The United States continues to be at the forefront of women’s soccer after the U.S. Women’s National Team claimed their third World Cup after a 5-2 victory over Japan Sunday in Vancouver, Canada.
What’s even better? Aside from the fact this is revenge from four years ago, It happened just one day after the 4th of July and mere days after this friggin’ picture was discovered of a crow riding a bald eagle. Patriotism hasn’t been this high since McDonald’s decided to offer the ‘Super Size Me.’
Just to recap, Carli Lloyd’s hat trick was the first in a women’s World Cup final. In case you need highlights, here ya go.
Also, Sunday’s game shattered TV ratings.
SO this is amazing, right? Our girls. Our country. At the top of a sport loved world-wide. They conquered a tournament dozens — if not hundreds — of countries dream of winning. Our girls deserve the very best…
So what’s with the cup?
Not to be persnickety or ungrateful, but shouldn’t the cup be … bigger.
FIFA is without a doubt one of the world’s most corrupt organizations. Wouldn’t you think that with all that laundered money they could offer a more impressive trophy?
I mean, literally, every major sports championship trophy is incredibly more impressive. Let’s take a look.
The Super Bowl Trophy (Vince Lombardi Trophy)
The World Series Trophy
The Stanley Cup
The NBA Finals’ Trophy (Larry O’Brien Trophy)
Sprint Cup Trophy
Wimbledon Trophies
Little League World Series Trophy
America’s Cup (yacht racing)
This fantasy football trophy
And again, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy
And if you look at this FIFA fact sheet, it says the women’s World Cup trophy is currently under ‘redevelopment.’ It also says it weighs 1.8 kg, which is less than four pounds. Less than FOUR POUNDS!!
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is twice as heavy and a centimeter taller. What the hell?!
What’s funnier? Turns out the men’s World Cup trophy is just as bad, if not worse.
Congratulations to our USWNT! We are incredibly proud!
Now, here’s hoping we can continue the progression of this so-called ‘re-development’ of the ‘World Cup.’
Josh Helmuth is the editor of CraveOnline Sports.
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