The US had only one true aim this year (as every year). Do every slightly better than England.
1. We didn't lose to England
2. We amazingly topped them in the Group
3. They lost twice as hard as we did in our first match out of group play
Ergo, the US achieved their mission. We'll welcome them home with pride, rather than with anger and embarrassment (and cries for technology to save their missed goals).
If there is any goal the US team should strive for it's to raise "soccer" interest in the USA.
The main reason the US team is so weak is because most of the talented athletes plays more popular sports like football, baseball and basketball.
The examples of poor officiating to the detriment of our success that we've witnessed in this competition will do nothing but impede that goal.Originally Posted by Dark Dragon
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Which goes back to my issue with FIFA.
They decided not to have goal line technology or instant replays since it slows the game down. Fine, i can agree with that. How hard would it be though to hires 2 more referees who exclusively keep tracks of the goal line and determines the validity of a goal? Maybe find more competent referees who doesn't tries to be the center of attention by giving 6+ yellow cards per game.
Last edited by Dark Dragon; Mon, 06-28-2010 at 03:52 PM.
I could see them adding in goal line judges with little effort. Tennis already uses them even before they brought in the tech, so it wouldn't have to slow the game down at all. Just like in tennis, you could have them be subordinate to the main ref, who would make the final call based on their input.
That doesn't sound like too hard a stretch, and you could have the main official focus on the play and misconduct like they seem to prefer to do.
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