Soccer/Football - Jul 21st-Aug 7th

[John Price]

Canada can put it away.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Terrible, terrible

 

[John Price]

Canada wins.

 

[GKJ]

Final kick finally had the right idea, just run up and kick it and put it in the net.

 

[Pink Mist]

Canada best in the world

 

[Civetty]

I can't even be mad, if you miss 4/6 penalties you don't deserve to win. You should score 75% of them atleast.

 

[PanthersPens62]

Gratzky Canada!

 

[Sheppy]

Canada is golden!

And they took out Rapinoe while doing so. Great day.

 

[SensBrawler]

Labbe was amazing all tournament. Such a calm presence in net.

 

[DueDiligence]

I can't even be mad, if you miss 4/6 penalties you don't deserve to win. You should score 75% of them atleast.

Tell that to the England men's team!

 

[JackSlater]

Very nice result, Canada MVPs Labbe and Var.

 

[DueDiligence]

Terrible, terrible

No wonderful wonderful.

 

[GQS]

Can I be kinda happy for the Canadian women winning and yet feel pissed off at the result at the same time? It feels so undeserved.

Quarter finals - win on penalties
Semis - win on penalties
Finals - win on penalties

They scored like 4 total goals in all their games and how many of those weren't from penalty kicks? I guess their defense looked good, but damn it kinda sucks that Sweden lost when they looked so much better. And those penalty kicks holy smokes it was like nobody wanted to win the gold or something.

 

[Civetty]

Tell that to the England men's team!

Eh, from my experience though is that penalty shootouts usually end up 5-4, 4-3 or 5-3 in the ordinary rounds. If going further it's almost always coz of 5-5 or 4-4. They were 2-2 after ordinary, I wonder if this was the worst penalty shootout in a bigger tournament in history.

 

[John Price]

Labbe used to warm up here for the Spirit (local women's soccer club) either as a starter or backup and I have met Labbe before and she is a good person

Good for her.

 

[Pink Mist]

Labbé Canada's MVP for the tournament imo. What a confident and calming presence in the net

 

[NyQuil]

Can I be kinda happy for the Canadian women winning and yet feel pissed off at the result at the same time? It feels so undeserved.

Quarter finals - win on penalties
Semis - win on penalties
Finals - win on penalties

They scored like 4 total goals in all their games and how many of those weren't from penalty kicks? I guess their defense looked good, but damn it kinda sucks that Sweden lost when they looked so much better. And those penalty kicks holy smokes it was like nobody wanted to win the gold or something.

We’ve deserved better before and were denied.

 

[Maestro84]

I never thought Canada would win gold in football....wow what an amazing achievement for these women!

 

[Maestro84]

Can I be kinda happy for the Canadian women winning and yet feel pissed off at the result at the same time? It feels so undeserved.

Quarter finals - win on penalties
Semis - win on penalties
Finals - win on penalties

They scored like 4 total goals in all their games and how many of those weren't from penalty kicks? I guess their defense looked good, but damn it kinda sucks that Sweden lost when they looked so much better. And those penalty kicks holy smokes it was like nobody wanted to win the gold or something.

Yeah it wasn't pretty but we'll take it 100 times out of 10 lol

 

[DueDiligence]

Eh, from my experience though is that penalty shootouts usually end up 5-4, 4-3 or 5-3 in the ordinary rounds. If going further it's almost always coz of 5-5 or 4-4. They were 2-2 after ordinary, I wonder if this was the worst penalty shootout in a bigger tournament in history.

The English men missed 3 penalties in the Euro 2020 (1) final.

 

[DueDiligence]

Can I be kinda happy for the Canadian women winning and yet feel pissed off at the result at the same time? It feels so undeserved.

Quarter finals - win on penalties
Semis - win on penalties
Finals - win on penalties

They scored like 4 total goals in all their games and how many of those weren't from penalty kicks? I guess their defense looked good, but damn it kinda sucks that Sweden lost when they looked so much better. And those penalty kicks holy smokes it was like nobody wanted to win the gold or something.

Not the first time that great defense wins a team championship. Happens in all sports.

 

[kanuck87]

We’ve deserved better before and were denied.

Yep, considering we were robbed in 2012, I don't care how this team ends up getting the gold.

 

[Burke the Legend]

Can I be kinda happy for the Canadian women winning and yet feel pissed off at the result at the same time? It feels so undeserved.

Quarter finals - win on penalties
Semis - win on penalties
Finals - win on penalties

They scored like 4 total goals in all their games and how many of those weren't from penalty kicks? I guess their defense looked good, but damn it kinda sucks that Sweden lost when they looked so much better. And those penalty kicks holy smokes it was like nobody wanted to win the gold or something.

It's a joke to settle championships on this gimmick. I turn off the TV when a shootout starts in NHL games.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Congratulations Canada!

Your defense was stingy as f***, your players fought well, and when it came down to a penalty shootout I knew it could go either way.

Seeing Seger after the loss really hurt, felt close to tears myself. I’ve always appreciated her leadership and dedication, and I really wished for her to get this win after all these years.

I think a lot of us Swedes knew we had a special iteration of a team this tournament following the pummeling of the Americans. So different from Rio when they made the finals parking the bus. With the Germans missing out, I thought there was no stopping a gold medal this time. Alas, the ball is round.

 

[discostu]

Trying to figure out where this stands in terms of Canada team sport victories, and only 2002 and 2010 Olympic Hockey Golds jump out as potential comparables.

What a tremendous games for Canada. Highly successful medal count, but so many big moments that'll get remembered.