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[buckethead]

I'm lucky to be in the US! Home of the best soccer team in the world, as well as apple pie, freedom and George W Bush.

Wow, Bos! Nice of you to chime in, but no need to go overboard and praise George Bush.

[Bostech]

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[ProjectMaximus]

I'm lucky to be in the US! Home of the best soccer team in the world, as well as apple pie, freedom and George W Bush.

Wow, Bos! Nice of you to chime in, but no need to go overboard and praise George Bush.

lol.

[St. Auggie]

US is lucky,half players for Slovenia are Serbs and goalkeeper is Bosnian...they usually lose interest in game by 50th minute,after that they are just walking around.

Americans usually lose interest before the game even starts.

[danno]

From: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5304289/ce/us/fifa-ax-us-slovenia-ref-wc?campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_5304289&cc=5901&ver=us

Malian referee Koman Coulibaly, criticized for disallowing a potentially U.S.-winning goal off a free kick in Friday's U.S.-Slovenia World Cup clash, may be dropped by FIFA for the rest of the World Cup, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

Citing a FIFA source, the report says Coulibaly is poised to face an expedited performance review from the refereeing committee of world football's governing body. Officials plan to review footage on Saturday from the Group C game to evaluate Coulibaly's performance after several U.S. players blasted his handling of the match, Yahoo said.

Second-half sub Maurice Edu appeared to put the U.S. ahead in the 86th minute, poking in a close-range shot after Landon Donovan's free kick to him. But the goal was waved off by Couilibaly, though it was not clear on whom the foul was called or what the foul was.

After the match, Donovan said he asked the referee what the call was but did not get an answer.

"We asked the ref many times what it was or who it was on and he wouldn't or couldn't explain it," Donovan said. "I don't know what to think of the call because I didn't see any foul, just a normal free kick and a goal."

Referees must submit a written report to FIFA after each match, but it is not specified in the rule that he must fully explain a ruling such as this.

FIFA refereeing rules state: "The referee shall hand over to the FIFA general coordinator a match report at the stadium immediately after the match. On the report form the referee shall note all occurrences such as misconduct of players leading to caution or expulsion, unsporting behavior by supporters and/or by officials or any other person acting on behalf of an association at the match and any other incident happening before, during and after the match in as much detail as possible."

Coulibaly could still appear, according to the source, as a line judge or other supporting role, but is unlikely to be given assignments to referee further matches.

"If he is found to have made a serious mistake, especially one that affected the outcome, then he would be highly unlikely to play any further part in the tournament," Yahoo quoted the source as saying. "FIFA is determined to keep refereeing standards high and does not want high-profile mistakes."

The controversial call comes four years after the 2006 finals in Germany where the refereeing was roundly condemned after a spate of controversies.

It led to FIFA setting up a special referee's assistance program to better train top officials for the 2010 finals.

Among those refereeing in South Africa are Benito Archundia of Mexico, who handled the 2006 semifinal between Germany and Italy, and Italian Roberto Rosetti, who also officiated the Euro 2008 final in Vienna.

The 39-year-old Coulibaly has been officiating in African soccer competitions for 17 years and called the final of the African Cup of Nations between Ghana and Egypt earlier this year.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[JaxByDefault]

We have a UK sports reporter friend who covered the US game, he said Donovan was surly and visibly angry in the post-game presser. No kidding.

Apparently, the ref gave several members of the press different explanations for the whistle -- from off-side to a foul on Edu--before refusing to comment further.

Between the blown call for the US and England's poor pitch performance, it has not been a good last 24 WC hours in the JBD household.

[danno]

I think the English always play with a chip on their shoulder and it really showed yesterday.  The are all a bch of prima donnas.  The English supporters were classless booing their team off the pitch and Rooney was even more classless by slamming them for it.

[Dog Walker]

Bos,  the Slovenian team may have been mostly Serbs, but the sure know how to move the ball around better than the US team.  Without the US goalie, Tim Howard, the score would have been about 5-3 not 2-2.

Howard thinks that his Tourettes Syndrome makes him a better goalie and he is awesome! (Twitch, jerk, snort)

[Bostech]

All players from ex-Yu suffer from laziness,Serbs or Bosnians (which made most of Slovenian team,since Slovenians cant play soccer...or fight wars).
They play good at first but lose interest once they get tired or start wining,Hey we got this,we won game before it even ends.
You need to install zapper in their shorts and every time they slow down,zap them to wake them up and keep playing.

[buckethead]

All players from ex-Yu suffer from laziness,Serbs or Bosnians (which made most of Slovenian team,since Slovenians cant play soccer...or fight wars).
They play good at first but lose interest once they get tired or start wining,Hey we got this,we won game before it even ends.
You need to install zapper in their shorts and every time they slow down,zap them to wake them up and keep playing.

Lack of motivation being a leftover vestige of the days of Communism/Socialism?


Sorry, Bos... I couldn't resist.

[Dog Walker]

Nah, they were just cocky from having literally run circles around the US players for the entire first half.

[Bostech]

All players from ex-Yu suffer from laziness,Serbs or Bosnians (which made most of Slovenian team,since Slovenians cant play soccer...or fight wars).
They play good at first but lose interest once they get tired or start wining,Hey we got this,we won game before it even ends.
You need to install zapper in their shorts and every time they slow down,zap them to wake them up and keep playing.

Lack of motivation being a leftover vestige of the days of Communism/Socialism?


Sorry, Bos... I couldn't resist.

All players from ex-Yu suffer from laziness,Serbs or Bosnians (which made most of Slovenian team,since Slovenians cant play soccer...or fight wars).
They play good at first but lose interest once they get tired or start wining,Hey we got this,we won game before it even ends.
You need to install zapper in their shorts and every time they slow down,zap them to wake them up and keep playing.

Lack of motivation being a leftover vestige of the days of Communism/Socialism?


Sorry, Bos... I couldn't resist.

Its a Balkan thing,Greeks are lazy too.

[danno]

Several of us from the office are heading over to Sneakers at Baymeadows and 9A for the US/Algeria and England/Slovina matches that start at 0930 on Wed.  Doors open at 0900 if you want to join us.

[copperfiend]

I might make my way out to Sneakers to watch. I think BW3 on Baymeadows is opening early as well.

[JC]

Its a Balkan thing,Greeks are lazy too.

I should move, I knew something seemed wrong!