On the heels of the United States women falling to Japan during the World Cup Finals this past weekend, there has been debate as to what actually happened. Did the Japanese team win the match? Or did the United States team lose the match? The answer is actually quite simple. Yes.
News flash people - for a team to win, the other one has to lose. How is this a difficult concept to follow? The way it happened is irrelevant. Whine all you want about missed opportunities or letting leads slip away twice. In the end, a win is a win and a loss is a loss. They don't give extra credit for trying.
What is lost in all of this is that the Japanese team was a resilient group that played within their system and capitalized on their opponent's mistakes. If that strategy sounds familiar, that would be because that is essentially what the Boston Bruins did on the way to winning the Stanley Cup. Yet no one was crying that Roberto Luongo lost the Stanley Cup instead of the Bruins winning it.
So, move on everyone! Accept this for what it is - a victory by a nation that has had a year of earthquakes, tsunamis, potential nuclear meltdowns, and the inability to restock those vending machines with schoolgirl panties. Can you imagine living in an area where you cannot get access to those whenever you want? It's like they fell back to the Dark Ages.
Congratulations to the Japanese women's team. Now we can all ignore women's soccer for another four years.
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