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Olympics 2012, in Londontown

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TigerVols, Jun 7, 2012.

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  1. Iron_chet

    Iron_chet Well-Known Member

    Regarding the warning.

    From what I have read it was a generic caution at the beginning of the half. It was a bs call. There is the letter of the law and how a game is universally called.

    Ref shit the bed.
     
    Iron_chet, Aug 7, 2012
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  2. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    But not as badly as Canada's women's basketball team today.
     
    Armchair_QB, Aug 7, 2012
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  3. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    I'm reminded of the time Don Drysdale kept his long consecutive-inning scoreless streak going because the plate umpire said the Giants' Dick Dietz didn't try to get out of the way of a pitch he was plunked with.

    Of course, some would have said it's in the rulebook, so that's justified. Some would have been full of shit.
     
    jr/shotglass, Aug 7, 2012
    #1707
  4. Iron_chet

    Iron_chet Well-Known Member

    Guess the basketball team did not need the same amount of help from the ref that the soccer players did :)
     
    Iron_chet, Aug 7, 2012
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  5. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Has anyone timed how long it took Hope Solo to get rid of the ball at each opportunity in the second half? I tried to stay up to watch the late replay on the Olympic Soccer Channel but crashed out.
     
    rmanfredi, Aug 7, 2012
    #1709
  6. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    Dan Wetzel reports McLeod once held the ball for 15 seconds. Abby Wambach helped make the call, too.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--abby-wambach-s-brains-proved-to-be-big-assist-to-u-s--women-s-soccer-s-comeback-against-canada.html
     
    kingcreole, Aug 7, 2012
    #1710
  7. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    USA women's water polo closing in on gold medal game, leading Australia 11-9 in second OT. Been an entertaining game.
     
    kingcreole, Aug 7, 2012
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  8. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    11-9 Final.
     
    Armchair_QB, Aug 7, 2012
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  9. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Non-essential call? Please find that term in any publication by FIFA. Kinda like minor surgery or a little pregnant, if you will ...
     
    Sam Mills 51, Aug 7, 2012
    #1713
  10. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    If the U.S. women win the gold, it will mark the new dawn of soccer's arrival in the USA.
     
    Boom_70, Aug 7, 2012
    #1714
  11. nmmetsfan

    nmmetsfan Active Member

    Would this be the fourth new dawn of soccer's arrival in the USA or the fifth?
     
    nmmetsfan, Aug 7, 2012
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  12. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Regarding the soccer, I always judge a referee's performance by how "weird" the call is. I generally HATE blaming referees; it's too easy. So, my personal standard is: how often do we see something like that called, especially in championship-level circumstances?

    I've always felt officials open themselves up for criticism when they do things teams/media/fans don't expect. Judging by the (worldwide) reactions of people who know far more about soccer than I do -- including no less an authority than the American coach -- it was a very strange, almost unheard-of call.

    Games shouldn't be decided like that. The handball is a brutally difficult call to make at real speed. But that delay is so off-the-board that it creates an issue where none should have existed. If the referee hadn't made the call, would anyone be complaining? No.

    That's why it's a horrible call.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Aug 7, 2012
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