Tuesday 12 Mar 2019

PRO Assistant Referees Week in Review - 2019 Week 1
https://www.proassistantreferees.com/mls-week-in-review/week-1-march-3-4

Biggest takeaways: red card/penalty in the snow at Colorado was 100% correct, Montreal winner should have been disallowed for offside

 

Well, technically that only deals withe waving off the goal for offside, it doesn't actually speak to the PK/red card decision (though it was correct).

 

It kinda hints at it. It just doesn't go into detail about WHY it's deliberate handling. And it answers (at least as far as PRO is concerned) the question about deliberate handling being considered a deliberate play that resets offside.

 

MLS player ejected after he picks up a second yellow card for flicking opponent's ear
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...cted-after-flicking-opponents-ear/3126763002/

What a disgusting display by Rossi, that completely classless crap is why some people hate soccer so vehemently.

 

You say they hate a sport because an individual acts like a total dick?

 

But Rossi is hardly the only player that behaves that way in soccer. There are far too many players that have ruined the sport for potential fans by acting like that. Even for die-hard fans like myself I find it to be the single biggest on-field blemish in the game.

 

Yeah, in a real sport, Rossi would have dropped his gloves and pummeled Chara.

 

This. ^ The rampant faking of injuries or exaggerating of supposed incidents sickens me and brings down our game's esteem.

 

Ive got Chara in that fight.

 

LAFC is really consistently a team that dives as much as any team I've ever seen in MLS ever since it's existence. Rossi is one of their worst offenders. Interestingly it's LAFC going into every match that is complaining in advance about all the fouling they claim (half of them dives) they are receiving effectively working the referees in advance. It's really something and it's been very effective for them so far. [deleted by mod — politics]

Hopefully referees will stop giving LAFC the benefit of the doubt and hopefully there are more retroactive yellows and fines for the diving that is going on.

 

So.. Why are we focusing just on Rossi and not the dumb ass that decided to make an above the shoulder contact, off the ball foul? Chara's been doing that crap since he joined the league and this is one of the few times that he actually got caught and people are acting like it is Rossi that is hurting the sport.

 

Maybe if there was somebody to punish such acts. Oh there is, but they don't do anything. Start handing out yellow cards and after a few weeks when the games end with 7-8 players on each team maybe the players will get a hint.

 

Seems like the call could/should be yellow card to both. Punish hacker and embellishment with intent to deceive referee.

 

Yeah Chara deserved a yellow, a dumbass move on his part considering he was already on a yellow. I hope he enjoys his none paid vacation.

 

That's right, man - - every once in a while you gotta drop the mittens and put a fella on your dance card.

 

Talk about diving always tends to devolve in that way. It's always "Diving ZOMG CHEATING!!!" as if nobody else was cheating, as if cheap shots aren't cheating, as if time-wasting wasn't cheating, as if berating a ref over a foul you obviously committed wasn't cheating, etc.

 

One could argue that while the other examples you mention are "cheating", they are all pretty obvious and transparent.

Diving, on the other hand, is a blatant attempt at dishonesty (at least) or out right fabrication. For me personally it's worse.

 

Chara assaulted Rossi. If it happened on the street, he could press criminal charges, or at least seek a civil restraining order. Maybe he should forego the diving and do just that. Or should Rossi have retaliated in kind?

I don't like diving, either (and I'm no fan of LAFC), but what Chara did was worse. Rossi merely called attention to something that might otherwise have been overlooked, without engaging in violence or invoking the justice system.

 

Ear flicking is assault now?

 

That in no way changes my point about what is obviously intentional deceit on the part of Rossi (or any other player that dives).

And it's kind of a ridiculous comparison anyway. If someone on the street runs up to me and kicks me in the shin then that's grounds for pressing assault charges also. But it's perfectly acceptable on the soccer field, right?

Rossi needs to either learn to rely on VAR or grow a pair.

 

I appear to have misspoken. The offense would more properly be characterized as a battery.

https://law.onecle.com/california/penal/242.html

 

It is?

 

Happens in every game.

 

Dude.. Chara's cheap shot was off the ball. If Rossi hadn't gone down, it wouldn't have been obvious, nor would it have been transparent. He was doing it because he thought he could get away with it and/or get a reaction from Rossi and maybe get Rossi a card or ejected.