Comments on: Matchday 12: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Colombus Crew

By: Randy Charles Morin

Randy Charles Morin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:35:51 +0000

Thanks for the link to Talk-Sports. We returned the favor by linking all our Nate webpage back to you. May we ask how we can get a link in your blogroll-sidebar?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:05:57 +0000

Goalskora… just to let you know Sigi did not choose the penalty taker. They worked it out amongst themselves. STill no excuse for a miss.

By: laurie

laurie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Johonna, I forgot that you weren’t at the Mother’s Day LA game. I think the rest of us are now jaded to bad refereeing. From here on out, the standard will be, “Well, he wasn’t as bad as Weyland!”

By: Kurt L

Kurt L — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:29:18 +0000

Most of the players in MLS are hacks. Typically they can’t string together 5 passes in a row. As a result teams have a tendency to play physical. I think the referees have been trying to tone down the rough play this year.
I think Sigi is right. Worry about beating the other team, not complaining about the refereeing and you will be better off.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:08:59 +0000

I’m just sad that the refs continue to play large parts in our games. I know the team should put them away so the refs aren’t a factor but when thats not the case I always feel cheated out of a good soccer match.

By: Johonna

Johonna — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:03:21 +0000

And my complaints about the game are not predicated on the scoreline.

Maybe my expectations are just too high.

By: Johonna

Johonna — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:53:06 +0000

At the game, it was clear that the ref had completely lost control of the match.

The officiating was inconsistent and very distracting. He was often late to whistle so it was entirely unclear what the problem was. I know that being a ref is hard, but come on, that man was bad. He was a bad referee and would never be on a Serie A or EPL pitch.

That is my point.

By: golskora

golskora — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:16:35 +0000

Kurt’s take on the Red Card and the melee that was the the INDIRECT free kick inside the box are spot on. The linesmen and center ref are able to talk to each other through the mic’s and earpieces each wear and thus the center ref is MUCH more influenced these days then in years past. If the center ref chooses to(he is NOT obligated to) listen to the linesman then he effectively has eyes in the back of his head.

My problem with the match comes from Sigi getting seriously out coached. Choosing Freddie L. to take the penalty was a game changing mistake by the coach. If his migraines make him miss weeks of training and pactically have to relearn to walk and talk, why would you choose him to take the spot kick. Montero is the CLEAR choice. Montero needs goals to boost his low confidence and a PK is just the prescription for that. Now Montero’s confidence is even lower as he has proof his coach has no confidence in him. Rubbish if you think that the player that earned it should take it.

Ruffling feathers I know, but this loss(tie) is all on Sigi.

By: Dustin Edwards

Dustin Edwards — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:08:25 +0000

Jeez Johanna, that’s a lot of complaining for one game that’s our own fault we didn’t put away. If you got the game gift wrapped to you, take it and GO.

Take some of Sigi’s advice; “I thought we got overly concerned about the referee, and weren’t concerned enough at times about our play.”

By: Kurt L

Kurt L — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:07:49 +0000

In regards to the “circus” on the free kick in the box the rule is the players have to be 10 yards from the ball unless the ball is less than 10 yards from the goal. In that case the wall has to be on the goal line. The keeper kept trying to stand in front of the wall. The referee actually did a decent job handling the situation. Every time a wall player or goalie stepped of the line a kicking player would appeal for the distance and the ref would have to put the line back.

Of course the defending players weren’t listening so there was a little bit of a circus.