Current US World Cup Game

[NativeGriz]

Cool story hoops. Nice to see him reinstated. Really bad call for red card.

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

Balogun cleared to play on Monday. Trump called the FIFA president to see about it. Probably all he had to do was show him this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073854422216757591

 

[grizfan1984]

Anybody know if Haaland has eligibility left he’d be a beast LB

 

[UncleRico]

@GriznMN when you go to the store to buy ingredients to make tacos, does the word “hamburger” appear on any list, written or otherwise?

 

[UncleRico]

Vamos Mexico!

 

[CDAGRIZ]

Good lord, those are delicious. Can’t help but notice that even those mayo mouthed homies called it ground beef.

 

[GriznMN]

The Historic Reason Ground Beef Is Sometimes Called Hamburger Read More: https://www.chowhound.com/1496117/why-ground-beef-called-hamburger/The Historic Reason Ground Beef Is Sometimes Called Hamburger

 

[GriznMN]

Balogun cleared to play on Monday. Trump called the FIFA president to see about it. Probably all he had to do was show him this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073854422216757591

Irony is lost on Trump. The guy that tried to end birthright citizenship called the FIFA president to see about clearing a U.S.A. player who is a U.S. citizen through birthright citizenship. You can't make this shit up.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

The Historic Reason Ground Beef Is Sometimes Called Hamburger Read More: https://www.chowhound.com/1496117/why-ground-beef-called-hamburger/The Historic Reason Ground Beef Is Sometimes Called Hamburger

Forgive my ignorance as I don’t do a whole lot of grocery shopping in the upper Midwest. Do grocery chains label, say, a pound of ground beef as “hamburger meat?”

 

[tourist]

FIFA needs to upgrade the quality of its officiating. The Balogun call was an absolute joke, IMHO. But, then again its probably due to my ignorance of soccer rules. There was another red card thrown last night against a English team player. Same thing, playing the ball and contact. A travesty.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

FIFA needs to upgrade the quality of its officiating. The Balogun call was an absolute joke, IMHO. But, then again its probably due to my ignorance of soccer rules. There was another red card thrown last night against a English team player. Same thing, playing the ball and contact. A travesty.

The two situations you mention were not the same. In the Balogun situation, the man came from behind, they made contact, and in the normal stepping motion Balogun came down into his calf. The second situation was during intentional motion, he came in "studs up" which is considered dangerous act/reckless challenge. In this situation, your "ball and contact" is irrelevant.

 

[tourist]

Like I said, I don't know the rules, and never played the game. Thanks for your take on the call and play.

The further the games, the better the quality of play. Some amazing athletes showing their stuff.

 

[mthoopsfan]

The two situations you mention were not the same. In the Balogun situation, the man came from behind, they made contact, and in the normal stepping motion Balogun came down into his calf. The second situation was during intentional motion, he came in "studs up" which is considered dangerous act/reckless challenge. In this situation, your "ball and contact" is irrelevant.

The contact was more Balogun stepping on the top partof ankle, not really the calf. Small point.

 

[horribilisfan8184]

Rule of thumb, if the play looks more like rugby than soccer, you could see Mr. Yellow/Red card.

 

[GrizRealist]

The problem is not just that Balogun got sent off. The problem is that it never should have been eligible for a Video Assistant Referee, or VAR, review in the first place.

The referee was right there, saw the play live, and did not view it as a foul worthy of a red card. Balogun and the defender were both making a play on the ball, and the contact came from a normal collision as both arrived in the same space. There was no studs up lunge, no excessive force, no reckless intent, and no clear attempt to go through the player.

VAR is supposed to step in only when the referee made a clear and obvious error. This was not that. At most, it was a debatable accidental coming together. Once VAR sends the referee to the monitor and shows slow motion contact from the worst possible angle, it turns a routine football collision into something that looks far more violent than it was in real time.

That is why the real mistake was the VAR intervention itself. It should never have gone to the monitor, which means a red card should never have even been on the table.