I don't know the answer to this, but regardless of where the line is, "one point apart in a relegation battle" probably crosses it.
Before I start -- I'm not picking on you in particular, you're just representing that side of the argument here. But the simple problem with the...
It's worth noting that punditry thrives on controversy. It's a much more interesting media story to highlight this as a major miss than it is to...
Setting the ball with the foot or passing to a teammate with the foot to set the ball is completely normal and acceptable. Do we call a double...
[MEDIA] What's interesting to me is that when I watch the clip of the second offside review in the Angel City/KC game, it's one of the better...
So, are you proposing the US be banned from hosting events? Because that's where we're seeing this behavior right now.
Something worth acknowledging: this is really a very hard problem to deal with. Here are your options: Massively crack down on the Mexican...
That chant is never going to die, and I'm not sure the "were going to pretend to care about it for a few minutes, but not actually abandon the...
Really confused how the second Mexico goal (called offside on the field) was goven by VAR. Here's the still: [MEDIA] Not a perfect angle, but...
Sorry, maybe I missed something, but where is PRO instructing anyone that the threshold for deliberate handball changes in any situation (other...
"The Town" is a long-standing nickname for Oakland, and this isn't the first team to use it in their branding. They're pretty clearly trying to...
On the topic of the Miami jersey situation -- I used to wonder if my bigsoccer username would get in the way of my professional refereeing career....
And you immediately corrected him by saying "no, that's obviously not what happened and not at all how VAR works", right? The implication that a...
Er...kinda looks like every other offside review I've ever seen? Seems pretty clear the referee was holding the restart until the VAR had time to...
I'm a little confused what the issue is here. If the VAR team is checking for a possible offside, it seems totally fine (and likely preferable)...
Apologies to only have a TikTok link, but an interesting PK in the 9th division league: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8WwfWSc/ There's a fair amount...
This is getting a ton of attention on social media, but realistically this seems to be within the bounds of what is generally pretty well...
Forgive my ignorance -- is "attacking phase of play" precisely defined anywhere? I can't find a great source on Google, and also not clear if this...
While I recognize that I'm avoiding the more-interesting philosophical question here -- nothing about this play sounds like a DOGSO to me? Two...
This is where I'm at as well. Though on a few more watches, I'm a little closer to "definitely a foul". But all my initial pause came from the...
Is this a foul? I'm not 100% sure. Would I call this a foul if it happened in my Sunday league game? Oooooh yes I would.
This type of thread dissecting the laws like they're a legal brief is why I love this forum. We're such nerds :laugh: Here's something I do...
I've had this happen to me in a game, and the attacking team were all screaming for a red card. Which is clearly wrong, obviously -- there was no...
I'm glad to see Bazakos get a nod here. I think he is quietly underrated, with consistently solid performances. He is a guy you can usually trust...
I think in this case you've got a red no matter how you slice or dice it, but I still think it's bad practice for a referee to only view the...