Japan will beat the USA

[ttwarrior1]

why did usa go for high overhead kicks??

[mr. leisure]

What a huge fukin choke

[freeVICK]

Why wouldn't wambach go first to set the pace?

[spankie]

usa

[azimm11]

[Tchocky]

Most exciting women's sporting event I have ever witnessed. Hope this win will lift Japan's spirits.

[doublej95]

good call Canuck.

[Deuce]

Sharp

[k13]

Japan will never beat the USA. Not in WWI, not in WWII not in Women's Soccer and not in a future WWIII. Never!

Never came early....

[starfire]

Nippon Ichiban!

[ChuckyTheGoat]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/photos?id=319969&photoId=1430148&cc=5901

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/photos?id=319969&photoId=1430203&cc=5901

[jjgold]

CanuckG wins again

Kid is sharp as they come

[Rod1010]

[downsouth]

Very nice call. Hope you cashed large

[Monitor-Tan]

Japan at such odds as a great price to take at right now.. 3 times 12 times means nothing in the championships.. Anyone who says x team has beaten x team whatever number times previously, in a championship is a long term losing bettor guaranteed.

As I said it, this is why 90% of morons are life time losing bettors.

GOOD NIGHT!

[Djstucky]

Why wouldn't wambach go first to set the pace?

Not only would this have been a good idea but why weren't ALL the best offensive players taking the penalty kicks??? Total fukn meltdown...

[odtw524]

Well they didnt beat them easily but they beat them non the less

[mike-dub]

canuck...tell em all, "i told you so!"

[JC2008]

Whoever picks Japan, I would like to personally thank them for keeping Vegas and other bookies in business! Might as well burn that cash right now. Regardless who wins, USA is the right bet here.

Apparently USA was not the right bet.

I would personally like to thank those who take heavy favorites on a consistent basis for keeping Vegas and other bookies in business.

[chantrain]

lol at whoever acts like theyre so fukin smart in this thread. This game could have gone either way, stop buying int your own hype and patting yourself on the back and calling yourself "sharp". what a joke.

[scholesy]

Congratulations to Japan, they played with tremendous heart, fully deserved the win.

[topgame85]

Nothing easy about this game either way, the "sharps" just post the opposite of what most on th board are on that way if it comes through they feel elite and people will be like wow what a great call, how did you know... etc. Japan was a good value at the price but they were completely outplayed. Anything can happen in any game but price wise US was overvalued although they win this game almost every time. The first Japan goal was a defensive atrocity.

[frizzelli]

Good pick

[Johnnythunder]

I knew the fat, clunky US dykes wouldn't have the delicacy of touch to win in the shootout. It was great watching that choke job.

[ACoochy]

Japan were technically the dominant team and shouldve won that game 5-0 at least had it not been 4 their lack of a quick defender and striker. Really deserved win and good call by u CanuckG

[The Bet Master]

Japan moneyline is still a loser

[chantrain]

there was nothing dominant about the japanese team, they just got lucky. U.S. should have won like 5-1 at the end of regular time but they kept missing when they got the chance to score.

Soccer Gods not smiling down on team USA today

[Monitor-Tan]

Ok.. "Missing Shots" IS NOT LUCK!

IF YOU MISS, YOU MISS, IF YOU HIT THE CROSS BAR!

YOU HIT THE CROSS BAR!

THATS NOT LUCK

LUCK IS CHANCE!!

IF YOU MISS YOUR SHOT, YOU MISS YOUR SHOT..

Why do people say it's "unlucky" to hit the cross bar...

[ACoochy]

there was nothing dominant about the japanese team, they just got lucky. U.S. should have won like 5-1 at the end of regular time but they kept missing when they got the chance to score. Soccer Gods not smiling down on team USA today

USA are big and strong but goofy playing and lacked any kind of technique as u saw in their defence wich was without formula and shocking to say the least. And to come from behind twice i the way Japan did shows a degree of self belief that beyond matches their opponents. If you saw Japan dismantle Sweden you would agree that there was no better performance in the WC than that. Goes to show that a tortoise with brains will almost always beat the hare...

[Monitor-Tan]

It takes "skills" to get your ball into the net..

If you hit the crossbar, you weren't skilled enough to bring that ball down, or more to the side to get it in, in that specific situation to get the ball behind the net.

"UNLUCKY" would be if you shot the ball, and the ball takes a weird bounce because of a grass that was messed up..
That's unlucky, not hitting a cross bar

[FishFace5]

CanuckG wins again Kid is sharp as they come

Great game. Extremely frustrating to watch as a fan of the USA but a good game none the less.
Not sure why we're all congratulating the OP though. He did not win his bet. Best case scenario he pushed.

[MUHerd37]

The U.S, let Japan win right? They just felt bad for them with the whole earthquake, tsunami, nuke disaster shit right?

[chantrain]

I just think a great degree of luck was involved, as it always is, in any sports victory or loss.

[chemicalbrother]

Not for attention but Japan is clearly the better side

Sometimes the better side doesn't always win.

huh?

[Monitor-Tan]

He's saying Japan's the better team, but that the better team doesn'talways win meaning that US is not the better team even if they win