Comments on: US 2 Canada 1, Gold Cup 2007 Semifinal http://ahelms.com/2007/06/21/us-2-canada-1-gold-cup-2007-semifinal/ all things andrew Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://ahelms.com/2007/06/21/us-2-canada-1-gold-cup-2007-semifinal/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Andrew Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:48:53 +0000 http://ahelms.com/2007/06/21/us-2-canada-1-gold-cup-2007-semifinal/#comment-84 Great point mysterious lady, Donna J. The yin and the yang of the beautiful game, I buy it. Where did the 4 minutes of stoppage time come from? I think the refs were just lazy and since Mastroeni was the last sub, they said - hey, he's #4, let''s just leave that and play 4 minutes of stoppage time. Great point mysterious lady, Donna J. The yin and the yang of the beautiful game, I buy it.

Where did the 4 minutes of stoppage time come from? I think the refs were just lazy and since Mastroeni was the last sub, they said – hey, he’s #4, let”s just leave that and play 4 minutes of stoppage time.

]]> By: donnaj923 http://ahelms.com/2007/06/21/us-2-canada-1-gold-cup-2007-semifinal/comment-page-1/#comment-85 donnaj923 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:47:46 +0000 http://ahelms.com/2007/06/21/us-2-canada-1-gold-cup-2007-semifinal/#comment-85 In the defense for celebrating the win, the game should have been over before the play ever happened. I have noticed in soccer (futbol, whatever) as you have made me watch over the years, that things have a way of balancing out. A bad decision for a red card here gets countered with a questionable red for the other team. A bad call and missed penalty gets countered with a few gimmees later in the game. So, in this case the balance seemed to be, way too much stoppage time and then a poor off-side call for a no-goal for Canada. The Canucks can be upset and we can not feel great about the win, or we can be happy to move through and consider it a balanced game in the end. In the defense for celebrating the win, the game should have been over before the play ever happened. I have noticed in soccer (futbol, whatever) as you have made me watch over the years, that things have a way of balancing out. A bad decision for a red card here gets countered with a questionable red for the other team. A bad call and missed penalty gets countered with a few gimmees later in the game. So, in this case the balance seemed to be, way too much stoppage time and then a poor off-side call for a no-goal for Canada. The Canucks can be upset and we can not feel great about the win, or we can be happy to move through and consider it a balanced game in the end.

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