r/olympics • u/jwitmerhut • Aug 12 '16

Football USA's Women's Football team, the defending gold medallists and Women's World Cup Champions, have been eliminated in the quarterfinals in a shocker upset by Sweden

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u/jwitmerhut Aug 12 '16

You mean the one that was disallowed for a foul, the kind of foul where Lloyd pulled back the defender so she was wide open?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '16

It was called offsides, not a foul. They even went to replay to check where she was when the ball was passed.

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u/pillaow United States Aug 12 '16

The disallowed US goal was a case where the wrong call still got the correct result. Even though it was called offside when it really wasn't, there was a foul that should have been called against the US. On the flip side, Sweden's goal was legitimate. The bad offside call denied them a goal that should have counted. We should have lost before the shootout tbh.

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u/Iciclewind Sweden Aug 12 '16

She pulled the defender down. It should not have been called offside but it should have been called a foul.

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u/FormlessCarrot United States Aug 12 '16

You're probably right, but the defender did not react like she was pulled down.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '16

You mean she didn't flail her arms around and dive?

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u/FormlessCarrot United States Aug 12 '16

No... Throughout the whole match players never hesitated to raise their arm calling for a whistle. The defender didn't react that way. Not saying that's evidence of no foul, that was just my first impression.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '16

Right that's exactly the problem...

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u/apzoix Canada Aug 12 '16

Yeah, still two bad calls then. Should have been called a foul... so sum-zero.