OT: Copa America Centenario - USA vs. Colombia 8:30pm CDT, FS1
And here come the lads! USA (ranked 31st in the FIFA rankings) versus a strong Colombia team (ranked third) in the opening match of the Copa America. The game is at the 49ers' stadium in Santa Clara, California. I don't think the line-up is out yet, but I see (on Bigsoccer.com):
G - Guzan
D - Johnson, Cameron, Brooks, Yedlin
M - Bradley, Jones, Bedoya
A - Wood, Dempsey, Zardes
GO USA!!
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Agreed - as long as they're consistent with the call.
Because Klinsmann hadn't coached them long enough.
Don't worry, you'll always have 2006. :)
And 2010. :(
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horrible give away led right to it
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Only slightly. 1-0 would have been fair.
That call was absurd. No, a handball doesn't have to be intentional. But it also doesn't have to be called.
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No, you're being disingenuous. There are many, many times when the referee swallows his whistle because he doesn't want to unduly influence play.
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As far as I know, this is the only place in the world where that's ever not a handball. For some reason it's taught that way to a lot of lower-level officials here. All you have to do is get your head turned away so you can't see it hit and they think it's "not intentional".
Point blank is one thing, but when you have time to spin out of the way and you leave your hands away from your body it's a stone-cold penalty.
Lots of refs don't have the balls to call something like that but if he's consistent I don't see a problem with it.
IF that happened to the US and it was a no call we'd be talking about it for months
play pretty good and even impressive for like 70 minutes and be terrible in the rest out of nowhere. I'd say we even looked like the better squad for 25/45 minutes, and even for a good 10. Just stupid mistakes that good international teams SHOULD not make.
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How about if we've been asking for a coaching change since the last WC qualifying campaign?
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would have been nice but he never does that
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Goddammit Bradley