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World Cup - soccer image
Along with the weak performance of U.S.A. in the tournament, that match did more to destroy the image of soccer than any of the usual criticisms and nonsense comparisons to "American" sports.
In spite of being one of the better officiated matches of the tournament, the flaws always stand out. The dive PK, the illegal goal, and the PK that wasn't called (looking like a make-up), followed by the stupid head butt by someone who TV built up to be the image of soccer, were horrible.
Then compund that by deciding a world championship with a "fluke" missed PK and we lost years of progress.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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