marta's goal was gorgeous, for sure! On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the argument has morphed from the original post. I'm not the only > one who described it as standard fare. I thought we were discussing whether > this was a great goal. Sinclair's goal from the free, O'Reilly's goal, > Marta's goal... all gorgeous. This may have been a great moment in US > women's world cup history, but it's not a particularly pretty goal. You can > disagree all you want but I stand firm that this is just an average goal. If > it's truly a great goal it will be remembered for years to come. I suspect > it'll be forgotten about pretty quickly outside the US. > > So let's just agree to disagree. > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Hmm. I guess we're having different discussions then. You want to discuss >> > the warm fuzzy and good "story" that comes from a last minute goal, I'm >> > discussing the goal itself. And your comparison to a home run is invalid. >> A >> > home run is a home run. There aren't more beautiful home runs. Goals in >> > football are completely different. There's certainly such a thing as a >> > beautiful goal vs just a routine one. And this is a case of that. >> > >> >> Why is the "hand of God" goal one of the most famous goals in history? It's >> obviously not the most beautiful.....so why is it famous? Hand ball's >> happen >> all the time...so what's the big deal? >> >> Med......listen.....i realize the goal itself was just a goal. Goals like >> that happen all the time. They are nice, yes, but not overly impressive to >> the point of being the greatest goal ever. I know that what i saw yesterday >> was NOT the greatest goal ever. I get that. And if that is your point, then >> i concede it. Ok. >> >> But i'm telling you that WHEN a goal happens DOES matter. And who it's >> against...matters. And when it happens.......MATTERS. >> >> If that cross and header had happened on a Tuesday afternoon at my old >> grade >> school against my 4th grade soccer team....would it have been has difficult >> to execute as it was against the Brazilian national team in front of the >> whole world? >> >> As a football player yourself....do you really discount that performing in >> front of millions of people at crunch time is equally as difficult as >> performing in practice when nobody is watching? >> >> My point is simply that performing when everything is on the line...even if >> it's something that you've done many times before and that happens dozens >> of >> times every day across the world....is impressive. Very impressive, and >> deserving a bit more than "oh....i've seen a header before...big deal." >> >> To you, a self admitted luddite. To me it's not a great goal. It's a >> routine >> > goal squeaked in at the last minute, just like happens weekly across the >> > world. Treating like it's the greatest goal of all time is just silly. >> It's >> > not even the final, so big deal. >> > >> > I'm not sure why you are so emotionally invested in a discussion about a >> > sport you've said you don't even like, especially because it's a women's >> > sport. So if you don't care about it, why so hopped up? >> > >> >> I"m passionate about sports, can't help it....that's what makes them great. >> >> >> > >
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