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Entry for August 15, 2008: Friday rants
There are a couple of things that bug me. This AM the first was this city employee that is charged with surfing the net with kid pron .. what hell where your thinking jack ass..

Oops you where not. The second is this that happen last night at our soccer game..

OK the sexism of some people just bug me. I know in this day in age I should be more respectable of other opinion. But when someone makes a dumb sexist comment. That is really bug's me. At last night soccer game the ref says to our female player. What is this co-ed soccer? I a tone that was not professional and very sexist. One of player said to the ref the league OK it. This jack ass ref pipes up. " I really do not care" then he started the game. If you did care why did you say something. Hey ref boy. ... There women play in at a high level of soccer and there are woman at all levels of life. Face it ...! Also this ref was so slow and really not that good did not run in game. Maybe it is time you quit reffing , do you really need the money that bad? it looked to me that he didn't like his job as a ref at least smile you jack ass.. But the way ..

I want to congrats the women nation team for Their effort in the Olympics taking the USA women's team to extra time . Thanks to Evan P the women's coach a really classy guy and great coach. thanks for all your hard work.

See this story

Women's soccer: U.S. 2, Canada 1 in extra time


15/08/2008 8:44:35 AM

Substitute Natasha Kai scored in the first extra time period to give the United States a 2-1 lead over Canada in their quarter-final women's soccer match at the Beijing Games.


Kai slipped behind the Canadian defence and headed a long crossing attempt past Canadian goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc to break the deadlock.

Canadian captain Christine Sinclair and Angela Hucles of the U.S. scored in regulation to necessitate the extra 30 minutes of play.

Sinclair tied the match in the 30th minute with a potent blast from well outside the penalty area that sailed past U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo and into the top right side of the net.

It was the 95th goal of her international career for Canada.

Hucles opened the scoring in the 12th minute to give the Americans an early 1-0 lead before rain and the threat of lightning cleared the pitch for over 90 minutes.

A cross from Amy Rodriguez was headed on target by Heather O'Reilly and partially deflected by Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod but right onto the foot of Hucles, who converted the easy tap-in for the goal.

McLeod also appeared to slip and injure herself on the play, and was eventually forced to leave the match. She was replaced by LeBlanc.

Just minutes later, game officials elected to send the players off the field due to lightning concerns in the area of Shanghai Stadium.

The two teams have been archrivals for years, meeting for championship battles all over the world with the U.S. collecting victories most of the time.

In 43 meetings between the two countries, Canada has managed only three wins and four draws, with 36 losses.

But Canada has a chance to turn the tables when it counts the most. With everything on the line, the loser will be sent packing, its 2008 Olympic dream over.

While the U.S. has almost always ended on top, Canada has come close, especially in their two most recent confrontations.

At the 2008 Peace Queen Cup in late June, the Americans defeated their cross-border rivals on a free kick in injury time, and in April, at the CONCACAF Olympic qualification tournament in Mexico, the U.S. needed penalty kicks to take the crown.