Among other things:
by SavageDragon (2021-03-28 23:27:42)
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In reply to: Can you explain how they were CONCACAF'd?  posted by NDBass

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* the first goal was pushed across the line by an arm. It was incidental -- he brought it down with his hip and it was going goalward, but he went to ground and ended up knocking it in with his arm -- but enough that it shouldn't have stood.

* the second best chance in the dying minutes would've been 1-on-goal in the box or a penalty, except that the ref inexplicably decided that Lewis "hooked" the defender, despite never initiating contact, at most doing some one-for-one hand fighting after the defender realized he was fucked.

* standard "oh, we're up a goal? Time to writhe on the ground for minutes at a time at any opportunity"

... but all that said, this is on Kreis and the players, not the ref.

All this, and
by wcnitz  (2021-03-29 08:21:03)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Let's not forget the big brain decision to host a tournament at 5000 feet when the temps would be in the upper 80s and 90s.
The call against Lewis was absolutely bogus, right out of
by G.K.Chesterton  (2021-03-29 00:41:17)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

the CONCACAF handbook for jobbing the USA, and as SD indicated, was in a very crucial part of the field.

On the other hand, the second goal for Honduras was on an absolutely atrocious and inexcusable clear-out by Ochoa.