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I see that one of Robert Beck's favorite shots is an image from the most over-hyped sports moment in history. Who really cared that much about women's soccer? The answer---no one. They won a game that ran way too long and in a shoot out. 0-0 win. How invigorating. It's almost like the national sports press wants to shove it down our throats and convince us this was a special moment. Even ESPN had it in the Whose Number 1 list in the top 10, no less. The Play, Jordan over Elo, BC's hail mary, the Music City Miracle, and Brandie Chastain? It empowered women, yay. It showed the world women were as good as men, woohoo. Soccer is lame anyway. Women's soccer is even worse. I'd rather watch old people play croquete. Chastain's moment is about as exciting as the WNBA, there's a great league. Fun to watch. Nothing like a smaller ball being chucked from a closer three point line and finger tip roll layups with a 50-38 final score. Neat. Way to use that backboard. Give me a break already. No one outside of the press gets chills when they see the top come off. And notice we never see the "goal". We just see the presentation afterward. It would be like just seeing Jordan pump his fist and not the shot against Cleveland. Ridiculous and an obiviously politically correct choice.

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May 6, 2008 01:12 PM ET

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The moment in history had not much to do with the execution of the game but more to do with the fact that the ripped her top off. Withoiut that no one would remember the game.

Show the play and the game and there would be a collective yawn.

My personal favorite moment is Gibson's HR in 88. I am a Dodger fan and still get the chills when I watch it.

Funny observations about the WNBA!

Mister Freightliner

Los Angeles , CA

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July 10, 2008 02:04 AM ET

The whole 1999 US Women's Soccer team was one gigantic overrated moment. There was nothing appealing about them, the quality of competition was poor, and Brandi Chastain isn't even that impressive as either a player or a sex symbol.

People kept saying, "It empowered women." How? WUSA was formed it the aftermath of that season, and it never fond any kind of deent audience; it folded after three seasons and is supposedly being relaunched in 2009 or something, but the idea that it wllamount to anything is preposterous. Since then we've endured the embarassment of Danica Patrick, that Korean girl who tried to play in a US Men's golf tournament and failed spectacularly, and the surprising continuation of the WNBA.

It's a jok - it has done nothing but make pro sports look stupid.