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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #168 on: July 02, 2026, 01:30:56 AM »
Quote from: slugsrbad on July 01, 2026, 10:11:16 PM
Red card was bullshit, hopefully rescinded by FIFA. Still won, and Belgium is full of old men.
Quote from: utee94 on July 01, 2026, 10:42:51 PM
Yeah that red card was complete crap.  Really hope to see it rescinded on appeal.

Yeah, that's not a thing.  No appeals.  No corrections.

It was funny to see the youtube live simulcasts of the game, where they can't show it, but they do play-by-play and have graphics and stuff.  They spent the whole time explaining rules to all the American fans watching.  And then after the red card, explaining all about that and then directing the viewers to focus on the game at hand and stop worrying about the next game.  Up only 1 and a man down, they had to keep encouraging them to focus on the game being played.

Our soccer IQ as a country is sub-80.
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #169 on: July 02, 2026, 02:15:03 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 01:30:56 AM
Yeah, that's not a thing.  No appeals.  No corrections.

It was funny to see the youtube live simulcasts of the game, where they can't show it, but they do play-by-play and have graphics and stuff.  They spent the whole time explaining rules to all the American fans watching.  And then after the red card, explaining all about that and then directing the viewers to focus on the game at hand and stop worrying about the next game.  Up only 1 and a man down, they had to keep encouraging them to focus on the game being played.

Our soccer IQ as a country is sub-80.



It IS a thing in professional league soccer like the EPL, and even USA's coach Pochettino speculated after the match about a possible appeal.  A red card suspension is obviously a seriously punitive penalty, which is why the appeals process exists in professional soccer.

That it doesn't exist in World Cup international play is disappointing but not surprising.

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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #170 on: July 02, 2026, 05:57:12 AM »
That was a great win for United States. 

Tough call on that red card, but they show a lot of grit going ahead by another goal and getting the win.
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #171 on: July 02, 2026, 07:11:26 AM »
USA's manager Pottechino has the most wins in USMNT history with 3.
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #172 on: July 02, 2026, 07:20:29 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 01:30:56 AM
Yeah, that's not a thing.  No appeals.  No corrections.


We'll see. Apparently there is no challenge to say the ref was wrong. But they may be able to challenge it in other ways, like if VAR messed up. It is very confusing. They have taken away yellow cards and you can appeal suspensions of some red cards.
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #173 on: July 02, 2026, 08:16:35 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 01:30:56 AM
Our soccer IQ as a country is sub-80.
Beisbol been very-very g-o-o-d to me - Chico Escuala
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #174 on: July 02, 2026, 09:46:38 AM »
Well, even if there is somehow an appeal, I don't have much faith they'll reverse it.  That's just not the sort of thing that seems to happen with large bureaucratic governing bodies like FIFA.

USMNT is just going to have to make sure they score without him.

Belgium is one of my normal rooting interests since I spent a lot of time there and really love the country... but... not this time, mijn vrienden!
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #175 on: July 02, 2026, 02:41:18 PM »
Once the game is over in World Cup play, nothing is being changed.  Period.  I don't like soccer and I'm no authority, but it's just the facts.  This "yeah, but"-ism is silly.

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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #176 on: July 02, 2026, 03:12:58 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 02:41:18 PM
Once the game is over in World Cup play, nothing is being changed.  Period.  I don't like soccer and I'm no authority, but it's just the facts.  This "yeah, but"-ism is silly.
"I'm no authority. In fact, I have no idea what I'm talking about. But no one should question my conclusion."
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #177 on: July 02, 2026, 03:59:02 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 01:30:56 AM
Our soccer IQ as a country is sub-80.
Eh, I disagree. 

IQ measures ability to learn. For most Americans our soccer IQ is TBD because we have never tried. 

Our soccer knowledge is nearly nonexistent because we don't care.

I clicked on this post because I couldn't believe we had 13 pages of discussion of soccer so I wondered if we were talking about something more interesting like . . . Anything else. 
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #178 on: July 02, 2026, 04:09:59 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on July 02, 2026, 03:12:58 PM
"I'm no authority. In fact, I have no idea what I'm talking about. But no one should question my conclusion."
😂😂
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #179 on: July 02, 2026, 11:41:40 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on July 02, 2026, 03:12:58 PM
"I'm no authority. In fact, I have no idea what I'm talking about. But no one should question my conclusion."
Question it all you like.  But exactly - even me, with zero interest or special knowledge of the game took the 4 seconds out of my day to look it up and am (gasp) sharing the knowledge with you here.
How dare I.
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #180 on: Today at 07:04:29 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2026, 11:41:40 PM
Question it all you like.  But exactly - even me, with zero interest or special knowledge of the game took the 4 seconds out of my day to look it up and am (gasp) sharing the knowledge with you here.
How dare I.
Well you still got it wrong so congrats?
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Re: World Cup 2026
« Reply #181 on: Today at 07:32:21 AM »
I hated that offsides call on Croatia. If you missed it, basically they used "ball technology" to show Croatia touched the ball, even if it was imperceptible on television. 
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