@FabrizioRomano Wow, the coach doesn’t even understand the rules of the game.
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The Dutch Hammer
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🚨🇺🇸 Mauricio Pochettino: “Balogun? Never intentional, never a red card”.
“Watching it after on TV, it was never the intention to step onto the player; it's a normal action in football that happens by accident”.
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Is this the worst call of the tournament?
Clay Travis@ClayTravis
It’s impossible to defend this call. Impossible. Ref should be fired and investigated for corruption.
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@TaylorTwellman Clearly you have never understood the plot to begin with.
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Red card for that means you’ve lost the plot. Completely lost the plot. #USMNT
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@acechhh Or instructions on how to change the channel, poor things, being forced to watch this sport every minute of every game while they cannot stand the game.
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we need a separate app for these people until the World Cup is over
Matt McClearin@McMattRadio
Soccer is a weird sport. Pull a dudes jersey and yank him down, no problem. Accidentally step on a guy, ejection.
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@WSJ It is not contentious at all, very clear and deserved red card.
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Striker Folarin Balogun will be suspended for the Americans’ round-of-16 clash with Belgium on Monday following a contentious red card awarded after a lengthy review. on.wsj.com/4p0l5KU
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@DogDad50000 @ScottHanson Well that’s not saying much, so did Curaçao.
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@dutchhammertime @ScottHanson I dunno, all four games Belgium has looked better than the NL their last game
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Please help me out, soccer folks.
Correct call to go red?
And how punitive to USA?
Is that a realistic wrap to the tourney? (Either tonight or Monday) ??
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🚨🗣️ Mauricio Pochettino on the red card to Balogun: "Watching it after on TV, it was never the intention to step onto the player; it's a normal action in football that happens by accident."
"It's never intentional. It's never a red card."
"Today, in all the 50-50 decisions, none were for us. And the players reacted very well. We controlled that emotional part of the game that’s so important…"
"How they managed the situation was amazing; we showed maturity."
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@GrantPaulsen It was not worth it, but that is the player’s fault, isn’t it? He knows the rules.
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I defer to you. I’ll assume you’re right.
I can’t stress this enough: if that foul was worth playing 11 on 10 for a third of a game and losing your best player for the next game — I just can’t get all that into the sport.
That’s beyond ridiculous.
J G@OldTownJG
Non soccer fans not understanding what is and isn't a card is always the most frustrating part of every World Cup cycle. It sucks for Balogun since it was clearly accidental, but it was definitely a red card.
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@chrisderose It was literally a VAR call meaning there were three additional referees who reviewed it.
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It’s a lot to ask Americans to get invested in a sport where a single referee can remove a star player for two games with no accuracy and no ability to review.
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Soccer is the literal WORST sport and this is why we, AMERICA, do not support it and it’s dumbass rules. Please come at me. I’ll destroy you and your shitty country, and if you’re coming at me as an American, gtfo of my country
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@Coopz___ Would it? How would strategy adjust if there was no offsides?
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@SportsByDustin You’d probably appreciate it more if you understood the rules of the game
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That terrible call not only made this game 10x harder for the USA but also cost us to lose our 2nd best player for the next round…
This is why American’s think Soccer is stupid.
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@HausenKS But your player won’t play next game…how’s that for a void?
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PSA to American soccer fans ⚽️ 🇺🇸
Don’t waste your time arguing with people insisting that was a deserved red card... You’re not debating the “Laws of the Game,” you’re debating someone farming reactions. Every reasonable fan knows that wasn’t a red. Scroll on and let them yell into the void. 😎
GIF
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Accidental foul.
Clearly accidental.
Not even called a yellow on the field.
VAR review results in a red card?
Yeah...whatever. What a joke.
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@AndrewKolvet Absolutely would not. Deserved red card.
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The US can appeal and if successful avoid the suspension of Balogun for the next match. Should absolutely be overturned.
Andrew Kolvet@AndrewKolvet
Great win. The USMNT advances to the round of 16 despite a ridiculous red card. Let’s go!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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@SamiOnTap Reckless and very dangerous play…should make complete sense if unbiased. Balogun knows.
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Balogun red card. For an accident. This makes me think soccer is stupid.
How the hell is an accident a red card? Team USA screwed over.
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Well, soccer. We gave you all our attention and this is how you repay us.
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@RGIII Thank god there are never touchdowns reversed due to offensive pass interference or holding.
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You never know when to celebrate goals anymore. It’s either the offsides ref or VAR taking them away, but either way it SUCKS
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@akafaceUS I look forward to not seeing any comments during or after the game against Belgium, because clearly you are not going to watch it if you dislike the sport this much.
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