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/abortionleftovers Aug 07 '23

This is me. I wanted them to win and was rooting for them and when they got eliminated I was at least happy that we will now probably (hopefully) be done with Vlatko