Check law 12 for serious foul play.
The laws of the game allow for a ref to have some room in their decision making on the field. Law 18 is hopefully applied. When I mentored young refs (maybe some you guys screamed at in your kids games) I would ask the question "what did you see?" Then I'd shut up an listen. If what they explained fell within the guidelines of the laws. I couldn't necessarily disagree. From where they were, they applied the laws of the game and made a decision appropriate to the laws. Doesn't matter what angle I saw it from, what did they see?
This extends to the big boys too. What did the CR or linesman see? Is the call or non call appropriate and within the laws of the game? Within the framework of the game are the calls consistent? Is a foul in the 10th minute a foul in the 85th minute?
I also have to question here if many of you have ever read the laws of the game or know that every year points of emphasis are released to be applied to matches? The laws evolve over time. What you may of played under, may not be applied the same way now.
I agree with the love/hate thing which is why I was sort of rooting for Milan to knock them out, but my lord do they play some beautiful football. Deft little passes and flicks that don't look hard but undo the entire opposing team's defense.
Good game should have put it away early but always tough games with rivals.
Yay for your 2 pts enjoy them
We can definitely agree that the Whitecaps need to be taken down, though.
I kind of like it the way it is. At least it gives the fans a chance to occasionally see the USMNT play close to their home.
Wembly & the Azteca also hold 100k people. We don't have that.
Seattle lacked a first touch on the ball last night. Haven't seen so many passes bang off players since the early days of the MLS.
Michigan Stadium 100K
Beaver Stadium 100K
Neyland Stadium 100K
Ohio Stadium 100K
Bryant-Denny 100K
Texas Memorial 100K
LA Memorial Colloseum 90K
Rose Bowl 90K
Sanford Stadium 90K
Tiger Stadium 90K
Cotton Bowl 90K
Jordan-Hare 80K
Kyle Field 80K
Metlife Stadium 80K
Bobby Bowden 80K
Gaylord Family 80K
Silverdome 80K
Fedex Field 80K
I could see doing a rotation thing as well. Maybe pick a handful of venues
Metlife, Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Husky Stadium, Covers several big markets. Could change them of course, but that should give large venues.
BTW all of the ones I listed above are bigger than Stade de France. I could do with holding small matches around the nation but it would be nice to kind of have a national identity at certain stadiums.
Yes, those are all large stadiums, but I'm talking soccer specific stadiums.
Soccer in an MLS stadium is worlds better than the setups we had for WC94. Our lack of large soccer specific stadiums has been widely discussed as one of the main reasons we didn't get the 2022WC...although most believe the votes for Qatar were bought.
I can't speak for the other football stadiums, but a WC soccer field will not fit in Neyland Stadium, unless the opposing teams stand behind the goals.
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