I actually think Lavogez (no capital V) had a good game, she just isn’t Thomis, had she come on for Necib or another midfielder then the game would have been a different story but taking Thomis off let the Germans off the hook, she was keeping them pinned back so effectively. I think the French coach thought he was…

Nah, that’s exactly what she’s saying. It was fine for the shame cycle to end his career, what wasn’t fine was when people started saying “Hey, hold on, that’s an overreaction” which is certainly an arguable position - it’s not like the man is ineducable. He’s a guy who made a stupid joke, he’s not a dog that mauled a…

“We need to get out of the shame-spiral… well, we can spiral a little… only until it gets to the exact resolution I believe in.”

Oooops, read that as the Quato-finals.

Billy looked up “bicycle kick” in a thesaurus in order to write that headline.

It’s only a matter of time before Dzsenifer catches on as a hip spelling for Jennifer here in the States.

Bicycle kick!

[dies laughing]

There’s the Jewish angle here, from Stein’s particular perspective. I’ve seen it a few other places on the Interwebs since this Lebron/Blatt drama first became a thing late last year, with David Roth being but one Jewish guy who’s also mentioned it. Basically, there’s a certain feeling among some Jewish sportswriters…

No. You're wrong. You have no idea what you're talking about. She is beat on an improbable chip. It happens. She was in good position assuming a cross, and the ball is mistakenly hit perfectly back post.

How about, “Yeah — on second look I see that there is no way she could have been in position to save that. I rushed to get it up, because that’s my job, but you’re right.”

I’m convinced that Haisley is not actually familiar with the sport of soccer and is just seeing how long he can write about it before his boss catches on.

The bigger problem than her positioning is the reaction. Look at the widescreen shot in real time. She doesn’t start moving until it’s about 10 feet away. Even if she thought it was a cross she should have been moving to the back post.

She was supposed to be hanging on the back post? Not really sure how’s she out of position here.

My thoughts exactly. She’s right where she needs to be, but just isn’t big or athletic enough to be able to handle something like that.

Questionable positioning? Then every goal keeper I’ve ever seen has questionable positioning when someone is coming down that side of the field with the ball.

Not the goalie’s fault at all. Can't expect someone to do a bicycle kick from that spot on the field.

Ya you're reaching for a point that really isn't there, as though Solo is being subjected to a higher standard, more scrutiny, because she is a woman. Obviously that is not true. More likely, if we're going there, the opposite is true. Her violence doesn't look as violent as that of a man's (and probably for good…

He means you’re criticizing the NFL for treating players one way but are OK with soccer treating Hope Solo the same way. Looks hypocritical.

I think the secret message is: "Hey children of the 80's, remember stuff? Come and buys things."