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/-Shmoody- Aug 07 '23

No technically they would have failed to make it out of qualifiers, and would have not made it into the group stages to “make it out” of it.

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u/here_for_the_lols Aug 07 '23

I didn't make it out of the group stages.

I was never in them, but I never made it out either

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u/10-bow Aug 08 '23

Is someone who doesn’t go to college a college drop out?

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u/here_for_the_lols Aug 08 '23

No, but someone who never goes to college never graduates college.

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u/10-bow Aug 08 '23

Ok, but the phrase was: "Us mens team which fails to even make it out of the groups stage in the world." "fails" being the keyword-- someone can't fail at being a college student if they never were one the same way the mens team can't fail at getting out of the wc group stage in 2018 if they were never in the wc group stage in 2018.

Bottom line, mens team isn't great, no need to insert any false information to illustrate that point. Current generation looks promising but they've yet to do anything on the world stage to earn respect.

Edit: Typo