I gotcha perf and anyone else that want to join. Home sick all weekend, just turning the computer on. 1st half wasn't all that memorable. This seems a bit silly. Kind of like something we'd be doing in the mid-80s
I'm trying to listen to the game on the radio, but it isn't working. Anyone know why? According to the Crew web site, the location is: http://www.eagle1039.com/Eagle1039live.asx But I'm not able to connect.
I tried about 5 times and finally got it at the start of halftime. It's been on for 20 minutes without any "drops". Jack Edwards (of all people) is doing pxp subbing for Dwight Burgess.
Re: Re: [R] Revs - Crew That's odd. I'm listening to it right now. For what it's worth, it's 0-0 at around 48'.
0-0 51st minute. Torres (for the Crew) is showing WHY he has been on the bench for some time... he's been a liability as soon as he has entered the pitch. The Revs better find an answer for Cunningham. QUICKLY
No score, 59th minute. Crew knocking on door, but not able to convert so far. Someone better tell Kante NOT to set up Cunningham for goal scoring opportunities
This is a great game. It's being played at a great pace and both teams look sharp on the attack. Seems to be a stalemate of chances. Who will crack first?
Revs have had some open net chances as well as some last minue saves on defense. C-Bus just headed away a shot on goal after Heaps shot hit the post and rebounded back to him.
73rd minute, no score. Revs just missed TWO GOLDEN chances at a goal, a ball off the post and then the follow up shot fired right at a Crew defender who was standing on the goal line. Crew attack faltering now, and the Revs looking to punish Columbus for not finishing their earlier chances.
Revs seem to be making a real push since the 70th minute. Taylor just went down in an awkward fall. May be serious.
Kante got hit with second yellow. Revs down to 10 men. BTW, Chacon came on for Wolde Harris early in the second half.
LOL! Cloutier on for Chacon, in what the commentators estimate is a defensive move due to being down a man.
Brian Hall is a complete piece of crap. Cunningham is FOULED, inside the box as well as outside, and the foul called outside the box. Hernandez with a tackle from behind on McBride, gets nothing. McBride bumps him 2 minutes later, and gets a yellow card. Riiiiiiiiight.
Well, if the admit that the foul started outside the box, then that's where it's supposed to be spotted. Sorry, but Hernadez got his yellow card, which he deserved. And McBride didn't "bump" him afterwards. He chopped him down late after the ball was gone. He deserved his yellow as well. I think Hall had a very good match. The only decision I disagreed on was that I think Kante's foul should have been a straight red card. Luckily, he already had a yellow, so it really didn't matter.
I agree with what you say above but in my opinion, it was a clear takedown in the box after the initial foul on Kante.. Obviously advantage was being played by Hall at that point but Kante did foul him again in the box.. Why wouldn't a PK be called? What would have happened if Adin Brown had come out and taken Cunningham out? Would Hall have moved it back to where Cunningham was originally fouled? I seriously doubt it.. It is possible to be fouled twice while playing advantage and this was a clear cut case in where Jeff was hauled down while still having the advantage.. Why punish the attacking team? For what it's worth, I don't really care which team makes it onto the final, I'm just talking about what I saw from an objective point of view.. I think Columbus was done an injustice on that particular play.. I'm not saying it was the difference in the game, especially with all the saved PK's I've been seeing over the last 6 months, but it clearly helped the Revolution in staying level at a critical point in the match...
I think everyone agrees that there was a foul outside the box. The question that needs to be asked, and what Hall has to ask himself, is whether or not there were two separate fouls (one outside the box, where he played advantage, and then one inside the box), or if it was one continuous foul. If it was one continuous foul, and the advantage never materialized, then the free kick is brought back to the sport where the foul originated, which was outside of the box. If you agree that it was a continuous foul, then Hall got it right. If it were two separate fouls though, meaning that the advantage materialized and then was taken away again, then a PK is the correct call. If you think that's the case, then Hall got it wrong. Now, if anyone thinks that that decision is easy, especially at full-speed while you're 10-15 yards behind the players, then I urge you to take up refereeing. Hall made a tough, split-second decision and he didn't waver. While I'd be hard-pressed to prove that he was 100% correct, anyone else would be equally hard-pressed to prove he's 100% wrong. It wasn't one of those bad calls that people chalking up to being a "break" for the other team, it was truly a 50/50 call that's still hard to determine what was actually 'correct'.
I do feel that Hall got it wrong.. Cunningham fought off Kante's physical challenge all the way until he was at least 2 or 3 steps into the area.. At that point Kante took him down and the "advantage" was negated.. I do agree that the call is a very difficult one to make in theory but this one seemed very clear cut to me.. Cunningham worked harder to get to an advantagous position and was hauled down clearly inside the area.. A PK should have been awarded.. Perhaps Hall wasn't in the best position to make the call and that is Hall's fault and it ended up giving the "advantage" in the end to the Revs.. I think Brian Hall is a goof ref (by MLS standards) and just made a bad call.. It's not the first time in a big match that he has missed a PK call (Moreno being tripped quite clearly by Marcus Hanneman in MLS Cup 97") and it won't be the last.. I would bet that if Hall has a chance to review the tape of the incident (which he most undoubtedly will), he would probably feel that the Crew were denied a PK chance.. Of course he would never state it on record.. All in all though a quite entertaining game as far as 0-0 draws go.. Looking forward to Wednesday nights rematch..
Hernandez and Kante both out next time, right? Kante is out from the red card, obviously, but Hernandez's yellow should take him over 11 and earn him a game suspension as well. And Joey's next one takes him over...