Sod over concrete apparently laid with a manure spreader. Some of the complainers about the Women's World Cup being played on plastic should take a good look at this 'real grass' surface.
I'd forgotten about that incident. The sod at the Alamo Dome was horrific. That should never happen again.
It was a disgrace. How in the world could USSOCCER allow a venue to be so un-gameworthy. I had my fingers crossed the whole time that neither side suffered an ACL or some other severe injury. What's the word on Beckerman?
http://www.livesoccertv.com/match/1223878/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-ipswich-town/ Short version, early a.m. beIN Sports USA, over/under on Doyle's minutes?
does it worry anyone else that our "big DP" cannot get any playing time in a Championship League team scraping after a playoff position? it's been worrying me frankly. and more every game he doesn't appear or comes on as a 90th minute timewasting sub. where is the value? I sure hope we know what we are doing, but how do sabremetrics work on a guy that hasn't played in ages, and may eventually take weeks to get match fit?
Maybe it went like this: But then I guess that would make him more like a good ole' fashioned scout cat.
This kind of incident look familiar to anyone? http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/ma...rew-sc-vs-orlando-city-sc/details/video/36409 It ticks all the boxes except injury that the league used to justify Mullan's 10 game suspension. Distance from goal, intent, casual disregard for safety. Reports from Orlando is that there will be no additional suspension on top of the standard 1 game red-card suspension. Funny, when some of us pointed out to non-Rapids fans that the Mullan suspension was unjust because the league would never live up to that standard we were called apologists. Turns out we were right.
Wow. I really don't see how that doesn't get additional games. Plus, he did not leave the field appropriately. Walking through the CLB bench? Could have caused some other issues on his way out.
Ramos is a complete tool for committing that foul, for one, and then his antics of storming through the Columbus bench rubber stamped his toolness.. I was quite shocked no one from OCSC jerked his ass up and dragged him to the locker room. Adrian Heath and his staff just sat there. That's inexcusable in my book. It took Kaka to pull him aside and get into his ear. The foul, IMO, is worth 3 matches with an additional 1 or 2 for his antics. With that said, Marshall's high reckless tackle on Sanchez was just as violent. That clown should be banned, too.
Sanchez got two games for his similar tackle in last year's 4th of July game against Columbus. That's what I'm looking for for Marshall, but I'm guessing just 1.
Re. several posts above I sometimes lose track of if I'm at the Rapids' or the Referees' board ;>) but I guess that means we don't show too much bias. I find that most players don't mind if you set your bar for foul selection* fairly high if you are very consistent and don't come back in the second half and set it suddenly much lower because things seem a little too chippy etc. The same should apply to a discipline body, you can't just pick out examples to set randomly when there is a huge outcry and then be more lax for other incidents that are similar but lack the 'noise' or because of who they are or who they play for. * Referees see way more fouls (foul recognition) than they call, even at only one per minute calling them all could mean 90 free kicks in a full length match (which would be awful to play or watch), that is why foul selection (IMHO) is one of the least understood and most critical aspects of what center referees (and to a degree ARs) have to perform. Setting the bar correctly at the start and then being consistent is what good referees do and other referees should aspire to. Back on topic, discipline boards should do that as well!
What Ramos did was inexcusable from any soccer perspective. He should have had an additional suspension (3 games would have been appropriate), but IMHO the play was not the equivalent of what Mullan did to Zakuani. The injury was a huge factor, and rightfully so. Zakuani nearly had to have his leg amputated due to compartment syndrome following the injury, and the injury effectively ended his career, even though he struggled through several more matches before retiring. Mullan's tackle of Zakuani happened almost in front of us. I'll never forget the sound of Zakuani's leg snapping. Given the play and injury, I thought ten games was light.
It sounds like you agree with me. Its not the same because of the injury, which is what I said. I would put it at 3 additional to the standard 1, for 4 total, maybe 5.
I was on the other side of the pitch and heard the snap ... still gives me shivers to think about it. That having been said, I always thought the 10 games was a bit high. I bet MLS thought Mullan would appeal down to ~5/6 games. I'd like to see about 3/4 games for Ramos, that was a jackass move.
I do agree with you. When it comes to Zakuani, I still shudder every time I remember that match. Frankly, I would have considered a much longer suspension for Mullan to be appropriate. My point (not articulated very well) was that because Mullan's 10 apparently set the bar, even a "heavy" sanction for Ramos would be about 3. The lack of any additional suspension for Ramos is unacceptable. The MLS needs to get out in front of thuggery. Seriously, if Chomp Chomp's third nibble was worth 9 games to FIFA, Ramos' actions ought to be worth more than the standard 1 match vacation. (Ditto for Sarvas for intentionally squirreling Dempsey, BTW.)
Wow, this is the year of re-hashing old arguments for sure. Not sure how you can blame Mullan from"compartment Syndrome" was Mullan also the doctor who treated the injury? Bottom line it was a shame it happened but it was a broken leg that was combined with poor human kenetics that resulted him not retuning to his previous form.
How crazy would it be if current last place Montreal end up being first MLS club to make the Club World Cup?
I'm all for it. I'm behind Montreal 100%. Also interesting to see what they're going to do about Bush's apparent suspension from yellow card accumulation. They tweeted earlier today that they expect to hear from cocacaf as soon as possible and that all options are still on the table.