Articles tagged with "referees"
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 15th, 2008
We're all familiar with that "Who ME?" look most players give when they're called for a foul. Eyes wide. Hands raised. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Apr 21st, 2008
The Euro 2008 referees were last week handed their instructions for Swissaustria. And the instructions were "get tough."
The men in the middle have been told ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 27th, 2008
Links galore from World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere.
El-Hadary gone with the wind (Egypt Blog)
Squad announcement from on high (Germany Blog)
Italian managers are ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 5th, 2007
When you go through life as a 27-foot tall giant you get pretty used to people staring at you. When you go through life ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 30th, 2007
Looks like Les Bleus will reunite with an old friend for Saturday's game with Ukraine.
Spain's Luis Medina Cantalejo, the official who spotted Zinedine ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 29th, 2007
A little over a year ago at this time many of us got to know the name Graham Poll quite well. You'll recall that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 24th, 2006
If it seemed to you like a lot of players were faking injuries at the 2006 World Cup your intuition was correct. FIFA's chief ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 20th, 2006
Last night I was refereeing a high-level U16 Boys club match in Saratoga Springs, NY. The home team went on to win by a ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 12th, 2006
One of the many people who appreciated my unbiased perspective on this year's World Cup matches recently emailed me to ask if I thought that ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 10th, 2006
Clearly, it wasn't supposed to end this way. Sure it would've been a fairy tale ending to an illustrious career if Zizou could've carried ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 7th, 2006
FIFA has made their choice for the Final in Berlin. Argentina's Horacio Elizondo will be the man to ensure fair play when Italy and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 7th, 2006
Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo was the official for the first match of the World Cup and his whistle will also be the last one heard ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Jul 6th, 2006
As some of you may have noticed, the comments on this blog have been turned off temporarily. You can still post your thoughts, but ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 6th, 2006
Ten of the starting twenty-two players in tonight’s France-Portugal semifinal in Munich were sitting on a yellow card prior to the match. With Uruguayan ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 5th, 2006
I spent the day walking around the center of Berlin – along the River Spree and down to the Brandenburg Gate. Seeing all the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 4th, 2006
This World Cup will be remembered for a few things and one of them will be the record number of yellow and red cards handed ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 3rd, 2006
Well, if you’ve been reading my reports about the referees’ performances at the matches at this year’s World Cup, you’ve probably heard me say more ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 3rd, 2006
That morning at breakfast I offered up a wager to Sean – one of the guys who runs this website. “Give me 3 to ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 2nd, 2006
Sean and Chris (the two guys who run this website), Mika (their friend from Portland), and I headed out to grab a late breakfast at ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 2nd, 2006
After the game was over at the Olympiastadion I stuck around for about fifteen minutes watching the celebrations. The German team went together to ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jul 1st, 2006
Before telling about the match I attended today at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, I’d like to take you back to yesterday. After arriving here at 5 ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 30th, 2006
(begun on my flight to Frankfurt and then finished in Berlin)
It would be unthinkable to compare the dashing Roberto Rosetti to the somewhat frightening visage ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 30th, 2006
The cream rises to the top in the World Cup. Now that the final eight teams are set the best of the best referees ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 29th, 2006
(written on my flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt)
With Chelsea star Michael Essien out due to accumulated red cards, Ghana’s starting XI would have to rise ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 29th, 2006
(written in the Albany, NY Airport while waiting for my flight to Atlanta after my travel itinerary the day before had been washed out by ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2006
While the World Cup allows only one winner, it's already thrown up a few losers.
Not necessarily the teams who've gone out (the likes of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
With the referees continuing to make news this World Cup, it comes as little surprise that there are a lot of people offering a lot ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 28th, 2006
A lot has already been written about the poor quality of the officiating this World Cup, but are the referees the only parties at fault? ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 27th, 2006
Spanish referee Luis Medina-Cantelejo made two game-breaking decisions in yesterday's 1 - nil victory by Italy over Australia - one that went against the Azurri ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 27th, 2006
Another day, another controversial red card and decision by the referee. Even with ten games left to be played in the World Cup, there ...
