London 2012: The XXXth Olympiad
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jesus these men are fast
Croatia currently has 2 medals: one silver and one gold 
That was the worst soccer match ever! Canada clearly beat the USA despite being the BIG underdogs! That referee was terrible and Abby Wombach has no class and shows no sportsmanship. Canada outplayed them and deserved the win and it was taken away from them, because of a terrible referee.
That was a terrible referee, but on BOTH sides of the ball. You say Wambach has no class, then how do you feel about Tancredi stomping on Carli Lloyd's head. Tancredi committed at least 7 fouls and SHOULD have been red carded out of the game, she only received a yellow card. Would you prefer having a one goal lead on the US and playing the rest of the game with 10 players, or having to deal with a rarely called, yet still punishable, foul on Canada's goalkeeper? I don't want to start anything here, but to say that the ref was biased towards one side or the other is just silly.
From what I've read the only thing Wambach did was count, albeit screaming, the number of seconds the goalkeeper held onto the ball. I've also read that the keeper was warned that she was holding on to long and to cut it out. I definitely would rather have had the game end on a less controversial note. Though I have complete faith that the game still would've ended with the same score. The US seems to always come from behind to win games in the most craziest of circumstances, that may sound biased, but, what can I say, I love my countries soccer teams.
Ok, I read those articles right after the game had ended and can no longer find them. So, maybe the goalkeeper wasn't warned and that could be attributed to the awful ref. But, I can't deny that Canada was playing an amazing game. But, they seemed to stop right after that call was made. Had they played as hard during extra time as the did during regulation time, then they very easily could be playing in the Gold Medal match instead of the US. As for Wambach's screaming, in a point in a match where every second matters, I would be screaming too if the opposing team's goalkeeper was wasting time. I'm sure every soccer player out there would say the same thing.
iceman345 said:
The rules clearly state a warning must be issued before a delay of game can be called and Canada did play just as hard, but were tired and then some of the players took their heads out of the game. Also the goalie clearly wasn't stalling and Wombach didn't have to yell in the manner that she did. She was demanding it and being rude.
Wow, the Mexico Vs. Brazil Soccer match was intense. But Mexico finally got a gold medal. Man, I don't even remember the last time I jumped off the couch. : o
