while I admit that it would be great if after every game there was a hand shake...no where in the soccer rule books does it state that there should be a hand shake...I wouldnt say its a tradition, maybe in youth soccer in this country its a tradition, but especially in a big rivalry, a hand shake after the game isnt neccesarily a common occurance.
No, but a common tradition in soccer is to exchange jerseys, so you could substitute "exchange jerseys" for "shake hands." Most games I can recall from the last World Cup, for instance, ended with players exchanging jerseys.
Luis Hernandez "One player who most certainly should have been sent off later was Hernandez, whose retaliatory foul three minutes into injury time at the end of regulation put Chicago midfielder Peter Nowak out with a concussion and facial laceration. Hernandez ran up behind Nowak, took his legs down and as the Fire playmaker fell to the ground, raked his cleats across Nowak’s face before his head bounced off the turf. Hernandez was given only a yellow card." http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/usopencup/2000/games/aug23.htm "Hernandez's suspension, which is for all 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games, would reach a maximum of five games should the Galaxy advance to the tournament final. He was judged to have intentionally kicked Chicago Fire midfielder Peter Nowak in the face near the conclusion of the Fire's semifinal victory over the Galaxy on August 23 at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif. In addition, Hernandez was also fined and undisclosed amount." http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/usopencup/2000/sep26.htm "U.S. Open Cup: It's fan-tastic. Is it me, or have some of the most vicious confrontations of the past few years come in the Open Cup? (See Luis Hernandez vs. Peter Nowak, Joey Franchino vs. Clint Mathis.) " http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/grant_wahl/09/05/wahl.insider/ "The game's lasting images included Luis Hernandez stomping on the head of Peter Nowak (it wasn't seen by the referees) and Josh Wolff falling into the arms of Fire General Manager Peter Wilt behind the goal after the winner." http://www.cybersoccernews.com/mls/fire/030919chi-daladv.shtml "Nowak is questionable after a cut around the eye and a concussion after a run in with L.A.'s Luis Hernandez." http://www.sptimes.com/News/082600/news_pf/Sports/Mutiny_has_rarely_ext.shtml
So now we're talking about O'Brien I'm guessing. Before it sure sounded like you were talking about Germany, and there was nothing very dirty about that play. Remember when Donovan scored to make it 2-0.
Thats you're hole debate, But the fact is Casey wasn't playing the ball (he did try to injure sanchez) By you're logic as long as the ball is in the area its perfectly leagal to plow over players. By the way were is your clip of the incident, if the US player was playing the ball on the ground, or slid in on the Mexican player would it still get magnified as much?
Wait, did I miss something? Soulfly, you're one of us? Hmm. The 3 white guys were behind me and were only heckled mildy a couple of times. When the game ended, that's when the agua de riñon flew. It smelled like beer, though. Anyway, it was only one cup of whatever was in it. A cool moment was Lavolpe's first game in L.A. being in charge of our squad. Mexico vs Argentina at the Coliseum. The Argies had to be escorted out. But nothing happened. Just this police state mentality that caused us to look over. Isolated incidents, maybe, but still my personal experience. The only melee I saw occured with 2 Cholos duking it out. Interesting to note: I noticed quite a few light skinned "Mexicans" walking out of the stadium in a slight-hurried manner. Nothing special, right? Well, I could faintly make out the albiceleste adidas strip beneath their tri-jersey. Arriba los nacos!