After the Yankee Mutant Ninja Turtles managed a 2-2 draw with Slovenia, most of the discussion wasn’t centered around the equalizer scored by Coach’s Kid Michael Bradley. No, it had to do with the bogus call from Malian referee Koman Coulibaly, who nullified what almost certainly would have been the match-winning goal for America.
Second-half sub Maurice Edu appeared to put the U.S. ahead in the 86th, poking in close-range shot after Altidore headed Donovan’s free kick to him. But the goal was disallowed by referee Koman Couilibaly of Mali because of a foul, though it was not clear on whom the foul was called or what was the foul.
“I’m a little gutted to be honest,” Donovan said. “I don’t know how they stole that last goal from us. I’m not sure what the call was. He (the referee) wouldn’t tell us what the call was.” –the monolith
Some have said that it was an offside call while others were calling a foul on the US. Either way, since the game has ended hours ago, Coulibaly’s Wikipedia page has been locked down and been accused of looking like Darryl Strawberry. But in these international competitions, there’s always one horrible, horrible call that screws somebody out of something. I’m just grateful that the call only cost us two points in the standings and not three.
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The blown call really make Tim Howard’s Tourettes flare up.
The carpet bombing of Mali will begin in five minutes.
The call was apparently a foul of Edu, who apparently committed the crime of being the only one of four Americans who was not given a bear hug by the Slovenian defenders.
Yeah, I thought it was offside, but it’s of little consequence. Getting raped in the ass or raped in the mouth is still rape.
Sending this guy back to that shit hole Mali will be fair punishment.
Yeah, I know, little difference.
I just wanted to clear up the details before Ice-T and Belzer got here to take the report.
Would a tie or a win for Algeria be better for the Americans?
If England wins this game and beats Slovenia, we’re screwed, so I think we’ll take either.
It was disallowed because Landon Donovan’s buttplug fell out. It’s in the rule book, dummies.
Three weeks from now, this guy is going to get voted best referee by FIFA members.
Yeah, we’ll take either.
A draw works, as it’d make it Slovenia 4, US and England 2, Algeria 1 going into the last game. I think we’d advance then just by beating Algeria, no matter what happened in the England-Slovenia game. If we beat Algeria and Slovenia wins or draws, we go through. If we beat Algeria and England wins, then England, Slovenia and US all have five points, so it goes to goal differential and then goals where we’d likely have an advantage (right?).
If Algeria wins today’s game, though, it’s easier. The standings become Slovenia 4, Algeria 3, US 2, England 1. We’d need to beat Algeria again, but no matter what happens with the other game, our 5 would be enough — Slovenia wins, and it’s Slovenia at 7 and England at 1; a draw, Slovenia 5, England 2; an England win, then Slovenia and England are 4 each fighting for second.
I think.
My understanding that is that Mali is a hotbed of al-Qaeda linked operatives. Hint hint.
Otto Man says:
“Crossing the streeeeeeeams….”
England beats Slovenia -> US requires Win
Slovenia beats England -> US requires Win or any Draw
England draws Slovenia -> US requires Win or Draw with ENG-SLO total being less than 2 goals greater than US-ALG draw.
For better or worse, group games at this stage are played at the same time, so we won’t know what we need during the game.
Pretty sure a 2-2 result in ENG-SLO and a 0-0 result in USA-ALG would mean a coin flip. fuck that.
he called a foul on Bocanegra. Boca had his arm wrapped around his defender, which is a foul in soccer. the defender had Both arms and legs wrapped around Boca, which is Not a foul. i think…
Hey Landon, only Brits say “gutted”. Yanks say they’re “fucking choked brah”
Koman Coulibaly blew the game today for the US, but did you also know that he likes to blow animals? It’s true. Koman Coulibaly lists as his favorite hobby drinking semen by the gallon, directly from the erect penis of a hairy camel.
Koman Coulibaly is justly famous for having the biggest gaping asshole in Africa – of course, you already knew that! But did you know that he molests young boys? And that he fries up fresh dung as a special after sodomy treat for himself?
Koman Coulibaly is a filthy, shit eating molester of small children. When he dies, Satan will pump him so full of semen that cum will be spilling out of his mouth.
Ruining the run of jokes here…he blew the whistle before anyone on the U.S. got near it, so it couldn’t have been offsides. Of course, I suppose that correct protocol by the ref isn’t really at issue here.
Ref needs to go back to Mali. If Mali really is connected to Al-Qaeda(sp?), that fully explains it and his non-attempt at reporting what the foul was.
As big of an event as this is, the World Cup, the world’s sport of soccer/futbol, you’d think that there would be instant replay, or is that just in USA’s version of football, American Football, where they actually review important plays that could affect the outcome of the game.
As my name says, I’m not an international sports fan, basically because of BS blown calls like this that happen all too often, and you know which country is on the receiving end of many of these horrible calls! You don’t have to think very hard!!
Other than the awful calls at the end of the gold medal game in the 1972 Olympics that enabled Russia to upset the Americans in an absolute stunner, the one bad decision that sticks out the most to me is the stunning loss by an 18 or 19-yr. old American, Roy Jones, Jr.(?) in the gold medal bout in boxing in the welterweight division(?) in the 1988 South Korean Olympics to a South Korean that was destroyed by Jones, it wasn’t close, and Jones was crying at the end of the horrendous decision. I felt so bad for him. And on and on it goes. The USA is a target, whether the nation likes it or not!
That why I love sports like football within my country (USA). Most of the sports played professionally or high amateur are played within the nation, as I’m sure that’s the way it is in other countries as well, but even moreso in the US for reasons many know of. Yes, road teams get shafted pretty good at times in US leagues, professional and amateur, but it’s not the same compared to representing your country and getting a blown call go against you.
The phrase “life and death” are used a lot in sports. In the USA, we get over it a lot more quickly than in other nations when a player screws up or the calls go against us. I wouldn’t say it’s “life and death” in the USA, but for players and teams of other countries, the pressure is so intense, they almost can’t go home if they lose or a player costs his team the game. That English goalie can almost not go home after the World Cup is over. His life is ruined now. The American soccer/futbol team is lucky if it comes in behind NASCAR in sports popularity! We’d all like to see them do well in Cup action, but no matter how they do, USA sports fans won’t give a rat’s little behind two weeks after the action is over, and 98% of sports fans won’t be able to tell you what place they finished in their division in the Cup standings.
Just being brutally honest, and not giving a sh!t if I’ve offended anyone!
Bocanegra had his arm around the Slovenia player in response to the headlock that was being applied to Boca. Then Boca gets thrown to the ground. Although not required to, this referee should have the decency to at the very least, tell what the foul was. He blew his whistle before the ball got to Edu so he saw something while not seeing Bradley getting mugged
A little deeper research into the rules of soccer on set pieces, the advantage rule, and the fact that Bocanegra shoved a Slovenian in the back who was moving to mark Edu on his run just as the ball was kicked (it’s on all the replays if you look) will reveal to all the little soccer n00bs in ‘Murka why the goal was disallowed.
I’m ashamed at the temper tantrum this country is giving about a phantom goal being called back as opposed to the two P.O.S. pokes the back 4 gave up to unmarked strikers in the first half. Crying about 3-2? Should have been 2-0.
@virgin47 I’m ashamed that you’re such an asshat. Every fucking soccer analyst you can find agrees that we got screwed out of that goal. Get out of our country.
Denkinger lives!
koman whatever his name (the referee) hates americans
Do you need any more reasons why this sport sucks?
This is newsworthy?…why?
Fuck Koman Coulibaly and fuck all you shitheads who have anything less to say than that
Smart MF: relax and take a chill pill!
Soccer SUCKS, it’s as plain and simple! In America, we like offense in a sport, not games that go into OT nodded at 0-0. I watched parts of a couple of USA’s games, had a few beers each time and fell asleep, sawing some serious logs.
Hardly any scoring in these games is definitely a cure for insomnia, IMHO!
Koman sucks and looked like he needed to suck down a cold one with a couple of hot dogs and a cheeseburger. Then, just maybe then, the shithead would’ve been able to think clearly!!!!