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[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So was it the correct call or not? I haven't seen it, and I'm not a soccer official anyway. Perhaps Nevada or another soccer official could weigh in?

If you mean the canceling of the 3rd USA goal in the Slovenia match, then you know the answer by now. No one has been able to defend the call. There just isn't anything on the video which one can use to justify a whistle against the US on that play.
BTW that referee worked as the 4th official in Sunday's match between Italy and New Zealand. It was a 1-1 draw. It is now being reported that he will not work again in the tournament.

[MD Longhorn]

I'm not sure if this would have fixed the situation at all... but given that a soccer field is significantly bigger than a football field, and the entire field is in use at once, shouldn't there be MANY more on-field officials for games like this?

[grunewar]

"The duty of the referees is not to explain their decision ... (but to) try to do their best on the field of play," Garcia-Aranda said. "(Otherwise) they are not focused on the game, they are focused on the media."