Now now, just because he cleared a ball right to the foot of a German in the middle of the attacking third from well wide of his own goal doesn't mean he's gaffe-prone...oh wait that's exactly what it means.

And that tradition sucks.

I've been a soccer referee for 10 years. I know the game.

Anyone but Brazil? Come on man, there are even more unlikeable teams than them out there like Mexico, Honduras, and Portugal, all of which spring immediately to mind.

He was slightly impeded, but he made a horrible first touch and there was another defender there so it didn't even matter. And he dove instead of trying to finish the play. Not a penalty.

well the penalty rules in soccer are objectively terrible.

Brilliant! I will be using this tactic every day.

As a fan of the game, that's irritating. Diving has become a cancer & I can't blame a casual fan, or non-soccer fan, turning that on & then deciding not to watch anymore because of it. That should be reviewable post-game & Fred should be suspended for at least a game. That garbage would stop. At this point, I'm…

Or it could be when the host team is tied in the 70th minute of its opener.

Also in defense of the ref, he didn't want to be murdered after the match.

The sport needs replay on PK calls immediately. This is a travesty.

You know how children actually argue? With name calling and telling the other kid they are stupid. Sound familiar? Lol.

Holy Shit, why would you want to have such unpleasant discussion about this issue?

Seriously, let's start with the issue: chopping off girls' clitorises is disgusting and barbaric.

We agree, dear (?).

Where we go our separate ways is your insistence (so. ferociously) that this practice is somehow solely rooted in…

You ask, and I shall deliver:

I am so confused by your rage. I can't even tell who you're raging against in this situation.

It must be hard to be so afraid of an entire group of people. Bless your heart.

It's definitely a cultural thing in that region. In Ethiopia and Eritrea it's more common for them to do the type 1 procedure or poke the clitoris with a needle to make it bleed out the "dirty" blood. But the worst type has to be the type 4 where they remove everything and sew up the remaining skin, which has to be…

...You don't know what a hadith is, do you?

So I take it you also think it was appropriate that he used the podium after the Preakness win to bitch about Churchill Downs, because he had the "most people listening"?

Here's the problem I have with that argument. The horse had 3 weeks off between the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. It's not like CC had to run an extra race the same day or even the day before. He had 3 weeks off to rest up and practice. Granted, yes he is training during that time, but still it's three weeks…