Worst reffing ever.

Anyone watch US vs Italy? Man, NFL refs get a pat on the back after that crap.

That was horrible :(

FYI, the referee that made those calls was suspended by fifa 2 world cups ago for that shit.

that was rediculous.

dude wtf
i just created a huge post in a new thread haha

ok so this was my post--


Ok so first off, I am not getting that other thread which was about the WC in general. Just watched the US game, couple things i noticed.
-US played very well, much better than the last game, and Arena's changes
proved to be effective. Also no one can give him crap for calling out his own players, bc the ones he called out played well.
-US dominated the first half of the game, and parts of the second.
-Our only hope is that we win versus Ghana, and the Czechs beat Italy.
-The Italian team looked good, but why sub Toni, and Totti?? I kinda understand Totti, bc they need a faster player on the field, but not Toni.
-Ok now about the red cards...whew, i need a deep breath before I keep on going. The first red agaisnt Italy was a good call. McBride was blood, it was a cheap shot to the face. But the cards agaisnt the US?!?! wtf was that shit(I will curse, so if u have a problem stop reading my damn post). It was totally to even out the game, it was a terrible call, and it was a straight challenge, that should have gotten a yellow card, if even. Btw the insane amounts of cards per game is ridiculous, its ruinin the Fin game, soccer is a physical and dangerous sport, and now this is making it pussy, and its pissing me off. F FIFA, they can suck it for all I care, I am so pissed off at them for this crap. Back to the game, the ref was trying to even shit out, and he was doing a terrible job, i mean come on right b4 half time on a challenge that most refs would just give a free kick?! What really pisses me off was the how he kept on callin crap, whenever people would flop he called it, which is a terrible job. The double yellow on Pope was just as;lhkta;oihjsga, i cant put my anger into words. It was a clean challenge, and the stupid ref knew he had a yellow b4, refs are not quick to give reds, its the last resort, first u give a couple warnings and then a yellow, and after the yellow, you warn again, I hope he gets fired and FIFA makes some serious changes bc this is bullshit, and its destroying the game. A part of me feels those calls were partial, bc we are the US and hated internationally, esp in soccer. But u could tell after those two reds, he settled down bc he knew he made a mess. The linesmen did a terrible job on the offsides calls as well, and that hurt Italy in perticular.
-The cards piss me off even more, bc the US was kicking ass, and I had no doubt in my mind they would come away with it 2-1, but as soon as those cards came out, it killed the team, esp the second one for us. Our guys got tired as shit trying to cover the whole playing field with 8 guys, and at the end, we got really lucky and Keller stepped it up.
-Im still not very impressed with our Defense or our conter-attack play. Keller stepped it up, so our D got lucky, but it def looked better than last game.
-As for next game, we all saw today, Ghana is quite good, and i really like their team, I think its good that an African nation is finally doing good, and its not just western domination. It is gonna be really hard, maybe as hard as the italian game, bc they are good, and we are gonna be missin two players.
-It took me a while, but I am finally getting into this world cup, and i felt the passion watching the game, similar to the passion i feel watching skins games haha...so its good
-i really suggest more people watch soccer and educate yourself about the world's most popular game. It is really a hard tough game, that requires alot of skills.
-I am very pissed at my fellow americans who are very ignorant, and do not follow the cup. You must realize, the entire world sits down and watchs. In the other nations, people skip work, and watch every game like its the super bowl. in mexico they freakin postponed the elections. Its a great game bc it brings the world together like the olympics, stops wars, blah blah, like the commerical said. We get alot of shit as the kickass nation of world, but in soccer some of it, is due to our ignorance, if people were more educated about the game, its meanings, our teams, and world soccer, alot of that would go away

-US played very well, much better than the last game, and Arena's changes
proved to be effective. Also no one can give him crap for calling out his own players, bc the ones he called out played well.
The one change that Arena didn't make upsets me. Eddie Johnson was the only player to show any life during the Czech match. Arena rewarded that effort by sitting Eddie for the entire match against Italy. Beasley, one of the players that were called out, was a late substitute and showed absolutely nothing... again.

The one change that Arenas didn't make upsets me. Eddie Johnson was the only player to show any life during the Czech match. Arenas rewarded that effort by sitting Eddie for the entire match against Italy. Beasley, one of the players that were called out, was a late substitute and showed absolutely nothing... again.

I disagree with you about beasley, he def provided a spark, and he had that nice goal that was not counted bc of McBride. He was running around in the end, and he played much better. I was pissed however, that Arena did not make a later sub with Johnson, but I have a feeling he will play next game, bc of the red cards.

I disagree with you about beasley, he def provided a spark, and he had that nice goal that was not counted bc of McBride. He was running around in the end, and he played much better. I was pissed however, that Arena did not make a later sub with Johnson, but I have a feeling he will play next game, bc of the red cards.

Except for the recalled goal... every time I saw Beasley without the ball he was walking.

Except for the recalled goal... every time I saw Beasley without the ball he was walking.

for those last 15 mins he played better than the majority of the players on our side. regardless if it was called back, it brought some life into the crowd and our team

Everyone was tired when beasley came in, he should've attacked more.