Japan has beaten the USA for the first time ever in the final match of the Women’s World Cup, prompting the usual sudden and opportunistic interest in football amongst Japanese supporters.
The match was drawn 2-2, but Japan’s team turned this into a 3-1 victory when it came to penalties.
Japanese media helpfully offered gloating coverage of Americans witnessing their defeat:
Japan’s team had previously been remarkable for their total inability to beat the US – they previously lost 22 matches and drew a further 3, making this their first victory against them.
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Trophy looks like the men's trophy after it featured in "Will it blend?".
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Japan really needed this. I support my country and all, but somehow this just makes me feel better on the inside. But still, was a really close game. USA team just kept messing their own shit though. GG.
Although Woman's WC does not get as much attention as the other one, Japan did extremely well I should say... considering all their teammates practiced their ass off.
40 games with average attendance over 35.000.
Beats men`s ice hockey, NHL play-offs, basket, volleyball etc. anytime!!!
Wow, those people sure looked disappointed.
How delicious.
Japan Wins World Cup
SOOO WRONG
Japan Wins Womens World Cup
It is like "Oh look Japan did win ... ah what ever"
What kind of sport is it?
Soccer? Baseball?
Football
In England they call it football, in US they call it soccer.
In England AND the rest of the World
Votes for soccer = 1
Votes for football = (rest of the world)-1
The US and Canada. It's called Soccer in Canada, too.
Anyway, the US had many chances, but they let it slip away. Hell, they were lucky to even make it to the World Cup, let alone the final. The American women's team is getting older.
I wonder if Japan's coach gave a speech like Herb Brooks did before the US played the Soviets in the miracle on ice.
"Tonight, WE are the greatest football team in the world. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great women's football team the Americans have. F$#@ 'em. This is YOUR time! Now go out there and take it."
Get ready for a whole wave of bad soccer anime due to this.
lol, I sense butthurt
Or hes pointing out that nobody cares about womens soccer.
I do.
Well if people knew anything they'd know that the men's world cup was already last year so yeah...
It was a good game. A victory like this is just what Japan needed, I hope it'll cheer the people over there of.
The thread on 4chan was also hilarious 'USA loses 2-2, worst defeat since Pearl Harbor!', gotta love those comments.
After an entire evening of amerifags writing "Time to avenge Pearl Harbor" I can only say: Serves them right.
lol face of michelle obama
Somebody make the new "U Mad Michelle" meme.
What do you expect- this aint womens Basketball.
I wonder if she's still PROUD to be an American?
America has a DEBT Crisis and Obama's watching womens soccer? Atleast he's not playing Golf I suppose
Best football reaction after Beckham's disappointed face [http://pics.livejournal.com/lindsay0819/pic/0001kq03/s320x240] over Robert Green's blunder during WC2010.
kyubey is going to have plenty of new victims judging by the photos.
Who cares its women sports.
Yeah, pointless as female basket... they maybe know basic moves, but don't have technic or grace.
Japan has not win the world cup since Captain Tsubasa
Nah, Inazuma Japan also won it not long ago
since when do americans care about football (aka: soccer) much less its "womans" football
You are a butthurt american "forever alone" guy, aren't you?
Judging on how US managed to reach the final over other teams surely point out that they are serious on the sport despite being buried deeper by baseball, basketball and american football. Yes, they lost to Japan but you still need to give them credits for reaching this far.
Yes, USA Team deserves respect, but now they must take in younger players.
women athletes looks fugly
You mean: "Who cares about men's sports played by ugly women"
I don't care about it (they make me laugh), but I liked to know Japan won that cup.
Tennis isn't bad.
Rhythmic Gymnastic too. You can find some legal lolis and nice DFCs :3
As the World Cup was in Germany this Year I watched one match of Japan (against Mexico) and also followed the rest of the World Cup.
Even it's women football it's fun to watch and they are really good.
The womens World Cup had a large attention in Germany. I hope it will stay like this because the women deserve it...
No, they haven't.
No one fucking cares about this event.
The media made a lot of things up, so it would boost this sport and they can make more money. They're trying to create a new market and make it commercially succesful.
Have you seen any car convois ? Or people with trikots on the streets ? I sure don't. And none of my friends or family watched this.
Usually the streets are full of people during a world cup event. No matter who won a match (we have that much immigrants from everywhere).
Americans are become too lazy and fat. Most american men are even getting so tall to the point they think AVERAGE HEIGHT IS SHORT. dumb americans.
che cosa?
Lost a bet, did we?
Only $700. Which means I can't pay my rent and some tall dude will kick my ass if I don't pay.
Fuck america. Shit worthless shit country fucking fuck.
And whichever country you came from, it's probably America's dirty underwear.
That's your own damn fault then, putting your rent money on the line. Besides, it's "Americans HAVE become."
At least some of us can write a proper sentence.
or.. "Americans are becoming too lazy and getting fatter"
Anyways, it's the same in any country. There are lazy people and hardworking people. You must be one of those lazy people not to see the hardworking ones.
You are just a butthurt short person who thinks he is average height... am I rite? am I rite?? I'm rite!
/sp/ was so mad and tsuntsun
before
>haha, we're gonna kick your asses so hard! USA! USA!
after the game
>i-it's not like we wanted it anyway, b-baka
it was glorious
Fuck yeah, Japan!
Actually makes me happy that Brazil lost to USA, Japan winning makes me a lot happier!
You had me for a sec there Sanku~ World Cup won by the Nipponese?! *click*~~~~~~
+
for women...
.....
weh?
congratulations to japan.looks like their women is strong after all.And lol at the their faces so priceless
congratulations to japan.looks like their women is strong after all.And lol at their faces so priceless
congratulations to japan.l
maybe I type too fast
its womens football... who cares.... and its vs US, us is horrible at football... MANCHESTER UNITED OR GTFO
u jelly
US is ranked on the first place in the women football rankings
USA will be First on the Female Rank until the end of this moth when the Ranking will be updated... but they will be second anyway XD
but who cares about women's sports? lol... the only time you need a woman to do something sporty is make her run to the kitchen, make a sandwich, grab me a beer, and run back in record time.
Anon 22:10 with all respect, ManUtd had nothing to do against Barcelona. Japan women`s team have better idea how to play passing game.
Hopefully this will put more attention towards womens' soccer in Japan. The shocking thing about this win was that a lot of these girls play the sport as a hobby. There isn't a high level of competition of play like there is in America and in many other soccer nations as far as women are concerned. There is still a huge issue of women not being taken seriously in sports and hopefully this will be a catalyst to change.
Also, the level of drama throughout was like watching an episode of Inazuma Eleven. These girls had no right to win on paper and yet they pulled off the impossible.
I know a lot of people absolutely giddy over this as well. Nobody really expected this to happen at all.
No right to win? But who's the coach? You can win soccer with great strategy.
Not 'no right to win', but like on paper, they were more like semi-pros, not even pros.
It just shows how anemic the womens' sport programs are in Japan. While in America, womens' soccer is gigantic and the competition is crazy. It just makes the victory that much more unlikely. Even in the game, America should have scored 4 or 5 goals. It's crazy.
As for coaching, I hear the Japanese strategy actually backfired. But they just won with perseverance and divine luck with those American girls missing totally open shots.
I would say America had no right to win. Not before hand, just because after all those opportunities, they still couldn't pull off a decent number of goals. At one point I just said "you know, I just don't think they deserve it anymore"
Strategy is not enough. You need luck for player to play on form (sometime with bad luck, even Rooney can break his leg on a match). Good morale players will play well under pressure such as penalty shoot out. That's why the psychology warfare is very important in game like this.
are you a female
It was an exciting game. And it's really astonishing how they could pull it off.
You know the game started with Japan getting completely pummeled. They were playing a losing game from the get-go. It was only a matter of time before USA scored first. But JPN pulled off an equaliser. 2:1 no surprises. 2:2! Quite the surprise. And the last minute play almost finished JPN off if it wasn't for the foul just outside the penalty box. That red card saved JPN. Considering the game up to this point, JPN didn't deserve to win the game. xD However luck was on their side.
The penalty shootout on the other hand.. they clearly dominated it.
In the end a well-deserved and exciting win.
@ Shippoyasha
The only reason that's true in the US is because in 1972 Title IX was added to the 1964 Civil Rights Law. It made it illegal to deny opportunities based on sex.
A byproduct of it was to put girls athletic programs on a somewhat more equal footing as far as funding.
I don't know if there is anything like that in Japan, if it wasn't for that law girls sports in the US would be practically nonexistent.
"And the last minute play almost finished JPN off if it wasn't for the foul just outside the penalty box. That red card saved JPN. Considering the game up to this point, JPN didn't deserve to win the game. xD However luck was on their side."
Don't forget about the bad (close, but on review ultimately bad) offsides call that broke a great chance for the JP to score before the USA team. They didn't have all the luck on their side.
I used to think that I could do anything as well as a guy can, but in grade nine I learned the difference in physiology between men and women. Apparently once a guy hits puberty his strength increases threefold whereas a ten year old girl is the same strength as a 20 year old woman.
So a woman bodybuilder could be stronger than a guy, but if compared to a male bodybuilder, than no. Similar to this, when I was watching our Canadian Hockey teams in the Olympics, I noticed a drastic change between male and female. The big difference was the speed at which the guys crossed the ice.
The point of me saying all this is my explanation for why there isn't a focus on the women's football. I used to play football in school until grade 10, and even though our team won almost all of our matches while our guys team lost almost all of their matches, when we played each other after the season's finish, they destroyed us. Same thing in Volleyball, same thing in Basketball. American Football was Co-Ed, but I assume they would have beaten us there as well. So who wants to watch something that isn't as good as another? It'd be like being a fan of the Leafs.
That's only if we compare between genders, which would be like pitting a smaller weight boxer to a heavyweight.
I think attitudes will change when women in sports gets way more competitive onto itself.
So far, Golf and Womens' Soccer is highly competitive and very compelling to watch. Other sports may follow, though stuff like Volleyball depends on which kinds of superstar players are playing on the world stage. Then there's the Olympics where stars can come out and shine especially for more niche sports where women can really show off like Gymnastics.
That said, I still want to see a freakishly amazing female baseball player playing in pro leagues or something like that.
@ Erin Bushay
I agree with you that unless a woman is some steroid enhanced Amazon, there is no way she can phyically compete against males.
However, separate female leagues have been done in Japan before. The manga Tesuwan Girl is I believe is based on fact.
It might not compare to the Japanese Pro Leagues but it's certainly a viable opportunity for women.
The funny thing is... now they could make a female version of captain tsubasa that would make sense when japan gets to the world cup's finals...
I guess, you haven't seen Nadeshiko Japan mascot. Mascot was drawn by person who made Captain Tsubasa
Japan`s ball passing play is the best ever seen in women`s football, reminding not so little how Barcelona`s men`s team play.
Their individual skill is of very high quality too.
"There isn't a high level of competition of play like there is in America and in many other soccer nations as far as women are concerned. "
The FUCK are you talking about, ahahah...... Seriously, people think there's some huge competition/interest for SOCCER in the US!?!?
Most every one of us learned of this story by watching sportscenter wanting to see if the NFL lockout is done yet..
Did you skip high school/college or something? Women soccer is really popular amount women. Most American girls know how to play it/went to camp for it.
You aren't serious, are you? A lot of people take a great interest in soccer in the US - i don't think it's fair to make a generalization like that. :l
It's true. The vast majority of people in the US don't care about soccer at all. See this article, for example...
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/315/americans-to-rest-of-world-soccer-not-really-our-thing
Aside from those of Hispanic descent (most of which are actually from Mexico), Soccer ranks below such sports as ice skating and tennis among the populace. Maybe it's popular at certain schools in certain areas, but otherwise relatively few people in the US care about it.
Neither the US or Japan can be considered a "soccer nation", which makes it somewhat amusing that they were playing against each other in the World Cup finals.
I can't say about the US but soccer in Japan is extremely popular, is actually the 2nd biggest sport in Japan in both popularity and participation, only loosing to baseball.
Heck, the national league of Japan (J-LEAGUE) is the biggest and the most successful soccer league in whole Asia. And Japan is the country who most win Asian Cup titles (4, the last one in 2011 winning against Australia on Qatar). You can say that, because of baseball, soccer is not the biggest sport there but you absolutely cannot say that they aren't a ''soccer nation''.
that´s a great win...but something strange comes to me....the men's team in Japan is obviously more -"beautiful"- than the women's team....wtf is happen @_@ ???
It's a Trap FTW
in japan...that´s always a good answer...
Japan`s men`s team has potential to do the same. But competition is astonishing, over 100 good nations now, with 30 capable to reach semi final stages.
I swear, when we lost it felt like the ending to some sports manga. Like...the loser team that NEVER beats us ever....suddenly gets a win on the greatest stage. Guess we didn't realize they had a training arc before they fought us..
Training arc since they were 5 years old. USA team has to select younger players now, they have had same players in 10 years now.
Yeh but if soccer was a sport based on looks and not on skills we all know who would've won.
still they will keep the old ones until they do no more for some reason. just like in Norway.
even when we crunshed all competion under World cahmp. in 87,93 and 95 and when we slam down the gold under the olympics in 2000 (even if we lost a good player half-way there)
and after that? new main trainer. they have changed 3 players since the olympics in 2000. maybe not so strange we havent won after that...
(the strange thing is that when we smashed USA in th olympics, its was lie :'( and then the day after it was over, when they lose to japan its like *RAGE*)
it must be embarrassing to be male in japan, no wander so many hikimori.
by the way my country won the male world cup, i had nothing to do with it i don't even like football, but i admit i feel now superior to japanese males.
it must be embarrassing to be male in japan, no wander so many hikimori.
by the way my country won the male world cup, i had nothing to do with it i don't even like football, but i admit i feel now superior to japanese males.