World Cup

[R1Letterman]

Am I the only one noticed that USA is only team that had the same time for all three group stage matches? Thats seems odd. Especially considering the groups are allegedly blind draw and schedule set before teams assigned to group.

[zephyr]

Fouls in the box are booked yellow or straight red, depending on circumstances. A take down from behind in a breakaway in the box with only the keeper to beat will usually be straight red. Trips, shoves, handling the ball all in the box tend to be yellow unless the offender is already booked with a yellow, where they receive a yellow/red ejection. Infractions in the box tend to stop scoring opportunities while a midfield foul tends to be a warning unless multiple warnings have been given a player, or a player comes in cleats up or such. Outside the box is usually possession movement of the ball.

Zoom, are you saying that most if not all fouls in the box result in a card? Because if so that just isn't true. There are many fouls, particularly hand balls and basic fouls that are not carded even though they result in a penalty. Most cards are handed out when the offensive player has a direct path to score and he is taken down but most penalties are the result of common fouls in the box.

[RaginDave]

Am I the only one noticed that USA is only team that had the same time for all three group stage matches? Thats seems odd. Especially considering the groups are allegedly blind draw and schedule set before teams assigned to group.

Conspiracy

[ZoomZoom]

Zoom, are you saying that most if not all fouls in the box result in a card? Because if so that just isn't true. There are many fouls, particularly hand balls and basic fouls that are not carded even though they result in a penalty. Most cards are handed out when the offensive player has a direct path to score and he is taken down but most penalties are the result of common fouls in the box.

I was looking at it from the position you closed with, offensive position. Sorry I didn’t explain further.

Am I the only one noticed that USA is only team that had the same time for all three group stage matches? Thats seems odd. Especially considering the groups are allegedly blind draw and schedule set before teams assigned to group.

Television contract dictates times. American television pays top dollar and pays for the right to pick time slots. Last WC, I didn’t see a match, was working a few hours difference in time zone. Wall to wall coverage is an American thing.

[zephyr]

Am I the only one noticed that USA is only team that had the same time for all three group stage matches? Thats seems odd. Especially considering the groups are allegedly blind draw and schedule set before teams assigned to group.

If you're FIFA, are you more worried about pushing your brand and product in the U.S. which is the biggest market in the world or in Morocco or Ghana? Of course they're going to try to make it more viewable to their biggest audiences.

[ZoomZoom]

If you're FIFA, are you more worried about pushing your brand and product in the U.S. which is the biggest market in the world or in Morocco or Ghana? Of course they're going to try to make it more viewable to their biggest audiences.

FIFA got plenty of self inflicted problems this WC. USSF isn’t the only organization pushing wokeness in a country FIFA went to bed with financially that would deliver severe penalties for the expression of such wokeness. Heck, no beer at a soccer game?

[R1Letterman]

I was looking at it from the position you closed with, offensive position. Sorry I didn’t explain further.

in other words they admit selling out to the media…. glad someone finally admitted it, cause a whole lot of others probably have as well


Television contract dictates times. American television pays top dollar and pays for the right to pick time slots. Last WC, I didn’t see a match, was working a few hours difference in time zone. Wall to wall coverage is an American thing.

[R1Letterman]

If you're FIFA, are you more worried about pushing your brand and product in the U.S. which is the biggest market in the world or in Morocco or Ghana? Of course they're going to try to make it more viewable to their biggest audiences.

not mutually exclusive, what is best time for us, is not best time for them, so maybebthey like their times too…. but weird thing was all same time for u.s.

[Duggie35]

I’m not a soccer dude. Can someone explain the difference between a yellow card and red card, beside the color?

[AstroCajun]

I’m not a soccer dude. Can someone explain the difference between a yellow card and red card, beside the color?

Severity of the penalty.

If you get a yellow, you can still play. It's a caution. But if you get a second one in the same game then it converts to a red. If you get a yellow in two consecutive games, then you have to sit out the next game.

Red cards for more serious conduct. They result in an immediate dismissal from the game, and the team cannot substitute for that player and must play shorthanded the rest of the game. Also it means that you miss the next game.

Oh, and SUCK IT E-RAN!!!!