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I don't disagree with this point. In the US, we have a "compare and contrast" with an infamous event from 2014 involving former US captain Clint Dempsey (part of a lengthier article). https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/roger-levesque-red-card-wedding-history-sounders-timbers-open-cup What Dempsey...

An update - Houston Dynamo has decided to not offer a new contract to Hector Herrera. Based on the comments from general manager/sporting director Pat Onstad, this incident had some impact on that decision. Also, no word on any sort of official MLS suspension from its disciplinary committee...

Update on this - I was observing a State Cup (state's club championship - I'm guessing similar to a county cup competition in the UK) a couple of weeks ago. Saw another "ball just over the line" situation where the AR was at the corner flag, put the flag up in the right hand, waited for the...

Following the match, Ben Olsen chased referee Armando Villarreal off the field while aggressively dissenting, which clearly violates Law 12. Olsen should also be suspended for his actions. The last two years have seen a disturbing pattern of incidents against match officials in the MLS...

In my personal opinion, a side by side conversation is still acceptable and maybe even preferred in this case. Here are a few reasons I have for supporting this. As others have said, everyone in the stadium can see you are communicating. That is not an insignificant part of this situation. R...

That makes total sense now. Thanks for sharing. Under those circumstances, I do agree that switching ARs was a logical decision. I don’t think resources would allow for a reserve AR even at the Premier League level. But I do feel like referees need to have some reasonable level of AR...

A fan poll about referee decisions has as much credibility as me commenting on a poll about whether surgeons do their job correctly. Shame on the BBC for generating controversy for clicks.

Two big problems with this. 1) If a Premier League assistant referee is good enough to be on a game, why can't that AR handle a half with a good team constantly attacking? 2) Each team should have one half with each AR. Every AR will have slightly different viewpoints, so having the same AR...

The fact that an offside offense cannot be considered until Stones contacts the ball makes this a legal goal for me. By the time Stones heads the ball, Silva is not interfering with Sa’s ability to make the save. If this was a cross in the run of play, we may have a different discussion.

I’m wearing a different type of shoe called an Under Armour Yard Turf. These are designed for baseball players on turf, but they are actually like running shoes with a turf sole. I wear these in the middle on 4G (we are allowed in the US) and on hard natural surfaces. They have very good...

Timely topic, as my crew had this exact same situation happen in a game on Sunday. Attack is going toward AR1's goal (I'm AR2). Attackers have a corner kick, the ball pinballs around, and the ball crosses the line in the air under the crossbar as the keeper makes a desperate attempt to claw the...

I'll nominate American football as being even worse than football/soccer in this regards. The only saving grace for us in the US is that there are a couple of rules experts that actually know what they are talking about.

I know you and I have had this online discussion elsewhere, so we're kind of filling others in here. I agree with you. In my opinion, this was one of those "it could be or couldn't be" types of DOGSOs where the intentional/cynical nature of the foul could swing things more toward a DOGSO red...

Steve needs to worry about his own team. They are not good, and they are boring to watch.

That’s fair. I do think many officials subscribe to the idea that if there’s doubt, go yellow. This is one of those situations where I know we don’t have “intentional foul” as one of the four considerations, but if we did this foul would have checked that box. It was a clear “uh-oh, I’m beat...

First of all, Chelsea-Brighton is bonkers. Both teams with high lines. If you like attack, this is fun. If you like good defending, probably not the game for you. :) Robert Sanchez on quite the walkabout today (I think I have the English slang correct for what he's doing or not doing). For me...

I'll grant you that the fall was dramatic, but every replay I saw did show contact. To be completely honest (and I'm not a Newcastle fan or a City detractor), this is one where I felt video replay "confirmed" the decision (i.e. the video showed with a high degree of certainty that the onfield...

As an admitted Michael Oliver fan, I did not think this was one of his better performances. Even discounting the Trossard second yellow controversy (by now, players should realize they are playing with fire messing with the ball, but I won't really comment on that as plenty of others have) and...

My take after watching a few times and seeing the stills-in real time, I’d see myself giving a foul/penalty as I generally am strict on tackles from behind. In other words, unless I’m 100% sure ball was played and the attacker fell over the leg that plays the ball, I’m giving the foul. However...

I'll start off with a positive item - Atwell with a good on-field send-off for SFP on Stephens in the SOU-MU game. That is the type of call that, unfortunately, I think we see defaulted to an on-field caution with VAR recommending a review to upgrade in a lot of games where VAR is available...