The time has come to talk about red card tackles (and probably many other things, of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings...)...
If and when the US loses at the Women's World Cup — which should hardly be earth-shattering news — the MAGA-blockheads are going to blame it on...
Nobody knows what a handball is anymore. When talking about refereeing, whether it's in the NWSL or the Premier League or World Cup, men's or...
It might be worthwhile on occasion for fans to sum up how women's soccer journalism fails us in a way that at least has the possibility of being...
VAR, you may have heard, is coming to NWSL this season, In the Referee Forum, one of the moderators gave a great preview as to what to expect,...
VAR is coming to the NWSL this season. I'm not sure if there's a thread which summarizes the key differences between how VAR is used in MLS versus...
On Twitter, I saw comments about a Portugal player, Enzo Fernandez, who was just signed by Chelsea. This is from the men's game, but, being a fan...
[ATTACH] Sorry if this was discussed elsewhere but I didn't see it. The apparent tying goal by Trinity Rodman was ruled offside in the buildup...
Just Women's Sports article by Claire Brennan based on a podcast of Kelley O'Hara interviewing Jill Ellis. I recall rumblings of such a revolt...
I know WoSo discussions today will be (rightly) dominated by the accusations of sexual harassment against Coach Paul Riley, but the BigSoccer Ref...
Steph Yang ("Thrace") wrote an article for The Athletic on the lousy conditions facing NWSL referees, which of course isn't conducive to...
I've noted a few times how the NWSL seems to have relaxed or rescinded a policy of all-women referees whenever possible. It's a dramatic...
[MEDIA] Listening to referees on the often-fascinating BigSoccer Referee Forum, you see a recurring theme that referees try to use a combination...
In Sunday's match between Washington and North Carolina, some fans are heavily criticizing the referee, Greg Dopka, for missing two (or is it...
It should be a general Proposition that more penalties should be called for klutzy defending in the box, for clutching &grabbing, or for...
I thought there were some calls (or non-calls) worth talking about but I don't have video of most of them. The possibly missed penalty call when...
FIFA released the new rankings today. USA stayed #1 but not by much. Their rating dropped 87 points from 2197 to 2110. Sweden rose to #2 (I think...
After a fairly dismal performance in the Olympics, the US still managed to earn bronze but also showed, rather unmistakably, that there needs to...
The 2nd PK for the US in USA/ Spain in the last World Cup clearly sticks in the memory for many fans. At first I was mildly perplexed that it came...
Just going to toss this out there. I'll try to follow with video clips later, but watching some of the fouls in the Chicago / Orlando game on the...
I'm unsure if this will be a useful separate thread, but I'll put it here in case we want to discuss some of the overall tactics and lineup...
On the penalty given in the US/Canada semifinal, there's pretty much a consensus in the Referee Forum that the VAR, Pawel Raczkowski, should NOT...
The danger posed by Vlatko's selection of an over-aged and injury-riddled roster to Olympics success is so serious that it calls for efforts to...
Extra-time was a fairly drab affair, so the best thing about it was another opportunity to talk about how soccer should adapt the tennis tiebreak...
Extra-time in the Euro Finals between Italy and England was pretty humdrum. The best thing about it was we get to talk again how soccer should...