Vic Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 The United States women’s national team is back on top of the world, No. 1 in the latest FIFA rankings, after winning the Algarve Cup earlier this month in Portugal. ... “We want people to talk about the way we attack, and I think we have started off pretty well,” Pia Sundhage, the national team’s new coach, said during a telephone interview last week from Stockholm. “It takes awhile, and we’ve been together for only three months.” ... “They were not satisfied with the bronze and with the way they played,” Sundhage said. “I want to make up for whatever happened in the World Cup, both on and off the field. I think it is perfect timing to have me as the coach because I wasn’t there. The fact that I’m a European coach is a sign that U.S. Soccer has embraced change and that’s a good start. “And I think it’s healthy they hired a coach from outside the U.S. I come from another culture; this is not my mother tongue. I don’t know the language well enough and sometimes I can’t find the right words, so everyone has to be on top of things to understand me. I know it’s a big strain, but I also believe that you shouldn’t take anything for granted. I know everyone on the team wants to win the gold. We are on the road to gold. Every single practice, every meal, every pregame talk — if you can take something from that, you’re a winner.” ... She said she was committed to tweaking the American team’s style of play by giving the players license to be more creative while increasing the game’s tempo. “If Germany can take the game to the next level defending, we want to take it to the next level when it comes to attack,” she said. “We want to run even more, but not just up and down. We want to pick the right moment when we can change the rhythm and speed.” ... Sundhage has named the New Jersey native Christine Rampone team captain. “I watched her on the U.S. before, now I stay a yard away from that person,” she said. “She is a mother and soccer player. I trust her 100 percent.” ... “It’s clear they expect gold, and that’s what we’re going for,” she said. “End of story. After the Olympics, I presume we’ll sit down and look at the next four years. For me, it doesn’t matter because right now I’m part of something that is big and I just love it. Either they offer me another four years or I take a flight back to Sweden.” Quality lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Any chance this will be picked up on FSWC, hopefully they got good numbers for the CAN-US mens game and will be tempted to pick this one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM2 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The games will be webcast on CBCSports.ca, first game tomorrow at 17:00 local time. 20:00 eastern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 quote:Originally posted by MM2 The games will be webcast on CBCSports.ca, first game tomorrow at 17:00 local time. 20:00 eastern Awesome! Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Sweet I'll be tuning in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Anyone know how to put this directly to Window Media Player?????? it works best on my comp at half full screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Out on the west coast here the feed from CBC is very slow and broken up, quite annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 same here in Calgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 My feed seems fine here in S. Ontario During the National Anthem there was a video freeze (audio came through fine though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I know it is not my service as a Speakeasy speedtest to Chicago from Vancouver gives me almost 5Mb/s which is the max my ISP promises and more than enough to watch this feed without hesitation. Seems the CBC server is just not up to the job, can't handle the load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 It is so bad here it is hardly worth bothering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Half a second of signal then it stops to buffer again for 10-20 seconds or reconnect to the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Somebody mentioned that GolTV will be showing the Qualification games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The Estonia game on justintv.com was way better than this crappy service from CBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yes, apparently this game is on GolTV but I don't have it. Shaw cable already charges me an arm and a leg for what I do have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Annoying thig is, the TFC promo each time I reconnect comes through beautifully with no hesitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Any sports bars in your area have GolTV? A game and a pint seem to go hand-in-hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 No sports bars nearby that I know of and if there are they'll more than likely be showing hockey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The CBC has got to know this service is less than useless. They promote their streaming video then can't deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I gather from the flashes I have seen Canada is up 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 3-0 Actually 10' Tancredi ~20' Filigno 38' Lang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yeah, third scored after I posted :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 no problems with cbc feed here in Mississuaga - only time it went out was when I accidently shut it off instead of minimizing it; but it came back within 10 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Watching it on GOL TV no problems. Our women's team is so frusturating to watch we have one freaking play- boot it to sinclair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yeah, it looks like if we played a shorter, more fluid game we'd totally rip T&T apart having them chasing shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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