MLS Teams Forced to Play Against Opponents and Referees in CONCACAF Champions League
by Zach Woosley on Sep 15, 2011 2:08 PM CDT
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PrintTuesday's CONCACAF Champions League match between the LA Galaxy and Monarcas Morelia was yet another example of the diabolical state of officiating in this tournament and from CONCACAF referees in general. Multiple replay angles proved without a shadow of a doubt that Robbie Keane was onside when the ball was headed forward toward the Morelia goal and it wasn't even close.
I wish there was a view of the linesman's positioning on the call but I wouldn't be surprised is he had begun a move up-field thinking the ball was being cleared and got himself out of position as the ball was quickly sent back towards the goalkeeper. Whatever the reason, it was a botched call that cost the Galaxy at least one point and possibly all three from the match.
In the end it doesn't matter since protesting the game won't do any good, so Galaxy and MLS fans are left to swallow yet another bitter pill and "accept" that this is just how things will be in the CONCACAF Champions League. This idea is absurd, but what else are we supposed to do? CONCACAF doesn't care clearly since the idiots in charge of that clown college are too busy counting their money instead of actually trying to improve the state of the game in their region. Meanwhile FIFA refuses to move forward on any kind of video replay technology, a simple system that might have allowed for grossly incorrect decision like the one we witnessed last night to be reversed.
Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson reacted today on Twitter to the evening's events:
Paulson's statement echos the feelings of a great number of fans and I would expect team executives as well. I appreciate Paulson saying something publicly about the incident because no one is listening to fans and the media since we've been railing against the pathetic state of CONCACAF officiating for quite awhile now.
Of course, the CONCACAF crew on Wednesday night's FC Dallas v Tauro's match was not to be outdone either by the idiots on Tuesday. Check out this play which was also ruled offsides:
I suppose all we can do it to keep pointing out every instance of obvious mistakes by the referees and wait for the day the governing bodies in charge of football finally decide to do something about the problems. How long that takes is anyone's guess, but given FIFA and CONCACAF's ability to stick their heads in the sand, I doubt anything will change soon.
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I wonder...
Not to get all conspiracy theoryish here (because Heaven knows, you don’t have to posit any conspiracy theories to explain CONCACAF refs’ overall ineptitude), but I wonder where those refs were from exactly. Personally, I believe that all CONCACAF refs from the Caribbean Football Union countries are suspect. Since the whole series of events regarding the ousting of Jack Warner, I wonder about the impartiality of CFU refs. Witness the no-PK call when Landon Donovan was tripped in the late stages of the US-Mexico game last month, as well as other odd calls, none of which, of course, I have catalogued.
Anyone else notice this?
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
I never tire
of watching AEG teams get shafted by concacaf refs. Karma for all the shenanigans that go their way in MLS.
Win or lose, we'll always be there for you.
by johnjahafanclub on Sep 16, 2011 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Generally...
…when it comes to a certain team in Los Angeles, I would agree with you. However, this level of suckitude or intentional badness sooner or later is coming for your team as well. It’s only a matter of time.
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
I think
I’m going to start introducing some “cross-pollination” from other sports, as it applies. And in this case, I think “CTC” applies for this situation.
CTC was an acronym (a phrase, really, but was shortened) for “Cut the Check”, introduced by basketball player Rasheed Wallace. Wallace was/is a very talented but mercurial player: tall and lanky player, he could defend the big men but move like a guard and had the shot of players who were inches smaller than him. However, he had, let’s say, a bit of an attitude problem and the occasional brush with the law…this combination of talent and trouble had him traded a couple of times as teams would want him, tire of him, then ship him off to another team to lather, rinse, repeat. When asked/criticized about it, ‘Sheed famously said, "As long as somebody ’CTC,’ at the end of the day I’m with them. For all you that don’t know what CTC means, that’s ’Cut the Check. I just go out there and play. Again, somebody just ’CTC"
Why all this preface? Because at the end of the day, all CONCACAF cares about it CTC. They’re still getting paid to host these tournaments, no one is leaving and money is still there so why change?
CTC, baby
i don't think my quakes
will be playing in the CCL anytime soon!
Win or lose, we'll always be there for you.
by johnjahafanclub on Sep 16, 2011 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Official response
Ginge, here’s the official response from FIFA and the CONCACAF office on you complaints:
(I wish I knew how to embed this.)
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
Dude. Come on, you're being very un-Dude.
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by Zach Woosley on Sep 15, 2011 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Look
I can only handle so much disappointment and disillusionment in one week. Between our play and the ongoing cruel joke that is USSF officiating, I’m not sure I have the strength to talk about CONCACAF.
I’ll simply say this: this is the same cluster-f*** of a group that was lead for years by Jack Warner. Yes, that same Jack Warner who could be a drug lord/gun runner for all we know. All we do know is he kept North & Central America largely in check for Uncle Sepp in exchange for straight cash (homey).
Then after Bin Hamim and Uncle Sepp decided to start FIFA’s version of Game of Thrones, Warner got ousted and CONCACAF named Lisle Austin as acting president.
Then Austin got pushed out by member confederations because Austin was attempting to retaliate against Blazer, who made public some salacious charges against Warner. So now Alfredo Hawit of Honduras is acting president (psss – hey, Alfredo. Can you talk to Carlo for us, please? You’re a peach). Oh, and if this Hawit guy doesn’t have his own “Honduran submarine” I’ll be highly disappointed
So that’s CONCACAF for you. Does this sound like an organization capable of properly vetting or evaluating the product their putting out, or the officials charged with properly overseeing the matches in those tournaments?
/simple, right?
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