Congratulations to the Falcons on the Olympic qualification

[truetalk]

It has been a while since we have qualified for Olympic soccer, Male or Female.

Well done to the girls and the Coaching crew.

It is an unbelievably tough group. Spain, Japan and Brazil can make valid claims of being top 5.

If the Falcons are top 10 globally (as some of us believe they are), then they have to walk the tough road in front of them and walk it well.

For me, it has been a good sports weekend. Falcons qualifications, some good NPFL highlights, Dawn Staley and South Carolina, UCONN Huskies are the top dogs again. Good long weekend.

[bret- hart]

Wish we were in the other group. We match up better with USA, Germany and Australia. Brazil, Japan and Spain are too slick for my liking. Oh well. Lets see what Randy does in Paris.

[1naija]

We are good. Our goalkeepers don't play in Israel.

Wish we were in the other group. We match up better with USA, Germany and Australia. Brazil, Japan and Spain are too slick for my liking. Oh well. Lets see what Randy does in Paris.

[Bigpokey24]

Booking my tickets ,man will hit Paris in the summer

[Gotti]

OSE, OSE O, OSE O, OSE BABA…

[Undertaker]

Booking my tickets ,man will hit Paris in the summer

Stop lying! You can't afford a trip to Paris!

[aruako1]

Booking my tickets ,man will hit Paris in the summer

Stop lying! You can't afford a trip to Paris!

Even if he could, his US immigration status is a massive blocker.

[NationsCup]

Congratulations SF. However, They need to work on ball possession. They seemed to be losing too much possession and doing a lot of running as a result. They could easily get tired and get punished when they play experienced teams.

[Bigpokey24]

OSE, OSE O, OSE O, OSE BABA…

[Bell]

It has been a while since we have qualified for Olympic soccer, Male or Female.

Well done to the girls and the Coaching crew.

It is an unbelievably tough group. Spain, Japan and Brazil can make valid claims of being top 5.

If the Falcons are top 10 globally (as some of us believe they are), then they have to walk the tough road in front of them and walk it well.

For me, it has been a good sports weekend. Falcons qualifications, some good NPFL highlights, Dawn Staley and South Carolina, UCONN Huskies are the top dogs again. Good long weekend.

HOW SOON PEOPLE FORGET


Isn't this the team that gave a glimpse of what it can do not too long ago in Australia? Actually, I wouldn't be quick to write them off against Japan or Brazil. Just give them ample and quality preparation, NFF.
Bell

[Undertaker]

Booking my tickets ,man will hit Paris in the summer

Stop lying! You can't afford a trip to Paris!

Even if he could, his US immigration status is a massive blocker.

I thought he was a DACA kid? However, I know for sure he can't afford an Amtrak ticket talkless a flight to Paris!

[iworo]

[packerland]

Booking my tickets ,man will hit Paris in the summer

Stop lying! You can't afford a trip to Paris!

Even if he could, his US immigration status is a massive blocker.

I thought he was a DACA kid? However, I know for sure he can't afford an Amtrak ticket talkless a flight to Paris!

Lol at DACA kid. Broke & jobless

[iworo]

[iworo]

[Bigpokey24]

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Wow Zambia came back. They were the better team in the first leg. Glad they made it

[Bigpokey24]

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[Lolly]

Congrats to the girls.

I miss these celebrations from the days I used to follow the SE all over the place. My best was when Nigeria defeated Spain in France ‘98. We danced in the rain for almost an hour. It was fun.

[Damunk]

Congrats to the girls.

I miss these celebrations from the days I used to follow the SE all over the place. My best was when Nigeria defeated Spain in France ‘98. We danced in the rain for almost an hour. It was fun.

I was there that day.
I looked up and found myself standing right beside Segun Odegbami.
I will never forget that particular moment.
It was like he was mesmerised, just staring at the spectacle of crazy football fans like in a trance. I think it was when the team bus came out.

In that moment, I felt he was reflecting on what might have been if his own generation had qualified for the World Cup. It was pure joy but he seemed frozen in time.

[Damunk]

Banyana feel the ‘heartache’ at letting down the nation with Olympics exit



Desiree Ellis battled to hold back tears when she talked about the profound disappointment of failing to lead Banyana to this year's Olympic Games in France.

Banyana were held to a 0-0 draw by the Super Falcons of Nigeria at Loftus on Tuesday night, meaning they lost the final stage qualifier 1-0 on aggregate and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the second time in succession.

Ellis admitted Banyana disappointed the country.

“It is difficult to explain because of the expectation that, not just we had on ourselves, but the rest of the country had on us,” she said in her post-match press conference.

“We felt we disappointed everybody, we felt if we scored one goal we might have scored the second or the third because we were the team on the ascendancy.

“We knew they were going to play the long ball because they did that effectively in the first game and we handled that very well.

“We needed to put our foot on the ball a lot more. I don’t think you can explain the disappointment. You hurt so badly inside that you almost don’t know what to say.”

The turn of events might bring the future of long-serving Ellis into the spotlight. The coach said she does not know if she will be around for the next Olympic qualifiers.
“It is always about the team first. I can't give you an answer about that far ahead right now.

“The reason I said I am not thinking too far ahead is that we have a lot of Fifa dates coming up in between, and hopefully a Wafcon [Women's Africa Cup of Nations], because the one thing the team would like to do is defend [their 2022 Wafcon title]. It is always easy to win but it is difficult to defend it.

“We need to consistently have regular camps and play against good opposition because that’s the only way you can test yourself and the team can grow.

“No disrespect to some of the teams on the continent. Nigeria are ranked number one, we are ranked number two. We have to make sure that when we go to Cosafa Cup, we take a team that will get the experience to bring back and add value.

“The Cosafa Cup is the first level tournament where players go, do well and you bring them in.”

Banyana captain Refiloe Jane also spoke about the squad's disappointment but said they will have to come back and try again.

“When the final whistle went it was huge disappointment. Heartache. This group worked so hard to be where it is today and it’s been a long journey to be where we are. To experience such disappointment at the last hurdle hurts.

“But we will have to lift our heads up and try again like we did before. Today is a sad day but tomorrow is a new day and we will focus on what lies ahead. There are lessons in failure. We will have to come back strong.

“We can’t sulk like it is the end of the world. We missed out in the previous edition and we came back stronger. We don't know what lies ahead of us but this is our chance again to rebuild and come back stronger.”

Banyana reached the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and the World Cups in 2019 and 2023, becoming the first South African senior team to progress past a World Cup group stage at the latter in Australasia.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2024-04-10-banyana-feel-the-heartache-at-letting-the-nation-down-with-olympics-exit/

[2think]

So proud of the SF.

[Damunk]

“South Africa talked a lot before the two matches… how they were gonna do this and that, but we just kept quiet. I felt like we… I believed in our team. I knew we were gonna be a hard team to break down.”
- Randy Waldrum

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/socce ... pics-exit/

[Bigpokey24]

The NFF need to strike gold with these girls, make serious wazobia, their popularity is top notch. All of a sudden many people can name the first 11 and even the bench , talkless of them playing allover the globe. Our women football has arrived and my belle dey sweet no be small. Well done to the SUPER FALCONS

I also think this girl is a super star, the female Ngolo Kante