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		<title>The USA got hosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mistake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phantom call]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slovenia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose on one hand, this should not be a issue. In any sport, if you are the stronger team you&#8217;re expected to go out there and win soundly. If it&#8217;s close enough to complain about a single call, then the team made a huge mistake. In the other hand, America&#8217;s comeback in their World [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose on one hand, this should not be a issue. In any sport, if you are the stronger team you&#8217;re expected to go out there and win soundly. If it&#8217;s close enough to complain about a single call, then the team made a huge mistake. In the other hand, America&#8217;s comeback in their <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264045&amp;cc=5901&amp;ver=us" target="_blank">World Cup match again Slovenia</a> was quite a accomplishment. Now, I don&#8217;t really like predicting outcomes based on single calls. My <a href="http://asylum.rydas.com/another-perfect-game/" target="_blank">calling Galarraga&#8217;s one hitter, a perfect game</a> was the exception. In that case, it was the final out, it was obviously a perfect game and a blown call doesn&#8217;t change reality. In this case, the USA&#8217;s goal would have been the winning goal, was in the 84th minute and as such it&#8217;s fairly accurate to say they <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5500820/usa_vs_slovenia_sees_us_win_denied.html?cat=14" target="_blank">should have won the game</a>. Now, there were some iffy calls, but that happens a lot. The issue I have is with the goal being called off. Instead of a win, it&#8217;s a tie and that dramatically changes things for both Slovenia and the United States.</p>
<p>No one, not the announcers, coaches, players, no matter their nationality could figure out what the ref called a foul. It&#8217;s the classic phantom call, blow off the scoring goal for what exactly? No one can even make a guess at it because if anything it looks like the USA might have been fouled. Apparently the referee wouldn&#8217;t even provide a explanation to the players (finally, a while after the game, the ref apparently says it was Edu, the one who scored the goal, that committed a foul). That&#8217;s the type of thing I can&#8217;t stomach. If you&#8217;re going to call off a goal, you&#8217;d better know what you called and you&#8217;d better be able to explain exactly what it was you saw. The ref couldn&#8217;t explain himself immediately afterward, perhaps the vuvuzelas have driven the referee mad? That&#8217;s now how any sport is supposed to work and it&#8217;s not acceptable, this is what you get when you bring in someone from Mali that&#8217;s never called a World Cup game. It&#8217;s about as good a idea as hosting this in South Africa. Then again, we have to give the little guys a chance, right? It doesn&#8217;t matter if they are competent or not. Anyway, you make the call:<br />
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