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World Soccer XVI: The Sadness

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dxmnkd316 said:
Three games? Two you'd have my agreement, but I don't think there's anything that was bad enough to cost us the game yesterday. We just didn't play to win.
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read my line again.

3 straight cups (going back to 2002), not 3 straight games.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I'm fine with an extra official but there is zero and I mean zero chance of video replay. No way, no how. Soccer is unique in how it keeps time (well, not entirely unique but at least among the primary sports within the US). It would necessarily change that.

And I just don't see any scenario in which they change the way time flows for a game.



And that's game. No whining about that anymore.
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I believe they have technology where they can put a chip in the ball and have a light go on if it fully crosses the goal line. This way there would be no review and the decision would be instant.
 
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pardonme said:
I believe they have technology where they can put a chip in the ball and have a light go on if it fully crosses the goal line. This way there would be no review and the decision would be instant.
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You'd have to get it on 360 degrees of a ball rotated around 360 degrees on the other axis to make sure it fully crosses the line in ALL cases. Until I see a link that demonstrates this in real world situations I can't help but be skeptical.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
You'd have to get it on 360 degrees of a ball rotated around 360 degrees on the other axis to make sure it fully crosses the line in ALL cases. Until I see a link that demonstrates this in real world situations I can't help but be skeptical.
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I would imagine they put it in the center of the ball and set the "crossed the line" point to one radius behind the goal line.
 
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At least now the rest of the world can understand how big of a scumbag Jorge Larrionda is.
 
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You couldn't put it in the center of the ball as it could register as a goal if just over half the ball crossed the line and obviously the entire ball needs to be over the line.

I'd think they'd have six chips embedded in the ball and all six chips would have to register as being over the line. Then again, the way these guys crush the ball, they'd probably break the chips. Who know how the hell they'd do it.
 
bronconick said:
The US and Mexico treat CONCACAF pretty much how OU and Texas treated the Big 12 and kept getting to BCS title games, where they more often then not, were exposed as having blown through an inferior conference.
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I believe Mexico has got through group play 6 straight times now and the US - relatively new to the WC compared with more establishe sides - has done so 50% of the time since 1990, with an officiating screwjob preventing them from reaching the semis 8 years ago. And please don't tell me the Swiss, Greeks and Danes would breeze through the road crapholes the US plays at that Swami described previously. Yes, after the top 2 CONCACAF doesn't compare, but that shouldn't remotely negate the legitimacy of US-MEX in the WC.
 
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Slap Shot said:
I believe Mexico has got through group play 6 straight times now and the US - relatively new to the WC compared with more establishe sides - has done so 50% of the time since 1990, with an officiating screwjob preventing them from reaching the semis 8 years ago. And please don't tell me the Swiss, Greeks and Danes would breeze through the road crapholes the US plays at that Swami described previously. Yes, after the top 2 CONCACAF doesn't compare, but that shouldn't remotely negate the legitimacy of US-MEX in the WC.
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Yes, this.

Looking forward to Mexican embarrassment in T-minus 2hr 45min.
 
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From Landon:
I'm really proud of our team, really proud of our fans, and really proud of our country. Thank you for all the support we've felt over the last 3 weeks, what an incredible ride. Thanks especially to all those that travelled so far to watch us play. Goodnight and thank you.
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dxmnkd316 said:
Outside of the goal, I didn't find anything particularly disagreeable with the refs.
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Are you drunk? Roo was clearly on when lahm played the ball to him and the ref called him off, then lamps free kick was knocked down by a german arm which led to the first goal, and also Klose was four or five yards offsides on it. Defoe was on when he hit the bar but the linesman ruled him off. Right after that germany scored again. Germanys third goal was right after another lampard free kick was blocked with an arm. I can't think of one marginal decision that went England's way.

With all that said, i'm really proud of how england played. They went 2-0 down unjustly and fought back to tie the game. When Roo as called offsides unjustly early on I pretty much knew how it was going to turn out.
 
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Drew S. said:
Are you drunk? Roo was clearly on when lahm played the ball to him and the ref called him off, then lamps free kick was knocked down by a german arm which led to the first goal, and also Klose was four or five yards offsides on it. Defoe was on when he hit the bar but the linesman ruled him off. Right after that germany scored again. Germanys third goal was right after another lampard free kick was blocked with an arm. I can't think of one marginal decision that went England's way.
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So all german goals were illegitimate and england got robbed a handful of times? haha, that's good. :rolleyes:
 
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Wow, that was a sucky call.

That said, it was amusing to see David Beckham on the sidelines all dolled up in a designer suit. Dude - you're there at the World Cup supporting your national team. Wear something team related. You're not at a photo shoot!
 
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WeWantMore said:
Nope, sorry, don't buy that. It's a decent result, but it's not good enough. The US is better than Ghana, and should have shown it yesterday. They didn't, and heads need to roll.



Yes, because no in America really cares about it.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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With Davies and a healthy Onyewu I'd agree...but don't forget we were missing two of our best players.

Give Ghana some credit.
 
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