Match Thread: World Cup Group B - Matchday 2 - Canada v Ireland - July 26, 2023 - 8 am ET / 5 am PT / 8 pm local time

[Colonel Green]

Holy shit.

I would have bet anything against that happening.

[gator]

Get in! Much better!

[king1010]

Nice first touch and finish. Nice pass to open it up. 

[Shway]

Great ball great finish.

[Gian-Luca]

Credit to Priestman, the changes have helped and the team looks completely different in the second half thus far. 

[youllneverwalkalone]

Is it me or does Luke provide significantly more irrelevant facts than needed from a pxp man? 

[Shway]

1 minute ago, Gian-Luca said:

Credit to Priestman, the changes have helped and the team looks completely different in the second half thus far. 

Sinclair playing where she should be, and Fleming in behind is massive. Missed this against the Nigerians.

[Shway]

To early for that sub (Leon) imo...but we shall see.

[narduch]

4 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said:

Is it me or does Luke provide significantly more irrelevant facts than needed from a pxp man? 

Isn't his favourite phrase "the former...."

TFC fans have been complaining about this for years

[Gian-Luca]

Is Gilles suspended for the next match?

[Shway]

Cmon Sincy...

[Shway]

She's a legend, but who thinks this tournament is her last games for Canada?

[Colonel Green]

Just now, Shway said:

She's a legend, but who thinks this tournament is her last games for Canada?

I think she plays the Olympic qualifier on home soil.

[youllneverwalkalone]

I knew something about Ireland was annoying me... Half these players are Americans!

[rydermike]

I'm surprised the Irish keeper was allowed to wear that colour. A bit too similar to the team's colour. (streaming off my phone, so maybe it's more distinguishable on a bigger screen looks like turquoise vs green for the players to me) 

Edited July 26, 2023 by rydermike

[Gian-Luca]

Wileman is talking about Leon while Walsh thinks he is talking about Sinclair 

[narduch]

Should note that TSN is lame and their announcers are in Toronto 

[RJB]

Huitema has been a bright spot for me today.

[Colonel Green]

Lacasse needs to be more aggressive with the final play. She generates tons of chances but it always seems to taper off.

[TheOtherGuy]

1 minute ago, Colonel Green said:

Lacasse needs to be more aggressive with the final play. She generates tons of chances but it always seems to taper off.

I like what Lacasse is doing/ bringing

[Shway]

4 minutes ago, RJB said:

Huitema has been a bright spot for me today.

I think I want to see her in the 9.
I think Sinclair should be a super sub at this point.

She is having a bad game.

Edited July 26, 2023 by Shway

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

21 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said:

I knew something about Ireland was annoying me... Half these players are Americans!

Which causes them problems when said players whose grandfather drank a pint of Guinness in Galway once or whatever don't know which songs being sung by their teammates are not suitable for upload to social media.

[jonovision]

To be fair I dozed through the first 25 minutes, but do Ireland do anything other than foul and then look surprised when they get whistled?

[gator]

For 45 minutes a victory looked very unlikely but a little good fortune on the equalizer and a great response by Priestman and the team  in the 2nd half saw this must win match out rather comfortably in the end!

[rydermike]

Now as long as Priestman doesn't do the Herdman and get caught saying F Australia by the pitch mics in her post game team huddle chat