I have no idea how this US vs Canada Women's soccer game is going to end, SPOILERS

[Baitball Blogger]

but you all must absolutely tune in to watch it.

2:45 PM EST Live?

Be forewarned, even though I didn't add any Spoilers, it doesn't mean that others didn't.

It was a great game to watch, even if you don't like soccer.

[Wait Wut]

1. Screw that.

While the Canadians are distracted we need to invade and take all their maple syrup. And their moose. I like mooses.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. What is up with their warm-up blankies?

Green maple leaf design.

[Wait Wut]

13. I can't watch from here, but...

...green??? Maybe the guy that designed them was color blind and everyone was too polite to tell him?

[Curtland1015]

3. AMAZING match so far!

Wife and I are on the edge of our seats!

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

So far, I laughed, I cried...

[Baitball Blogger]

7. delete your post. No spoilers allowed.

[fishwax]

15. well, I figured a game thread is by its nature expected to include spoilers

But I'll delete just the same.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Thanks! Appreciate it.

If you like, I think you can write spoiler in the title, then space down to the bottom to post the spoiler. I should have told you to edit it. I'm sorry. I'm new at this too.

[fishwax]

18. I also think you might want to put in the OP that you'd rather not have spoilers posted

The problem with spoilers is when they come in subject lines of OPs, because then all of DU sees them without warning, either on the Latest Page or in the list of titles in the forum. That's the situation that caused a bit of controversy earlier during the first weekend of the Olympics. People were asked (quite reasonably--I was active among the askers) to put a spoiler alert in the subject line of an OP and leave the spoiling information for the body of the post.

However, anyone wanting to avoid spoilers for a specific event probably would want to avoid clicking on a subject about the event while the event is in progress. If one starts a thread about how exciting/unpredictable an event is while it's in progress, I think most people would expect discussion of said event to follow. Just my .02.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Sounds reasonable to me.

[deaniac21]

14. I started having stoppage times

when I reached 60.

[Lucy Goosey]

6. Weren't the Americans heavily favored here?

I assumed this would be a run away US victory.

Go Canada!

[Cali_Democrat]

8. This is the semi finals!

All the teams left are good!

[Lucy Goosey]

10. Fair enough,

...but the US has been here before, repeatedly. Canada hasn't, and it was considered an upset when they beat Britain to get into the semis.

Anyhow, as a Canadian, I'm not complaining.

[laundry_queen]

11. Canada themselves weren't expecting to get past Great Britain

They said so in an interview - that they didn't even really have a plan after GB.

[mchill]

9. Loving this game USA v Canada

And I know absolutely nothing about soccer!

[RedStateLiberal]

12. Epic match so far!

Go USA!

[Baitball Blogger]

17. They're both playing hard. Lots of injuries.

[deaniac21]

20. Looks like Canadian gold

will have to be bronze.

[CTyankee]

21. Wow, harsh end on the Canadians. They were simply devastated.

It was a pretty amazing shot at the last minute. Really terrific. I had to cheer that...

[Cali_Democrat]

22. World Cup Champion Japan awaits

[deaniac21]

23. Banzai!!!