It’s really a catch-22: in 2002-2010, you got your core players from European leagues and the depth from MLS. Now MLS is stepping up and paying real money to discourage the top Americans from going abroad, or to bring them back. They stay here and make money and are the team leaders, but they aren’t really at risk of…

For real? Did you start following the team just recently?

For the first time, someone has provided a reasonable rationale for me to drive to Chester, PA.

Do not accept a drink if this glass is handed to you.

“Gender equality means gender equality. And if gender equality is the expectation, all consequences that flow therefrom must be accepted, whether one likes them or not.”

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Germany, Belgium... potato, pot-ah-toe...

(and god help me, she might be)

No, FIFA doesn’t administer all the teams, just the events that the prize money is linked to. So it’s not about team vs. team - ask about event vs. event.

Really? Is this the hill you want to die on?

Hope Solo would not be in the top 20 of the depth chart for the unisex U.S. National Team.

Did you notice one of the reserve goalkeepers for Japan was ridiculously tall?

Well, it’s not every game that the ‘keeper is examining the penalty spot for errant daisies...

I won’t play the “one of the greatest players deserves more respect” card, but I, too, think you’re a bit harsh in your evaluation. Does “July 2015 Abby Wambach” merit playing time ahead of Sydney Leroux and Christen Press? Not a chance. But she probably still merits a spot on the 23-player roster - even if she’s not…

co-sign

Considering that women take goal kicks that go to midfield and do promotional “try to kick a field goal from 40+ yards” this is hard to believe. If anything, I figure this is more likely to happen in the women’s game because the goalkeepers are often shorter and a bit behind their male counterparts in athleticism…

How do you play tiddly winks? Do you do a lot of jumping and landing with full weight on your knee? I’m unfamiliar with the contact sport version of tiddly winks.

Anyone else notice on the Japan goal that made it 4-1, Solo reached with her left hand when reaching with her right hand would’ve been more natural motion and a better chance for getting to the ball?

I agree the officiating was uneven in the semi. I thought the coach was asking for trouble late in the match by playing with two center backs each on a very bad yellow card in the game, yet was subbing in forwards in the closing minutes. I thought it’d make sense to put in an additional centerback or d-mid... But what…

Uh, the NFC South (Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans and Tampa Bay) vs. the NFC West (Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis) has nothing to do with the Packers, who are in the NFC North with Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota.