Episode 39 – Juicing

Discussed: We use performance enhancers! Post-Olympics wrap up, The Bee in Hope Solo’s Book Sales, 2012 College season begins!

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I’ll be using performance enhancers.

France 1 – 2 Japan

• Textbook to the point of predictable?
• Terrible goalkeeping

Canada 3 – 4 USA

• Possibly the greatest game I’ve ever seen, from an excitement standpoint.
  • Christine Sinclair
  • Megan Rapinoe
    • Weight off her shoulders
• Controversial, but legal call
  • Wambach being clever
  • Herdman with whiny bitchsquealing, lost this game for Canada
    • Now they’re being investigated?
  • I’d say Canada were robbed if that IFK/PK call resulted in the 4th goal, but Canada had the same amount of time to pull ahead.
• Why Canada should have won.

Canada 1 – 0 France

• The trouble with France is that they expect to show up, be France, and handed a win. This has never worked for them, I don’t know why they keep doing it.
• Historic for Canada, though
  • And how cool is it that Matheson scored the goal?
  • And how cool is it that Kara Lang gets to be there to help cover this historic moment?
  • ALL OF THE COOL
  • Golden Boot for Sinc = A+

USA 2 -1 Japan

• Carli Lloyd with 2 goals
  • Re: Postgame statements
    • So when Rapinoe got a starting job, she earned it back, but when Lloyd does, she’s proving doubters wrong?
    • Does she get more criticism because she’s a woman, because she’s in a team sport, or because otherwise she’s seen as dull?
• The US defense looking like clown shoes
• That stupid t-shirt
  • People are still crying over the fact that Krieger isn’t on the team/didn’t get a medal – I’m sorry, WHAT?
    • 2008: Osborne? Wambach? Cat?
      • Look, they’re not as OMG SO PRETTY, so they don’t deserve medals.
        • Cat has the best hair on the national team. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

The Bee in Hope Solo’s Book Sales

• Juicy 2007 details pretty much aligned with what we already knew, except much, much sadder.
• Pia: “Delay the book release, or no Olympics for you”
  • Forget any criticism of her. She’s a genius.

New League?

• What is with the timing of this announcement? Would one day’s wait have been so impossible?
  • TIMING IS EVERYTHING. Remember when they announced WPS was folding?
• Seriousness:
  • This is the last chance. For real this time.
  • WNY and Philly are not (yet) involved and weren’t really aware of what was going on
  • Carli Lloyd said the WNT hadn’t heard much about it, which is ridic – they’ve known about it for a couple months
    • Maybe she was just too focused on herself to notice the big picture

COLLEGE SEASON IS STARTING

• First weekend!
  • Pilots 1 – 0 UNC – I could not handle watching
  • BELOVED ANTEATERS FALL TO BYU
  • Penn State 3 – 1 UVA
  • Stanford 6-1 SCU :(
  • Miami 3-0 Florida (IT WAS HOT OKAY)
  • But really, the U-20s and coaches weren’t here, so everyone has excuses
    • EXCEPT ADIDAS, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSES
• What games are we going to?
  • Ruth: Stanford-Penn State (!!!), Maryland-UVA, a Rutgers game, and a Notre Dame game (Georgetown/Villanova). Possibly a DePaul game (also Georgetown/Nova) and Fairfield-Rider (in NJ)
    • This pretty much hinges on my lack of employment/staying in the Northeast
  • Joan: Portland-Notre Dame
• Things that have already happened:
  • Canadians and their last minuteness
    • Adriana Leon to Florida, Diamond Simpson to Memphis, Lexi Marton and her asdfj;skldajfk;las ACL
  • One of Ruth’s favorite matchups: Notre Dame 2-0 over UVA in exhibition
    • Followed by ND losing 1-0 to Wisconsin (7 FRESHMEN STARTED, IDK)
    • and PSU 3-1 over UVA at UVA
    • And holy crap, the loss of U-20s is seriously hitting some teams, I think

U-20s

• Games start tomorrow! 2 A.M. ET
• Julie Johnston in a boot (oh Broncos)
• Olivia Brannon – recovering from meniscus
  • Kaili Torres started for UVA!
• Follow Cross-Conference on twitter and the blog for alllll the updates