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Post by rifle on Oct 16, 2021 20:24:50 GMT -5
Barco is such a tool
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Post by rifle on Oct 14, 2021 21:00:07 GMT -5
Never knew that! That’s right up there with “reduce to equate” for soccer rule nerds. . Law 11 (offsides) is hardly one page long. It’s been like this forever. A defending player who leaves the field of play without the referee’s permission shall be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside its penalty area. If the player left the field of play deliberately, the player must be cautioned when the ball is next out of play. And in case you wonder for an attacking player, the law states: An attacking player may step or stay off the field of play not to be involved in active play. If the player re-enters from the goal line and becomes involved in play before the next stoppage in play or the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside its penalty area, the player shall be considered to be positioned on the goal line for the purposes of offside. A player who deliberately leaves the field of play and re-enters without the referee’s permission and is not penalised for offside and gains an advantage must be cautioned. I am humbled
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Post by rifle on Oct 14, 2021 15:33:30 GMT -5
If you missed it, specifically the Costa Rica goal, it looked like there was a CR player in an offside position that could have made a play on the ball. But it wasn't ruled offside due to a part of the rule that I didn't know after 30+ years of watching/playing the sport. If a defender (in this case Dest who had gone over the endline defending the initial cross) is off the field he is still counted when determining if there are two defenders behind the offensive player. I had never seen that happen. yea, I don't think I've seen it happen either, or at least be that close. I remember watching the original highlight, wondering why he wasn't off, because in the first replay you can't see Dest. Then in the 2nd camera angle, you can see Dest tracking back over the endline. dang. What a goal by Sergino!!
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Post by rifle on Oct 14, 2021 15:31:20 GMT -5
If you missed it, specifically the Costa Rica goal, it looked like there was a CR player in an offside position that could have made a play on the ball. But it wasn't ruled offside due to a part of the rule that I didn't know after 30+ years of watching/playing the sport. If a defender (in this case Dest who had gone over the endline defending the initial cross) is off the field he is still counted when determining if there are two defenders behind the offensive player. I had never seen that happen. Never knew that! That’s right up there with “reduce to equate” for soccer rule nerds. .
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Post by rifle on Oct 14, 2021 11:27:11 GMT -5
I watched the recent Jamaica and Panama games but forgot about this one until the end of regulation. I only saw Extra time which was a little nerve wracking.
I blame Ted Lasso - I finally broke down and picked up yet another TV subscription service. Started watching S1 on Tuesday of this week. Loving it.
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Post by rifle on Oct 13, 2021 6:05:35 GMT -5
Good article. Out of the ordinary for domestic soccer journalism ..two lines that caught my attention: PSG academy. $60k/year “Flight risk”
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Post by rifle on Oct 12, 2021 20:23:32 GMT -5
Have we had our best 11 on the field at any point? I mean everyone - Pulisic, McKinnie, Weah, etc..? We have enough kids playing in europe that we should be able to field a strong side - but it seems like it's always patchwork I agree, we are getting better; however, even if we field our strongest side, we probably won’t be elite anytime soon. Consider this, according to Jason Davis (United States of Soccer host), France has 24 players with a market value of $20M or more that haven’t made the National Team. That is an awesome fact.
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Post by rifle on Oct 12, 2021 20:22:54 GMT -5
This right here is one of the reasons we won't win a MNT World Cup in our lifetime. In other countries soccer is a way out for a better life and because of that they make huge sacrifices and struggle to reach their goals, here soccer is not an avenue for a better life as most of the players are financially well off anyway. This article reminds me of one Lukaku did a couple of years ago, also with the Players Tribune, when he talked about his mom having to put water into the milk to stretch it long. I agree, the hunger is much greater for our domestic athletic stars to strive for the NFL, NBA or even MLB. You are also correct that in the pay 2 play model, you have to have the resources just to play the game, much less be seen and scouted. What I don't understand is in a country of over 300+ million people with over 4 million registered players with US Soccer alone, in a sport that keeps gaining more and more players, fans, supporters, what we saw on Sunday nite is what we put forth as a National Team 😨 Yes, the stars would have to align for us to win a World Cup, but Sunday was an atrocious showing. Enough of the oh let's go with just the MLS Academies, or the top College programs, or the same tired silver-spooned players who were anointed at 6 1/2 yrs old. Build a network of scouts and release them to all corners of this great nation. Find the 3rd shift Waffle House workers who go play in a dust bowl for the love of the game; find the kid who has to quit playing organized soccer because he has to help feed the family or he has a baby on the way; find the future NFL/NBA/MLB and convince them to give the sport a chance; rotate players in the YNT camps, today's average player may be tomorrow's Pulisic; Pay Scouts who find those hidden gems; Finally, open up a dialog on PRO-REL, set a deadline, sanction and recognize the 2nd, 3rd, etc. divisions, set the parameters for those leagues and light a fire under the arses of these owners. Hopefully, it will force their hand in removing politics and rewarding the best players and ignite a real footy revolution in the country. There are 3.5 spots within the Concacaf for WC spots, we are too good not to make the WC and be struggling against anyone other than maybe El Tri and Los Ticos...😨 but but but think of the billionaires. 😢 Heluva post FG.
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Post by rifle on Oct 11, 2021 16:04:12 GMT -5
I have to think Bruno would thrive in a promotion and relegation setting.
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Post by rifle on Oct 10, 2021 21:38:54 GMT -5
Pro tip: when the other team is winning every ball- Best not to utilize the “bang it down the field” game plan.
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Post by rifle on Oct 10, 2021 18:03:54 GMT -5
Piss poor first half.
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Post by rifle on Oct 9, 2021 10:53:28 GMT -5
Thanks for not stealing a writer’s work and copying it here in it’s entirety … (Even though he is a footballer). I loved this:
“To all the critics, I just want to say one thing. Thank you. Really, thank you all.”
- Jorginho
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 21:06:38 GMT -5
Honestly I think we might have a nice team this cycle.
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 16:03:04 GMT -5
And remember… if it’s “human nature” for spectators to yell out.. it’s likewise human nature for a ref to skew his/her judgment against the aggrieved spectator’s team for the rest of the game, tournament, season, eternity. Pick one. Character is revealed and Reputations are earned. Have empathy. Don’t be a Richard. Who’s Richard? I believe he sells mayochup
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:13:32 GMT -5
Every ref I have ever met admits they miss calls. Just not to parents on the sideline screaming at them! (FTR, if I miss less than 3 a game I think I have done a good job). There are definitely incompetent refs. Parents have a right to react to missed calls. But, it does no one any good to be jerks to each other, and it is far more often the parents escalating things than the ref. 100% this. Yes even at halftime and after the games the referees will talk to each other. The center may have constructive talk with the ARs on what they can do better, and vice versa. It is part of getting better an challenging yourself to be better at your job. We as referees just hope we don't miss a call or make a bad call that affects the game ultimately. I agree there are incompetent referees. I have worked with some that are just there for a paycheck (teenagers) and don't care about even being good at it. Those referees at least in my experience eventually get weeded out getting fewer and fewer games from the assignor till they quit or they have a come to Jesus meeting with the assignor and get better. I will also say I hear way more inaccurate complaints and yelling from parents about calls than I see mistakes a referee makes and that is even when I'm watching my own kid's game and not refereeing. I tend to be the person on my son's team parent wise that tells the parent, no that was the correct call, etc.... to calm them down. I will say I have gotten to the point that if I see contact that parents might think is a foul or the ball touch the hand but by the law of the game not truly be a handball I will usually yell out "play play" or put my hands out and kind of wave them just a little like an incomplete pass signal in football or if it hits a hand and I'm not going to call it. I will say "no no". It shows the crowd, coach, players that I saw what they saw but deemed it not to be a violation of rules. good post!
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:09:36 GMT -5
And remember… if it’s “human nature” for spectators to yell out.. it’s likewise human nature for a ref to skew his/her judgment against the aggrieved spectator’s team for the rest of the game, tournament, season, eternity. Pick one. Character is revealed and Reputations are earned. Have empathy. Don’t be a Richard.
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:07:00 GMT -5
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 7:37:41 GMT -5
I would bet that was killed by the coaches having to get involved. At mine it was killed b/c of lack of interest from the parents/board. Nobody wanted to be the “bad guy.” Apathy IS a lot easier.
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Post by rifle on Oct 6, 2021 20:58:09 GMT -5
Many years ago, a club that I was associated with had adult field marshals at every field for a year. It was their job to monitor the spectators’ behavior during matches. For the most part, just having them around and visible was enough to cut down on the parent issues. When a situation escalated beyond a conversation, the field marshals spoke with the team coach and asked them to settle down the parent. If that didn’t work and it was a parent of a child at the home club, that child was removed from the game until the parent was under control. If the parent did not get back under control, the child was suspended from playing until the parent met with the DOC. If the parent was from the opposing team, the punishment was up to that club. It was amazing, however, that when the home parents shut up, the visiting parents dialed it way back as well. Unfortunately, the program only lasted a year due to the lack of people willing to be a field marshal. And now the club is back to being one of those with the worst reputations for parent issues. Go figure. I would bet that was killed by the coaches having to get involved.
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Post by rifle on Oct 6, 2021 17:58:30 GMT -5
Clubs could take the lead on policing bad parent behavior. Why don’t they?
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Post by rifle on Oct 2, 2021 17:08:17 GMT -5
Alex Morgan bringing receipts.
And I predict this league is gonna fold too sadly.
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Post by rifle on Oct 2, 2021 16:56:20 GMT -5
Christie Pearce Rampone ?postpones her own induction
Stevie Cherundolo used his time to talk about athlete’s mental health.
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Post by rifle on Oct 1, 2021 18:12:50 GMT -5
rifleI enjoy your equivocation between rape and a person saying something in the past which is culturally "insensitive" now that may not have been at the time. You're right, those are the same. That seems a bit of a stretch. I just think people reap what they sow. Sometimes there are real consequences for failing to discern right from wrong.
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Post by rifle on Sept 30, 2021 18:09:03 GMT -5
I can sorta understand why the USWNT chose pay security… because as usual their league is imploding. Sadly.
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Post by rifle on Sept 30, 2021 11:32:10 GMT -5
But cancel culture is a bad thing.
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Post by rifle on Sept 29, 2021 16:54:33 GMT -5
I hate when posts get deleted. The peanut gallery is left wondering what happened. nothing was deleted by me -- i think it's all there, some name calling etc. I assumed there was another message above the one that talked about a HAT… figured it was self censored.
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Post by rifle on Sept 29, 2021 12:00:41 GMT -5
I hate when posts get deleted. The peanut gallery is left wondering what happened.
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Post by rifle on Sept 22, 2021 20:36:05 GMT -5
Appears the Coaching staff at ACs new club resigned four days after he signed
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Post by rifle on Sept 21, 2021 17:52:19 GMT -5
snipped about detroit in '94 and then when the world cup refused to do it for the women's world cup. from www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/sports/soccer/world-cup-has-precedent-of-installing-grass.htmlRogers said FIFA spent about $2 million on the Silverdome project in 1994 and didn’t blink an eye. These days, according to several turf grass experts, converting each artificial turf field to grass for next year’s Women’s World Cup would cost anywhere from $150,000 to $400,000 per field, depending on where the sod is harvested. In fact, it’s really not that big a job anymore. Steve Bush’s company, Bush Turf, needed less than 72 hours this month to lay grass over the artificial turf at Michigan Stadium for a friendly between Manchester United and Real Madrid. The sod arrived in Michigan in a refrigerated truck from a farm in New Jersey, and Bush covered the artificial turf with a landscape fabric before bringing in thickly cut sod and installing it. “You just unroll it onto the field,” he said. The promoter of the game footed the bill. But why pay anywhere from $150,000 to $250,000 to install grass for just one game — again, a preseason friendly — that will be over in 90 minutes? Because the men coming to play on it demanded it. I attended USA v Switzerland at the silverdome in 94. I remember they used palletized hexagons of turf that were approx a foot thick. The pallets fit together tightly and were heavy enough not to roll up like some other temporary turf installations. They filled any gaps with sand I think. Seems like a decent solution for MBS to copy unless the UV light gimmick actually works. MBS will be a lot nicer with air conditioning. Silverdome was HOT.
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Post by rifle on Sept 21, 2021 11:59:30 GMT -5
Pretty sure MLB pulled the baseball all star game.
Pretty sure if FIFA puts a WC in Qatar, FIFA won’t pull a game out of ATL over politics.
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