I'm still hoping someone explained to Efan Ekoku that a player can be in an offside position even if a defender is between him and the goal line...
When I was coaching, I had a ref tell me he'd never give a yellow card in a U9 game. The other team heard him and spent the entire game beating up...
KC-Angel City -- very long VAR check on a goal that had been ruled out for offside. The only angle shown to the TV audience was at an angle where...
West Ham- Aston Villa just had one of the toughest VAR decisions I've ever seen. I've watched it many times now, and I simply can't tell whether...
No one watching the final?
I'm barely awake, so I might be overlooking something, but does that allow a sub between the final whistle and kicks from the, er, the penalty...
I have a TV contact who has checked in and said that they've found no evidence of any such foresight. As far as they know, this was simply a big...
Christina Unkel laughs derisively at this. I don't know if I agree with the PK. I thought Naeher might've gotten a little bit of the ball. I...
I've been substitute-teaching a lot one of the three big high schools that include most of the players in our town club and its winter rec league....
If the US women's soccer team's captain used a homophobic slur, the Internet would've melted by now.
Good comic panel to end the year on: https://www.gocomics.com/inthebleachers/2023/12/19 Thanks to everyone for another good year of sharing...
I wonder if they had time between games for a postgame debrief.
I can't remember which game the NBC crew dissecting when someone said, "Well, it must be violent conduct because the ball isn't in play." I...
I think we should be encouraged to look at real-life scenarios as teaching moments. It beats the typical recertification question: "If a dog bites...
I don’t want to argue the call and compare our eyesight. The point is that it’s fascinating that people with no apparent bias involved can see a...
We’re talking about the play at 1:09 here? https://youtu.be/xz0BYHS33Ao?si=ci9hYfwsC38wbLC9 I agree that it’s a legitimate call, but it’s...
If by "didn't create much," you mean "barely saw the ball," then yes. I'm not a fan of deflected handball calls, but they're not wrong, per se,...
Another factor: LAFC was absolutely dreadful in the first half.
I don't think that's how that conversation went.
I think that's USB. Pretty hard slide. Cucho probably hurt his own case for red by rolling around so much. Hard for a ref to "reward"...
It really doesn't help that IFAB included some specifics in the Laws a few years ago and then removed them. In a youth game, I probably don't...
Because about 98% of dropped balls were uncontested at the pro level, anyway. Then at the youth level, you had idiot coaches yelling at their kids...
All drop balls have been uncontested since 2019.
I think that's fair. He could've been clearer here.
If you've been watching EPL this morning with Ekoku and the NBC studio crew (Rebecca Lowe is one of the coolest people I've ever met, but ...),...