US Women's Soccer podcast

US Women’s Soccer - the most polarizing national team in history?

Maybe they are - but for all the right reasons

places listening USA - NYC specifically Manhattan followed by the Bronx both my a mile this week.

Austria and Australia were 2nd and 3rd - Graz Austria got all of their listens so hello to our friends in Graz

#1 and it’s not the topic of this podcast. I believe the USWNT deserves the same pay as the USMNT. But, that’s a whole different podcast, so all I want to do is state for the record, I think they should be paid equally for their training, appearances in friendlies and for their appearances in real competitions, such as the World Cup. (Bonuses for winning games and advancing and such, is also something we should all talk about on a different day as well)

US Team beat a hapless Thailand team 13-0 (the next biggest blowout in the group stage was Italy’s 5-0 win over Jamaica

Thailand shouldn’t have been in the tourney - but here’s the break down of the where the 24 teams came from

AFC (Asian Football Confederation) 5 slots (including Thailand) and Australia actually plays in the AFC

CAF (Africa) 3 slots

CONCACAF (N America) 3 slots

CONMEBOL (S America) 3 slots

OFC (Oceania) 1 slot New Zealand

UEFA (Europe) 8 slots + the host happens to be France so 9 slots

The Final 8 were the US and 7 European countries

The Final 16 were those 8 plus - 2 from Africa, 1 N Am, 3 Asia including Australia, 1 Europe, 1 South America

So, Europe had 9 teams in the tournament and 8 made the round of 16 and 7 made the final 8. So Unless they wanted to add a 10th European team to a 24 team tournament , Thailand had to get in — or somebody else like Thailand…

But Jamaica was rated worse than Thailand in the world rankings, as were all 3 African nations and 2 of the South American teams… but nobody beat those trams worse than 5-0. Teams exercised restraint in their dominance.

The USWNT Tried to destroy Chile - were up 3-0 and then the Chilean Goaltender started trending on twitter - because she stopped everything (including getting in the head of the Carli Lloyd for a PK at the end). Could’ve been 7-0 but only 3-mil - so the Chilean goalie took ‘em down a peg.

Third game against Sweden - won comfortably 2-0 against Sweden - all they needed was the win, final game of group stage. The control they played with against Sweden is the control they should’ve played with against Thailand. It could’ve been 8-0 and they would’ve proven the same point as 13-0.

My biggest problem was them celebrating goals 11, 12, & 13 as if they were each sudden death game winners in the world cup final.

They Showed up inferior players, the way an older sibling ruthlessly destroys their younger sibling. They punched down - and that’s a factor later in podcast

USWNT also struggled mightily with Spain. Spain played an incredibly physical game and dared the refs to call Penalty Kicks… and the refs did. Megan Rapione scored both kicks, and that was important, because Spain scored on some poor defense and goal tending by the US.

So the Mighty team that smoked Thailand, and tried to embarrass Chile, played safe vs Sweden and then was in a dog fight vs Spain. As the games get bigger and the teams get better, beating Thailand means less and less… but the bullseye you put on your own back isn’t going anywhere.

Now the US plays France in the quarters and France is great at home. US is the better team, but we shall see. Winner of this game is the favorite to win the World Cup.

But now politics come into play. Megan Rapione is very vocally opposed to the way the current administration is treating many of our citizens and many of the immigrants who are legally in the US, let alone how they’re treating folks at the border, people of certain religions, people of most races and ethnicities and the LBGTQ+ community.

So, the USWNT are saying they wouldn’t go to the the White House win or lose invited or not. And I feel like this is interesting because they are calling out an administration that makes a living out of “punching down”. The way we treat each other in this country and the way we treat people who are in at risk demographics is MUCH more important than how the USWNT played against Thailand … but ironically them being the “bully” to Thailand and taking joy in it… That’s right out of the playbook of this administration since it took power in January of 2017.

So here were go - there are 4 distinct schools of though on how people feel about the 2019 World Cup USWNT:

#1: Love that they beat Thailand 13-0, hate that they won’t go to the white house (Likely Moderate Republicans)

#2: Love that they Beat Thailand 13-0, love they they won’t go to the white house (Likely Libertarians)

#3: Hate that they Beat Thailand 13-0, love that they won’t go to the white house (Likely Far left Democrats, Green Party)

#4: Hate that they Beat Thailand 13-0, hate that they won’t go to the white house (I actually think this category may not exist in real life, but it’s plausible) Tea Party/ Fan Right folks aren’t very likely to watch soccer - cuz it’s for Sissies (so, i’ve been told)

But if we think about most of our national teams — we care about them as a nation, once every 3 to 4 years at best. The casual american non sports fans isn’t talking about them much. But, right now, they are — so whether or not this team is polarizing, people have an opinion — and that’s genius for a group that is trying to heighten awareness of the “equal pay movement”.

Crazy or Crazy like a fox - they’ve made the most of this world cup appearance, even if they lose to France. And if they keep winning - the snow ball of momentum is only going to grow.

But they’ve got to keep winning — so I hope they saved enough goals to eek out 3 more wins — cuz they certainly didn’t need all 13 they scored in game #1 - but i’m pulling for them to figure it out.

Is Lenny Kravitz more handsome than Khal Drogo?

Is Lenny Kravtiz better looking than Khal Drogo?

best songs about dogs podcast 

Places Listening - Netherlands is second place and Russia is 3rd

Canada, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, Sweden, UK, Germany, Kenya, Ireland, Guatamala, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago

Concord NC, Ashburn, VA Walpole, MA Amsterdam Moscow (hope that’s uncle mike and not Putin), Surabaya Indonesia Stockholm Sweden, Colombo Sri Lanka, Hornby NZ, Nairobi Kenya, Melbourne, the Bronx, Edmonton  

Who’s more handsome Lenny Kravitz in his prime or the Actor who played Kahl Drogo on Game of Thrones, Jason Momoa. Lenny is currently like 54 - Lisa Bonet is 50 

mind blown a zillion percent

We learned that Shep from southern charm has a “one that got away”

What do you think of the fact that T-Rav is claiming that leaving Southern Charm is “essentially mutual” / his choice

First off their are also songs by Artists with Dog based names. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Lil Bow Wow

Regulators by Nate Dogg and Warren G is about Nate Dogg and Warren G’s adventures around town one night. 

Doggy Dogg World and Who am I (what’s my name)? By Snoop Dogg are songs by snoop about snoop

There’s a song called Puppy love featuring Snoop and Nate Dogg - but that’s probably overkill

Feels like DMX needs to be on this list - also apparently loves Godsmack and requesting his ow songs

Outlandish theory - My best friend’s girl - by the Cars — if a dog is man’s best friend… could be a song written from a Dog’s point of view. 

Dr. Dre’s Next Episode features both Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg— and it might be a top 5 “pop rap” song of all-time. And it’s all boosted by one of the most memorable closing lines of all time from Nate Dogg - “hold up…. HEY!” to “Hey hey hey hey … Smoke … everyday “

best local charlotte coffee Central Coffee or Smelly Cat Coffee?

best charlotte sit at the bar brunch, Zeda Jane’s or Jack’s Beagle or a workman’s friend?

favorite charlotte brewery vibe

How'd you like Kindred ?

Got a lot of these from a list of songs about dogs from the american kennel club

Who let the Dogs out - Ba Ha Men 

Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 

Jessie - Paw 

Hound Dog - Elvis 

Black Dog - Led Zeppelin 

The Dog Days are Over - Florence + The Machine 

Old Shep - Elvis

Old King - Neil Young

Like my Dog - Billy Cunningham 

Me and a Dog named Boo - Lobo

Feed Jake - Pirates of Mississippi 

Walkin’ the Dog - Aerosmith 

Ol’ Red - Blake Shelton

The more boys I meet - Carrie Underwood

Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs get old - Luke Bryan

Black eyed dog — Nick Drake 

Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog - Johnny Cash

Maga Dog - Peter Tosh 

Seamus - Pink Floyd 

Diamond Dogs - Beck 

Dogs of War - Pink Floyd 

King of the Dogs - Iggy Pop 

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol 

Mama Told me not to Come - Three Dog Night (really any song by them) 

Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog 

I love my Dog - Cat Stevens

Martha my Dear - Beatles 

I’m Gonna buy me a dog - The Monkees

How much is that doggie in the window - NOOOOO! AWFUL — Not on our list 

I love my dog - Sublime - Also Lou Dog gets shouted out by Sublime a ton on their first record 

Chldrens’ hit B-I-N-G-O - might web the most well known, for all the wrong reasons