Reply With QuoteAs alluded to in the game thread, it looks like the new chant from the stands is going to be "one steamboat, two steamboat..."Originally Posted by superbrad
American Article on USA vs. Canada
http://www.ajc.com/sports/olympic-so...s-1493032.html
Interesting hearing the other side having the same perspective as everyone else....
As alluded to in the game thread, it looks like the new chant from the stands is going to be "one steamboat, two steamboat..."
I tried that counting thing once and the ref gave me a yellow card.
OK, so the rule is rarely called... but when does the bitterness towards the referee turn towards McLeod for pushing her luck? Frankly, I think she was poor on the own goal, and then add this. Together with her howlers coming off the line to punch, when does her performance come into question? Is it to LeBlanc for the bronze medal game?
I've been playing/coaching/reffing soccer for 25 years and 'rarely' called is an understatement. I've never once seen this called at any level. If you consider it time wasting then it's a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. Add that to the missed handball earlier by the American player and you have instant suspicous officiating. I expect that when I play but not in a semi-final for a world tournament.
Putting that loss on McLeod is quite the stretch in my opinion.
The own goal was not her fault. Scott should have never left the near post. She did not need to, but she got sucked in by Morgan's run. McLeod cannot worry about that post. And she played much better against the US, so I cannot knock her for her performance in this game. She was very good. Yes, she held the ball too long, but so did the ego-maniac princess in the other goal.
If this is the only thing that comes out of this game ... it's worth it!
aka, Bettermirror.
Screw FIFA. I support Sinclair's comments and those of Herdmann. He was right that the yanks were using illegal tactics. The referee was a coward and the yanks took advantage of her ineptitude.
"Charmaine Hooper... the best player ever"
NBC article pointing out ridiculousness of the delay of game call
http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2...ecision-wrong/
There is a second good article on the NBC site. In particular, I liked reading a comparison to the constant travelling in the NBA. The author said that what the referee did is equivalent to cancelling a last second, game winning shot by Kobe Bryant in the play-offs, due to the travelling that all of the players have been doing throughout.
I'm not putting the loss on McLeod. I can't even say for sure she held the ball for more than 6 seconds. But IF she did, them I'm just wondering out loud. I haven't reviewed the play and counted - I don't have it saved - and the article from ajc.com above seemed to suggest she'd held the ball for teens of seconds on multiple occasions. Her fault for the loss? No. But might her performance be under review given what transpired in this game and previous ones? I expect so.
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