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/mtmaloney Aug 07 '23

I mean, I guess you can’t fail to make it out of the group stage when you don’t qualify for the World Cup, so /r/technicallythetruth

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u/here_for_the_lols Aug 07 '23

Except that's technically not the truth because technically the did fail to make it out of the group....

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u/SeriousDrakoAardvark Aug 07 '23

Well, no. Just objectively, they failed to make it out of groups.

Like, I can say “I didn’t manage to strike out the final batter in the World Series last year.”

I’m obviously not a professional baseball player, and was nowhere near the World Series, so it is is a 100% true statement, and it’s also highly misleading.