footballers do this. Is there really so much crossover between the US and Australian leagues?
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# ? May 5, 2024 20:02 |
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Terminally Bored posted:I don't think European footballers do this. Is there really so much crossover between the US and Australian leagues?
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# ? May 6, 2024 01:06 |
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That's wild. How are contracts sorted out in these cases?
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# ? May 6, 2024 06:54 |
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They're just bog standard loans with a very fixed duration AFAICT.
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# ? May 6, 2024 07:58 |
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Can’t speak for other A-League clubs, but one of our centrebacks (Jordan Thompson) also plays for Washington Spirit, though she’s currently listed as “inactive” on their website. Emily van Egmond is another who’s played for San Diego and Orlando, and done guest/loan stints back at her home A-League club. there’s a bunch of others too, though I can’t recall any offhand.
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# ? May 6, 2024 08:50 |
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Terminally Bored posted:I don't think European footballers do this. Is there really so much crossover between the US and Australian leagues? I think it clashes with most European leagues, like the wiki list for foreign players in the A-league is between 5-15 for most nations before you hit the US section: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_foreign_A-League_Women_players I kinda thought the Norwegian section would be larger, since Toppserien runs counter to most European leagues and starts in March and finishes in November, making it almost perfectly suited for A-League play. But I think the rise of the WSL had a lot of players move there for a decent wage, instead of doing a double stint in Australia and risking a stress/fatigue injury. Grimson fucked around with this message at 09:27 on May 6, 2024 |
# ? May 6, 2024 09:24 |
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Yeah, it almost certainly helps players who play in both leagues that Australia and the US are both anglophone countries which share a decent amount of culture. Though it's not at all unheard of for American or Caribbean baseball players to play in Japan or Korea, so part of it is just "I get to play this sport and get a paycheck for it."
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# ? May 6, 2024 14:32 |
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https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1789977996436054054
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# ? May 13, 2024 13:24 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk
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# ? May 13, 2024 19:51 |
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We're getting a Women's Club World Cup...eventually
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# ? May 15, 2024 16:51 |
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Brazil won the 2027 World Cup bid.
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# ? May 17, 2024 09:26 |
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It's the final day of the WSL: And here's the table: Bristol are going down as they were so bad that they managed to save notoriously awful West Ham from relegation. Crystal Palace have secured promotion from WSL2. Biggest surprise of the season were Liverpool. They got relegated in 2020 and the women's team were in complete shambles but they are really solid nowadays.
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# ? May 18, 2024 08:46 |
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jfc Man U are having a collapse
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# ? May 18, 2024 15:09 |
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brighton struggling a bit as well
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# ? May 18, 2024 16:29 |
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I'm glad the Miedema testimonial is going well
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# ? May 18, 2024 16:33 |
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Ramirez was absolutely unplayable. PhwoarThanks Ants posted:I'm glad the Miedema testimonial is going well She's going to Man City apparently
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# ? May 18, 2024 17:56 |
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Also people are accusing the NWSL of using AI to compile match highlights because they're getting worse.
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# ? May 18, 2024 18:13 |
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Guardian WSL season round ups: All Chelsea player ratings: https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/19/player-ratings-chelsea-2023-24-womens-super-league-title-winners 6 out 10 for Jessie Fleming was really generous, she was bad the whole three years. Kirby completely lost it this season, too. Best and worst of the season: https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/19/wsl-2023-24-season-review-our-writers-best-and-worst
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# ? May 19, 2024 19:51 |
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https://x.com/ArsenalWFC/status/1792842968220496185
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# ? May 21, 2024 10:03 |
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She's really good. Not sure about losing Miedema on a free though.
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# ? May 21, 2024 12:54 |
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Most women move on free transfers, the record fee is still less than a million. It's not really a big deal.
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# ? May 21, 2024 13:02 |
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The financial aspect of it is secondary. The best forward in the world refusing to sign a new contract is a bad look for a club. Especially when she spent 7 years there.
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# ? May 21, 2024 14:59 |
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It was a bit weird that, but then we got Russo on a free and nobody else seems to not want to sign a contract so who knows
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# ? May 21, 2024 15:29 |
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Terminally Bored posted:The financial aspect of it is secondary. The best forward in the world refusing to sign a new contract is a bad look for a club. Especially when she spent 7 years there. She wasn't offered a new contract. Miedema wanting to play a position that doesn't really exist in our team isn't a bad look for the club. wicka fucked around with this message at 15:46 on May 21, 2024 |
# ? May 21, 2024 15:42 |
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And sometimes it’s just time to change it up; 7 years as a pro athlete is a long time and not everyone wants to stay in the same place, even in the best of situations.
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# ? May 21, 2024 16:13 |
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https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1793255720713945559
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# ? May 22, 2024 13:37 |
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# ? May 28, 2024 03:55 |
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livestream for the uwcl final tomorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OiOrBFpFgo
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# ? May 24, 2024 16:25 |