Goalfest At Swangard (or Everybody Loves A Drubbing)

As much as I've been enjoying the World Cup (at least until Tuesday's setback that is), I've got to say that since the knockout stages began there has been a real dearth of goals. I understand that with the stakes being so high, modern football tactics being what they are etc., it's bound to be like that. Seeing two well organized tactical teams play can be fascinating, even exciting , but honestly, it's goals that we want and it's goals that we remember. And though a high scoring closely fought match will be the better game, there is something very satisfying about a good old fashioned ass-whooping. And that is exactly what the Whitecaps Women did last night. When they scored after two minutes I thought, "Well done." When they scored again after four minutes I thought, "It's going to be a long night for the Real Colorado Cougars." (I didn't think the team looked that old.) When they scored yet again after six minutes I thought, "If they can keep scoring at this rate, by the end of the game it will be 45-0." But sadly, they couldn't. They didn't score their fourth goal until the 12th minute and they waited until the 21st minute for their 5th goal. Then they really put the brakes on, and honestly, the game became pretty damn boring. What kind of football fan complains about a boring match when his team is up 5 goals? Happily in the 82nd minute the Whitecaps came to life again, and quickly scored three more before the end of the game. Final score: Whitecaps Women 8, Real Colorado Cougars 0 and a long bus ride home. Apparently, they came all this way just to lose, just to lose...