Post-match: San Jose Earthquakes - Chicago Fire (Saturday, 5/18) postgame thread [R]

I don't want to make excuses here, but the conditions affect referees as well, not just the players. There were certainly missed calls, and the missed obstruction is probably the most obvious (but I can't even remember the last time obstruction was called in a game I've watched at any level). You have missed calls. Thankfully, none of them were game altering.

I think from the very beginning of the game, the crew did a good job of making sure the players knew what would be tolerated and what wouldn't. Given the lowered visibility, slippery conditions, things could have gotten out of hand quite easily. They didn't, though, and the calls were fair if not all correct.

 

I too thought the referee was poor from several assessment aspects, including mechanics and failing to tie his shoelaces properly. I thought he missed or purposefully overlooked quite a few fouls, or as vjle pointed out, called them on the wrong person. Basically he was too far away from play to spot the perpetuators.

 

Sadly, we missed the game (in San Diego for a graduation) and I forgot to setup the recording on Univision (it's automatically setup for Comcast Sports Bay Area). Congrats to Wondo and the team!

 

on the newer xfinity boxes, you are able to record the team, regardless of the channel. I do this for the quakes and other teams, so at times I will have the English and Spanish channel's broadcast of, say, the USWNT games.

 

Villareal paid something like 10 Mil for him, so taking 1.5 for him now doesnt seem realistic.

 

BTW, in that @extratime interview of Wondo, he mentioned that Danny Hoesen came up with I think it was a minor hamstring injury at practice. So Wondo didn't know he was starting until the day before the game.