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that offsides call on twellman was just criminal. I don't think that it was slanted one way though, cause the red card that the T&T player got on the harsh side

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That wasn't the only bad call. It seamed to me that anytime a foul might have been called against T&T, they played on, but the ref would call fouls against the USA if they breathed the wrong way.

The call that I thought was really teribble was in the second half, T&T had a goal kick. The ball cleared the box, and a USA player caught the T&T defense asleep and intercepted the kick. He had a good chance as there was only the golie between him and the goal, but the ref blew the wistle and the did the goal kick over. I never heard any explaination for this.

As for the red card, I agree it was harsh, but if there was ever a situation that deserved a penalty kick, that was it. But I guess my problem here is with the rules, not with the officating.

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The ref called the play dead because the goal kick did not leave the penalty box, and was therefore not legal, and must be rekicked.

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I know I don't know the rules of soccer that well, but I do know that a goal kick is required to leave the box (when I played in grade school, this was sometimes an issue). In the instance that I am refering to, the ball did leave the box, so that was not the reason play was stoped. (And I don't mean it just barely cleared the box, it was at least five yards outside the box.)