Word: ref
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...Overstretched Referees Re "Officially Wrong" [July 3], about the World Cup referees making bad calls: A single referee must linger near the center of the field and watch all the action from a distance. Since most penalties occur near the goals, it is understandable that refs make such bad calls. And with television cameras capturing every angle of play, we spectators know instantly that a referee has blown it. Despite the advances in ball technology that have made the game faster, there has been no increase in the number of referees. I agree with retired ref Gilles Veissi...
...Andrew MacMillan Scansano, Italy Overstretched Referees Re "Officially wrong" [July 3], about the World Cup referees making bad calls: A single referee must linger near the center of the field and watch all the action from a distance. Since most penalties occur near the goals, it is understandable that refs make such bad calls. And with television cameras capturing every angle of play, we spectators know instantly that a referee has blown it. We get a better shot of the action than he does. Despite the advances in ball technology that have made the game faster, there has been...
...directly from FIFA, soccer's ruling body. That's more than for all the other non-U.S. World Cups combined. The U.S. fans, organized by a group called Sam's Army, have even been practicing their singing. They do not need any work on their booing, as the ref found out in Kaiserslautern...
...better suited for a ski jump. No wonder they were so cheery standing in line for beers, even singing the national anthem - they'd finally made it to the top. They did an encore for the start of the game - loud and proud - and immediately began howling at the ref. We could have been at the NBA playoffs...
...pack of players, and the ball ended up in the back of the net. Game over.The Bears’ celebration was short-lived, however. A referee’s whistle—the call, goalkeeper interference. No goal.“I got a big break from the ref,” Shields said. “That was a foul against me. Well, the girl hit me, so he called a foul, but you never know if a ref’s going to call that. So that was pretty lucky.”Less than a minute later...