So Japan won the world cup, what next?
PostPosted:Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:01 pm
Japanese man win the world cup? Aliens invade Tokyo? Giant mechs? Bush the third declaring World War 3? I also noticed Captain Tsubasa predicted the Japanese women team was going to beat USA in women's softball, and that actually happened too!
Speaking of World Cup, I noticed everyone seems to be saying the US Women did a good job and we should be proud. However I thought they were a heavy favorite and #1 ranked soccer in the world. They've never loss to Japan and held a lead late into the game twice, and lost on penalty kick against a team that's athletically inferior by far. I saw an article saying if this was the men's team everyone would say they choked. US men's team lost to Mexico with a 2-0 lead, and US men's team was a lot weaker than Mexico's team and people still say they choked even though they actually have a reason to give up that lead (they were not as good as Mexicans). It seems like we cuddle women's sports since we don't really view them at the same level as men's sports. I don't remember people saying the US women's softball team choked when they lose to Japan. Instead I hear people about saying Japanese team was a great team and yadda yadda, even though I believe the US softball team had an ERA of 0.00 and average less than 1 hit allowed per game or some manga-esque incredible number going into the game. Indeed the Olympics canceled Women's softball because they figure nobody wants to see US just steamrolling whoever they face. Compared to that, when the US men's basketball team lost they certainly got a lot of flack, and I'd say international men's basksetball competition is far closer than women's softball.
To me the people who say the other guys played great are the real sore losers when the team you root for is an overwhelming favorite. It's true that anything could happen in a game of sports but it's not exactly a 'everything has 50% chance of happening, either it does or it does not' deal here. It's not that you don't give credit to the loser, but when you have an advantage that looks more impressive than fictional sports matchup and still lose, the guy with the advantage probably choked somewhere.
Speaking of World Cup, I noticed everyone seems to be saying the US Women did a good job and we should be proud. However I thought they were a heavy favorite and #1 ranked soccer in the world. They've never loss to Japan and held a lead late into the game twice, and lost on penalty kick against a team that's athletically inferior by far. I saw an article saying if this was the men's team everyone would say they choked. US men's team lost to Mexico with a 2-0 lead, and US men's team was a lot weaker than Mexico's team and people still say they choked even though they actually have a reason to give up that lead (they were not as good as Mexicans). It seems like we cuddle women's sports since we don't really view them at the same level as men's sports. I don't remember people saying the US women's softball team choked when they lose to Japan. Instead I hear people about saying Japanese team was a great team and yadda yadda, even though I believe the US softball team had an ERA of 0.00 and average less than 1 hit allowed per game or some manga-esque incredible number going into the game. Indeed the Olympics canceled Women's softball because they figure nobody wants to see US just steamrolling whoever they face. Compared to that, when the US men's basketball team lost they certainly got a lot of flack, and I'd say international men's basksetball competition is far closer than women's softball.
To me the people who say the other guys played great are the real sore losers when the team you root for is an overwhelming favorite. It's true that anything could happen in a game of sports but it's not exactly a 'everything has 50% chance of happening, either it does or it does not' deal here. It's not that you don't give credit to the loser, but when you have an advantage that looks more impressive than fictional sports matchup and still lose, the guy with the advantage probably choked somewhere.