If it had been called a penalty Live I couldn't argue against it. I thought the standard for VAR was clear and Obvious error. That standard that play to me didn't make due to the contact before the foul..
Still beat Netherlands.
I'm not complaining about the penalty. It was soft but the US didn't do anything offensively either. The US was shut out 3 times in 5 games. Blaming the penalty isn't the issue.
Yeah it's never a penalty and we've seen similar situations in various games where it isn't given. The standard for the play is whether the pressing player is able to establish possession. Canada didn't. Bad call but hey, Canada needs all the help it can get
It actually isn't a penalty by the letter of the law. By the letter of the law it's arguably a foul on Canada
Canadian player interfered with the kicking action of the player in possession without playing the ball. Picture it the other way. Imagine the Canadian player was in possession in the box, about to shoot. Davidson sticks her leg in and without touching the ball, prevents the Canadian player from shooting and brings her to ground. Obvious penalty.
Sure. She definitely would have played it differently. That doesn’t mean you can impede someone’s kicking motion.
It really wasn’t. I think we’ve had this same situation where Liverpool was called for a penalty and you said it wasn’t. Can’t remember for sure.
I definitely never would have argued that someone stiff arming (maybe not the right term for it) and kicking someone's legs out from under them when they got to a ball first and could have potentially gained control of the ball in a dangerous situation was not a penalty. It's about as clear cut as it gets. She got beat to the ball and that's a foul everywhere on the field regardless of intent.
Um You can't go through a player to get to the ball. She went through Davidson. That's a FOUL. that foul happened first and dead ends the play. Now if Davidson when Rose was on the group kicked her that's a RED for Recklessness As it was it wasn't carded so the Ref didn't consider it anything beyond a common foul.
The US has had 2 periods of dominance Early - Mid 90's and 2010-2020 In between there were lots of really good clubs.. Germany Norway Japan amongst others..
I thought the Kick was the foul.. and the reason I think it was a Offensive foul was She A didn't get the ball Until falling after She missed. her front foot (Rose's) never touched it.. She jumped in front of the defender Contacting the defender and denying her a chance to play the ball. And if she had gotten ball. good tackle.. She missed. Wish I could find a non NBC version of just the play.. that NBC clip is too long to go through.
it makes me so mad to see people complain how political the USWNT are when they are barely political and their message has pretty much been diluted across football to the point where England kneels for justice before every game.
It's because Vlatko brought an aging roster. There is young talent in the NWSL like (again homer for local team) the women who play locally who should definitely get some caps. (Sullivan, Bledsoe, Rodman, et al)
Stiff arming is an exaggeration and a half. Putting arms out for balance isn't a foul. At least kicking someone's legs out from under them is only an exaggeration, you saved a half there. Davidson was in a clear kicking motion at the ball when Team Canada decided to stick their leg in the way. Nowhere on the pitch are you able to just put your leg in the way of someone while they're kicking the ball and get whistled for a foul, let alone a penalty.
Except the Canadian didn't get there first. She interrupted someone's kick without establishing possession. At best it's a no call because no one had established possession. At worst Rose fouled Davidson. Regardless it isn't a penalty unless you stretch the definitions of first, stiff arm, possession, and body position. You can't just run in between someone's leg and the ball while they are actively kicking the ball and expect to get rewarded for it. You've never been able to.
The only world where you're allowed to hit someone's kicking leg during a kicking motion without winning the ball is the world in which Canada gets a PK, apparently.
