World Cup is here

[Darth Biscuit]

I know there are issues with officiating in all sports but damn... this is a huge deal (the world cup) and I'm not even talking about the subjective stuff... why don't they have an official behind each goal to look at whether or not the ball goes in... seems simple to me.

[JakeFlake]

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllll Argentina! Carlos Tevez with a strike from 25 yards. What a blast!

[Delhommey]

That's how you finish.

[JakeFlake]

That's how you finish.

Exactly what we need. A guy who can finish like that. USA Soccer needs to find him.

[JakeFlake]

Goaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllll El Tri! Hernandez, who will be joining my Red Devils after this World Cup.

[JakeFlake]

Argentina wins. It will face Germany for a spot in the semifinals on the line.

[Boltergeist]

Wow, FIFA going with the eyes closed, ears plugged, yellin LA LA LA LA approach.

[Bobby]

Exactly what we need. A guy who can finish like that. USA Soccer needs to find him.

The problem is at lower levels. Lots of -- though not all -- youth coaches want "strong kids" and tend to ignore technique. Happens in England and Scotland too.

Finishing is all about placement, you can be as powerful as you want, but the keeper is often the bigger guy on the field, hit a cannon blast right at him and he's pushing it away.

[Hawk]

well...the game has taken huge strides to video replay after today....a goal that wasn't allowed that was clearly a goal, and a goal that was counted that shouldn't have been!

won't do well with borderline viewers, thats for sure.

[Matt Foley]

won't do well with borderline viewers, thats for sure.

Nope.

[Delhommey]

I'm real cautious about opening Pandora's Box on video replay.

[Matt Foley]

I'm real cautious about opening Pandora's Box on video replay.

Lesser of two evils, in my opinion. We take it for granted in the NFL, but I'd love to see how many wrong calls have been overturned in the playoffs. So many bad calls before replay came around that affected who won Super Bowls.

[TheSaint]

Id say goals that are good and dont count, and goals that arent good but do, is a pretty big fuging can of worms.

[JakeFlake]

For me, if you just put a fifth and sixth official, one behind each goal, serving goal judges, would be fine.