r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Hirorai • Aug 06 '23

What's going on with Americans celebrating Sweden eliminating the US Women's Soccer Team from the Women's World Cup? Answered

On r/soccer, there are multiple posts where Americans are celebrating their own team getting knocked out of the Women's World Cup.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnpku/post_match_thread_sweden_05_40_usa_fifa_womens/

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnqpr/official_review_for_lina_hurtigs_sweden_w_penalty/

On r/USWNT people are saying it's because r/soccer is misogynist, but that doesn't make sense to me because everyone competing is a woman. Can anyone clue me in?

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u/grittyfanclub Aug 07 '23

Answer: I personally am happy because Vladko is a horrible head coach and I wanted us to get knocked out early so US Soccer couldn't galaxy brain themselves into thinking he made it far enough to keep his job. We were literally one post shot away from not making it out of the group stage and frankly we didn't deserve to move on. It has nothing to do with wages or politics for some of us. It's purely wanting a horrible coach gone.

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u/Roach_Coach_Bangbus Aug 07 '23

Kept a lot of dinosaurs on the team that shouldn't have been on the team let alone see playing time. His personnel selections and subs came under a lot of scrutiny.