View Full Version : Howard's Suspension
narko
12 Feb 2009, 12:14 AM
He received a yellow against Guatemala in the first game of the last round.... then didn't receive one @Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and then home against Cuba.
He didn't play @Trinidad and Tobago or home against Guatemala.
So he gets one now and is still suspended?
What exactly are the rules on this?
obewan
12 Feb 2009, 12:20 AM
I'm not sure what the exact rule is...but the ref didn't help Timmy out any seeing as how he had just taken a blow to his knee. Had Tim laid down, he could've easily killed off two or three minutes. Instead, he tries to walk it off and gets a yellow. That's crappy.
code1390
12 Feb 2009, 12:23 AM
I'm not sure what the exact rule is...but the ref didn't help Timmy out any seeing as how he had just taken a blow to his knee. Had Tim laid down, he could've easily killed off two or three minutes. Instead, he tries to walk it off and gets a yellow. That's crappy.
He got the yellow for throwing the ball away towards the corner.
chrish3k
12 Feb 2009, 12:23 AM
Not pleased he'll miss the el salvador match, but, all things equal, it's not the biggest thing which might have come out of this match. and, for what it's worth, i thought that this was a minor issue in the officiating and not terribly onerous; especially with some of the nonsense to which the US has been subjected in the past!
Tertius
12 Feb 2009, 12:27 AM
I'm pretty sure that two yellows at any point during qualifying means you're suspended for the next game. I do know that they carried over from the last round into this one. The slates will of course be wiped clean after qualifying is over, so no carryover into the WC itself.
I was looking for the exact language on FIFA's site but oddly I cannot find it.
Just Blaze
12 Feb 2009, 12:27 AM
He got the yellow for throwing the ball away towards the corner.
He got it for running up to take the free kick, then stopping and backing away.
code1390
12 Feb 2009, 12:29 AM
He got it for running up to take the free kick, then stopping and backing away.
No. He didn't.
Mr. Warmth
12 Feb 2009, 12:35 AM
Someone dial up the Friedelphone
FreedomJess
12 Feb 2009, 12:42 AM
Someone dial up the Friedelphone
Brilliant idea!!!
obewan
12 Feb 2009, 12:49 AM
He got it for running up to take the free kick, then stopping and backing away.
That was my interpretation. I thought Tim stopped because the ref was issuing the yellow.
Showing yellow for throwing the ball away would be even more poor, if that's the case. Tim threw the ball before Batres had even settled the issue with Marquez, so it had no effect on delaying the game.
mcnaulty21
12 Feb 2009, 01:27 AM
Someone dial up the FriedelphoneNot gonna happen
Swazicar
12 Feb 2009, 01:28 AM
He got the yellow for throwing the ball away towards the corner.
He got it for running up to take the free kick, then stopping and backing away.
No. He didn't.
Yes, he did. I just re-watched the game and the replay showed what live-action showed: Howard ran up to take the kick, then stopped. Batres then pulled the card out, Howard sort of waved, then kicked the ball.
Elninho
12 Feb 2009, 01:39 AM
That was my interpretation. I thought Tim stopped because the ref was issuing the yellow.
Showing yellow for throwing the ball away would be even more poor, if that's the case. Tim threw the ball before Batres had even settled the issue with Marquez, so it had no effect on delaying the game.
Wasn't this the similar to what happened in the Argentina game - a second yellow for throwing the ball away while Argentina was subbing?
USAin2006
12 Feb 2009, 01:41 AM
Getting Guzan some experience in a hostile environment might not be such a bad thing.
Honore de Ballsac
12 Feb 2009, 01:47 AM
Terrific. Guzan or somebody gets a game. This is good.
obewan
12 Feb 2009, 01:48 AM
Wasn't this the similar to what happened in the Argentina game - a second yellow for throwing the ball away while Argentina was subbing?
I think the yellow was for time wasting (i.e. not taking the kick), not for throwing the ball away.
On the other hand, how does Oswaldo not get a yellow for hoofing the ball into the stands after Bradley's goal?
Edited to add a quote from USSoccer.com:
Unfortunately for Howard, the result of the play also saw him pick-up a yellow card for time wasting, his second of World Cup qualifying, which means he must sit out the USA’s next qualifier on March 28 in El Salvador.
Just Blaze
12 Feb 2009, 02:18 AM
No. He didn't.
Spurs fan in being wrong shocker. Film at eleven.
;)
due time
12 Feb 2009, 02:41 AM
Spurs fan in being wrong shocker. Film at eleven.
;)
My take was that he took the run-up to test out his leg before he took that actual kick, and the ref interpreted that as time-wasting. He was still walking around pretty gingerly up to that point (as well as afterwards).
bobbydigital
12 Feb 2009, 05:13 AM
if i had to pick a game for howard to miss, it would have to be the next game against el salvador.
colins1993
12 Feb 2009, 06:18 AM
US Soccer says Howard got the yellow for time wasting.