GDT: Paris Olympics 2024

[AM]

I meant that she can’t hit the broad side of a barn with her shot.

She had the fame on her foot three times.

 

[rboomercat90]

Weak attempt from Lawrence.

And Leon.

 

[rboomercat90]

Haha Beckie saves the day, for now.

 

[AM]

I’d like to see the Germany goalie is still on the line.

 

[Oilhawks]

I’ll put on my heat shield, but deserved loss

 

[rboomercat90]

Good game pretty evenly played. Canada had chances, Germany had chances. As always, it sucks when you lose in a shootout.

 

[Cloned]

Leon gonna be mad at herself today. Missed a clear chance in regulation than a penalty on top of that.

 

[lopper]

Some terrible penalties by the Canadians and the roller coaster of news with this team is finally over. Hopefully they can clean up the staff/issues before the next World Cup

 

[Drivesaitl]

Much better second half from the women’s soccer team. Looks like they’ve gotten out of their funk.

The substitutions were good. Canada had more pace in 2nd half and some of extra time. In the end not enough as Canada didn't finish.

Tough way to lose.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Assuming he is healthy, Warner would likely have stayed in the decathlon if he could help LePage pace the 1500m. It was likely an easier decision with his fellow countryman not competing.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Leon gonna be mad at herself today. Missed a clear chance in regulation than a penalty on top of that.

Sure, but she was also Canada's best player the moment she got on the pitch. Tireless running and attacking and just plowing through defenders. She played very well. Should've finished on breakaway but womens finish on the ball was lacking whole game. I thought Viens was most dangerous.

I don't really get the starting lineup. Canada was far better after the subs. Heitema has been such a big nothing. No replacement though, ever, for Sinclair.

I thought Gilles and Viens also saved some goals playing back making very needed touches on ball to prevent German goals.

Athlete of the year in Canada and it’s not even close.

I actually cried. She's simply spectacular. What a story. Summer McIntosh. What a perfect name too. You can't write a better script.

So much power at age 17. She just owned the last 50M. In the Pool there is Summer McIntosh, and then everybody else.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I don't mind them interrupting the game for the Summer McIntosh gold. Thats noteworthy. Why was I forced to be watching the womens 100M final while Canada germany were in extra time. That race had no Canadian in it and no interest. could be shown later. It services neither event showing small split screen. At least use whole screen if doing that. Not little boxes.

What a travesty too how the US media coverage is. Shacarri "Wins silver medal" lmao she was blown out and blown up by the winner, who hardly gets mention, Alfred beat her handily.

US were counting gold and didn't get it. Now they act like they won the event.

 

[bellagiobob]

Germany looked extremely confident in their penalty kicks, while our gals seemed nervous as heck, just getting away muffins.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Haha Beckie saves the day, for now.

All 3 were similarly bad. Beckie just got lucky having some pace and spin on the ball. That ball was cheering for Canada. heh. The goalie got all of it, Should've kept it out.

In anycase Germany scored on every kick and also hit uprights. Probably deserved the win overall albeit Canada had taken the match over at times.

 

[rboomercat90]

Sure, but she was also Canada's best player the moment she got on the pitch. Tireless running and attacking and just plowing through defenders. She played very well. Should've finished on breakaway but womens finish on the ball was lacking whole game. I thought Viens was most dangerous.

I don't really get the starting lineup. Canada was far better after the subs. Heitema has been such a big nothing. No replacement though, ever, for Sinclair.

I thought Gilles and Viens also saved some goals playing back making very needed touches on ball to prevent German goals.


I actually cried. She's simply spectacular. What a story. Summer McIntosh. What a perfect name too. You can't write a better script.

So much power at age 17. She just owned the last 50M. In the Pool there is Summer McIntosh, and then everybody else.

Good analysis. The one that’s sticks out to me was your thoughts on Heitema. Big nothing is right. She took up space this entire tournament. It’s hard to remember a single time she made a difference on any play. She hasn’t lived up to the hype she got when she first made the team.

Lots and lots of good performances from others though. This team shouldn’t have made it this far after the hole the coaching staff dug for them and yet they did and could have easily advanced to the semifinal today. That’s how I’m going to remember this group.

 

[Cloned]

Sure, but she was also Canada's best player the moment she got on the pitch. Tireless running and attacking and just plowing through defenders. She played very well. Should've finished on breakaway but womens finish on the ball was lacking whole game. I thought Viens was most dangerous.

I don't really get the starting lineup. Canada was far better after the subs. Heitema has been such a big nothing. No replacement though, ever, for Sinclair.

I thought Gilles and Viens also saved some goals playing back making very needed touches on ball to prevent German goals.


I actually cried. She's simply spectacular. What a story. Summer McIntosh. What a perfect name too. You can't write a better script.

So much power at age 17. She just owned the last 50M. In the Pool there is Summer McIntosh, and then everybody else.

Leon was working well but the execution was off. Unfortunate.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Good analysis. The one that’s sticks out to me was your thoughts on Heitema. Big nothing is right. She took up space this entire tournament. It’s hard to remember a single time she made a difference on any play. She hasn’t lived up to the hype she got when she first made the team.

Lots and lots of good performances from others though. This team shouldn’t have made it this far after the hole the coaching staff dug for them and yet they did and could have easily advanced to the semifinal today. That’s how I’m going to remember this group.

Yeah. Heitema is nothing. Plays a timid bambi type game, rarely has the ball and just not noticeable at all. She's been so highly touted and I just don't see it. Leon is the quantum opposite. Will run the ball at opponents all day, hard to cover, and creates and makes chances. her finish lets her down but not her effort.

Viens was so smart out there as well in both boxes. Her and Gilles not only getting the goals for Canada but mopping up own backline as well. Between them I counted about 4 heroic needed touches on balls to prevent German opportunities.

Canada sure had the buy in from almost all of the players.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

the finishing ability of this Canada team during this game was pathetic.

 

[Drivesaitl]

the finishing ability of this Canada team during this game was pathetic.

Clearly you havent' watched a lot of Womens football. This problem being fairly endemic to the Womens game. We were spoiled with decades of Christine Sinclair. Few Womens players finish all that well. In 3/4 of the quarterfinals today nobody scored. Thats 6 teams that failed to score in regulation and 5 that failed to score even with 120mins of play.

In the other one it was a lot of goals only because Spain somehow conceded two early and had to get the goals back.

The German team was arguably worse finishing until penalty kicks. Although they did hit the upright in extra time.

Ashley Lawrence who unfortunately failed to score in kicks had Canada best shot on goal walking two Germans inside out before forcing a goalie to make a stop at the post. That was very nice.

 

[rboomercat90]

Summer McIntosh is gonna have a damn sore neck when she gets home.

 

[AM]

Good analysis. The one that’s sticks out to me was your thoughts on Heitema. Big nothing is right. She took up space this entire tournament. It’s hard to remember a single time she made a difference on any play. She hasn’t lived up to the hype she got when she first made the team.

Lots and lots of good performances from others though. This team shouldn’t have made it this far after the hole the coaching staff dug for them and yet they did and could have easily advanced to the semifinal today. That’s how I’m going to remember this group.

It’s a poor analysis. She was doing her job and was doing great at it. People shouldn’t talk about soccer if they can’t understand the team game.

 

[Drivesaitl]

It’s a poor analysis. She was doing her job and was doing great at it. People shouldn’t talk about soccer if they can’t understand the team game.

Yeah thats the reason Canada was miles better the moment the subs came in and fairly ran the game against Germany. With Heitama on Canada got next to nothing.

Huitema has basically stopped scoring since 2022 rarely scoring for Canada now and had nothing in this whole tournament. She wasn't even noticeable. Not sure what it is but her performances for Canada since 2022 are decidedly lukewarm. Maybe she's much different in her pro games which I don't watch.

Indeed since 2020 Jordyn has only 8 goals for Canada across 60 matches.

Sinclair was noticeable every match she ever played. Huitema with all kinds of hype as the heir replacement is not even a factor in the games.

Even the telecast was saying that Huitema had nothing going and the subs were necessary, and huge improvement.

I think the money and fame has gone to Huitema's head. She had another disappointing tournament for Canada. She doesn't even look like a starter at this point.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Canadian legend at 17 Summer McIntosh, incredible stuff.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Clearly you havent' watched a lot of Womens football. This problem being fairly endemic to the Womens game. We were spoiled with decades of Christine Sinclair. Few Womens players finish all that well. In 3/4 of the quarterfinals today nobody scored. Thats 6 teams that failed to score in regulation and 5 that failed to score even with 120mins of play.

In the other one it was a lot of goals only because Spain somehow conceded two early and had to get the goals back.

The German team was arguably worse finishing until penalty kicks. Although they did hit the upright in extra time.

Ashley Lawrence who unfortunately failed to score in kicks had Canada best shot on goal walking two Germans inside out before forcing a goalie to make a stop at the post. That was very nice.

You're right.

I only ever really watched Canada games and ive been spoiled with seeing Sinclair every time as shes been playing for the team since before I started watching.

I'm glad I spent the time to appreciate how good she was, nothing worse than watching a great and never realizing how good they are until they're gone.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I'm also late to the party, but getting 2 Canadians on the podium in the 100M fly, what a great games for swimming Canada.