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2 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

I am a certified ref, although I only ref about 15-20 games a year. The handball rule is one of the most subjective rules of the game. I ref lots of 7v7 games because I spend many hours as a volunteer and coach at that age group so I tend to migrate there as a ref, and the number of parents that go apoplectic anytime a handball isn't called makes me laugh. One time I stopped the game when parents were going apeshit and asked if any of them could tell me what the handball rules were, and if the answer was "the ball hits their hand", they were wrong.  Crickets.

I actually agreed the Mexico handball wasn't a penalty. You are allowed to brace yourself when you fall.

You are allowed to use one hand to stop the ball as long as you commit to falling while you do.

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On 7/8/2025 at 11:31 PM, tokamak said:

Here's The Athletic's guess at the 26-man WC roster as of today. They didn't do a starting lineup or put them in order.

  • GK: Turner, Steffen, Schulte
  • DF: Dest, Jedi, Richards, Ream, McKenzie, Freeman, Scally, Zimmerman
  • MF: Adams, McKennie, Musah, Tillman, Cardoso, Berhalter, LDLT, Tessman
  • FW: Puli, Weah, Balogun, Wright, Luna, Pepi, Sargent

Not a ton to argue with. GK suuuuuucks. No depth at FB and no 2nd CB you feel good about. I think LDLT is a waste of space, but it's not like he'll be playing a lot so whatever.

freese is going to be on the roster as the #2 or #3 doesn't matter but this is a tournament where kicks happen and he is obviously a pk ninja

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