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USWNT Choke or No Choke: Last Word to Solo on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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"So did we choke? We played a beautiful game. We played our best game. But we didn't come out on top. I don't think we choked at all." Hope Solo(via ESPN)

h/t to SBNation's Andrew Sharp for the transcription.

WORTH A READ: Deadspin's Emma Carmichael smartly tries to untangle the knotty "choke/no-choke" issue.
Photo Gallery: Women's World Cup on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Erik Malinowski |
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Check out some stunning photos from the Women's World Cup. The Big Picture(via BostonGlobe.com)
On Winning, Losing and the USWNT on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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These are multi-layered emotions, I think, the stuff that covers winning and losing. There are those who think winning is the whole point, and they’re not necessarily wrong. There are those who think joyous competition is the whole point, and they’re not necessarily wrong either. People have different ideas of sportsmanship, of competitiveness, of the ways to handle defeat. Joe Posnanski(via SI.com) , on navigating his two daughters' wildly different reactions to the US losing to Japan on Sunday and what it can teach us about how to appreciate winning and losing.
USWNT: Choke or No Choke? on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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If true equality means giving women's sports the same sort of analysis with which we scrutinize the men, then it shouldn't be considered crass, unknowledgeable or unpatriotic to suggest or think the USWNT choked. Jemele Hill(via ESPN.com)

And from Dan Shanoff (via DS.com): ""Pressure Makes Us" was a wonderful ad campaign for the team -- I suspect they would want to be held to no less of a standard than 'championship or failure.' If we can't have an intelligent discussion about the totality of the USWNT's efforts -- from the 'never-say-die' attitude to the late-game chokery -- then we do them and us a disservice."
SI's Cover Story: US vs. Japan on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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To hear the Americans, their dominant feeling was less anxiety than disbelief, a sense that the decisive moments had played out in a dreamlike slow motion, something that wasn't quite real. Grant Wahl(via Sports Illustrated) , who wrote this week's SI cover story (compellingly pictured in the cover shot below). Click the blurb above to read the entire thing.
This Week's SI Cover: Solo's Lament on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Grant Wahl |
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What would your USWNT cover title be? We're sharing headlines (serious and fun) on the Quickish Facebook page.

From SI's Grant Wahl, a neat data point: "Sports Illustrated soccer covers from 1980-98: 3. Soccer covers from 1999-2011: 10."
US Women's Soccer: What Next? on 19/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The United States is now confronted with the unassailable truth that it must add technical sophistication to athleticism and resolve to remain among the best in the world. Jere Longman(via New York Times)
Women's World Cup Final: You Watched on 18/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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U.S. vs. Japan was most-viewed soccer game in ESPN history and sixth most-viewed soccer game (men or women) overall in U.S. history. Newsday's Neil Best(via Twitter)

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Women's World Cup: Last Word (For Now) on 18/7/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Did someone win? Or did someone else lose? Did someone choke? Are we really debating this? Is the word "choke" where we make our stand? Is the real equality in unspooling the same blunt and empty-headed narratives and criticisms we unfurl for the men? Is this the rhetorical hill we die on for parity? Jeff MacGregor(via ESPN.com)
USWNT: "Best Thing That Could Happen" on 18/7/11 | Tipped by Jeff MacGregor |
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As strange as it sounds, this final might have been the best thing that could happen to American women's soccer... The media covered the U.S. team more as a sports team than as a roving band of inspiration. And because of the way the final played out, it wasn't even possible to reduce this team to some quality of can-do gutsiness. Brian Phillips(via Slate) , who added: "For most of Sunday's game, the U.S. women didn't look like plucky underdogs. They just looked like a team that was really good at soccer. As an American fan, I wish they'd won, but for a sport that struggles to garner its share of attention, it's significant that I absolutely can't wait to see what they'll do next."

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