Saturday, June 6, 2015

Women's World Cup

Not sure I'll get to watch much of these games but I will if I can. Good soccer is good soccer and this will be the best around for the summer. I thought I may as well make predictions.

Groups
A (Canada, China, New Zealand)
B (Norway, Germany)
C (Japan, Switzerland, Ecuador)
D (USA, Sweden, Australia)
E (South Korea, Brazil)
F (France, Mexico, England)

Round of 16 (not sure I've got the right match-ups, oh well)
Norway over Ecuador
China over Switzerland
South Korea over Sweden
France over Brazil
Canada over England
Mexico over Germany
USA over New Zealand
Japan over Australia

Quarterfinals
Norway over China
France over South Korea
Canada over Mexico
USA over Japan

Semifinals
France over Norway
Canada over USA

Finals
Canada over France

I dunno, seems reasonable. Homecourt advantage is still pretty huge in soccer, this will be Canada's best chance to win....maybe ever again. USA looks tough to beat, France is everybody's darling at the moment, Norway and China and Japan are capable squads. But I'll stick with the home team.

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