2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Nick22 · **Reply #60 on:** June 24, 2019, 01:51:01 PM

now in stoppage time, roughly 5 minutes to play, still 2-1 US

Nick22 · **Reply #61 on:** June 24, 2019, 01:57:27 PM

US wins 2-1! . they advance to the quarterfinals Friday against France!

Nick22 · **Reply #62 on:** June 24, 2019, 06:07:56 PM

Sweden hangs on to defeat canada 1-0, they advance to play Germany on Saturday

The Chronicler · **Reply #63 on:** June 24, 2019, 07:12:27 PM

That match the US played against Spain quite remarkably didn't go as easy as many were expecting. Much like France over Brazil yesterday, the US really had to step up their game to actually advance through the tournament. And with that goal Spain scored, team USA's shutout streak in World Cup matches (going back to the group stage match against Australia in 2015) finally ends at a total of 647 minutes (not sure if that's a record, but it would not surprise me if it is).

Looks like USA will be playing against France in the quarterfinal on Friday, just like a lot of experts were predicting. It should be noted that most of these experts were also rather evenly split on either the US or France would eventually win the World Cup, making this upcoming quarterfinal arguably the most important one of all. Personally, as much as I think France deserves to go further, I don't think it should come at the expense of giving the US its worst finish ever in a Women's World Cup, so I'm sticking with team USA.

Nick22 · **Reply #64 on:** June 25, 2019, 12:40:46 PM

Italy scores in the 15th minute to take a 1-0 lead on China.

Nick22 · **Reply #65 on:** June 25, 2019, 01:30:58 PM

Italy ads anoither goal in the 49th minute to go up 2-0. We've got about 20 minutes to play, not including stoppage time.

Nick22 · **Reply #66 on:** June 25, 2019, 01:57:31 PM

Italy wins 2-0 and advances to the quarterfinals on Saturday where they will play the Netherlands-Japan winner.

Nick22 · **Reply #67 on:** June 25, 2019, 03:26:23 PM

Netherlands scores fikrst in the 17th minute to lead Japan 1-0

Nick22 · **Reply #68 on:** June 25, 2019, 04:33:38 PM

Japan pulls level in the 43rd minute,. nopw 15 minutes left in regulation, still tied at 1.

Nick22 · **Reply #69 on:** June 25, 2019, 04:51:35 PM

Netherlands scores on a pematy kick in the 90th minute to go up 2-1, and very likely punching their ticket to the next round.

Nick22 · **Reply #70 on:** June 25, 2019, 04:57:19 PM

Netherlands wons 2-1 and completes the quarterfinal allotment. there will be no rematch with the US for Japan.

Nick22 · **Reply #71 on:** June 25, 2019, 05:39:14 PM

so i correctly picked all 8 quarterfinalsts.
Thee quarterfinals are
Norway vs England
France vs US
Italy vs Netherlands
Germany vs Sweden
my picks are
England
US
Netherlands
Germany.

Nick22 · **Reply #72 on:** June 27, 2019, 06:38:42 PM

England crushed Norway 3-0 to advance tio the semifinals. They'll play the US-France winner on Tuesady in the semifinals.

The Chronicler · **Reply #73 on:** June 27, 2019, 08:32:28 PM

I wanted to mention yesterday that my picks for the Round of 16 matches were all the same as what you had called for, and it looks like all of them were right (interestingly enough, this made the US the only non-European team in the quarterfinals). As for the quarterfinals, I agree with your picks of England, USA, and Germany, but I think Italy will win over Netherlands. We'll see how things turn out over the next couple of days.

The Chronicler · **Reply #74 on:** June 28, 2019, 07:45:48 PM

USA wins 2-1 over France!

Now that was an exciting game to watch. Both sides played very well, but the US continues their World Cup record of never losing after scoring the first goal, and continues their streak in this World Cup of scoring the first goal within 12 minutes. And with Megan Rapinoe scoring both goals in this game as well as both goals in the previous game, she now holds the record for most consecutive goals of any player for their team.

Now it's on to the semifinal match on Tuesday, where the US will play against England.

Nick22 · **Reply #75 on:** June 28, 2019, 09:48:19 PM

rapionoe is the first player sinvce brazil's Marta in 2007, to score 2 goals in back to back games. US very nearly had a 3-0 leaed that was called back for being offsides. US is guaranteed 2 more games, regardless of if they win or lose on Tuesday.

Nick22 · **Reply #76 on:** June 29, 2019, 10:51:02 AM

Netherlands leads Italy 2-0 late.

Nick22 · **Reply #77 on:** June 29, 2019, 02:15:19 PM

Sweden on the verge of upsetting Germany. lead 2-1 in the 86th minute.

Nick22 · **Reply #78 on:** June 29, 2019, 02:54:19 PM

the final 4 is set. US v England. Netherlands vs Sweden. All 4 teams are guaranteed 2 games. semi winners go to the final, semi losers to the 3rd place game.

The Chronicler · **Reply #79 on:** June 29, 2019, 08:25:44 PM

That sure was quite a surprise. Looks like neither of us expected Sweden to win, while I was also wrong about the Netherlands winning. Anyway, it should be noted that of the four remaining teams, the US is the only one with any championships. When this World Cup is over, either the US will win a record fourth championship, or one of the other three teams will win their very first championship.

So what are your picks for the remaining matches? I think USA will beat England and Netherlands will beat Sweden (mostly because I'd rather not have the final be a rematch of a group stage game) For the third place game, I'd like to see England win against Sweden, and the final will have USA winning against Netherlands.