Sitting on a yellow, so Jill looked ahead to France with the assumption that we could beat Spain without her. Not a decision I would’ve made, though they’ll survive to forget it.

you can get those 4 on the field together by pushing Ertz back to CB and playing the other 3 in midfield.

I didn’t mind the yellow on Pinoe. I think it’s generally a good idea to be strict about face contact since they damage so easily.

My point is that the opportunity was not a DOGSO because the attacking player was not going to maintain or get possession.

Jill was totally looking ahead to France there.

Jesus christ that defensive clusterfuck on the Spain goal. You can’t play to your double-covered CB, Naeher!

I’m sure he’d have just as many questions about whether his dead cow was grass-fed.

which yellow? if it was the 97' one they also should have blown the whistle the second they made the decision.

One of the considerations for a DOGSO red is whether the attacking player was likely to maintain or get possession of the ball.

-Renata running into Mary Louise at MMM’s work made me wonder if Mary Louise will try her shit in front of Renata. I spent a lot of the ep wanting to wring ML’s neck and Renata is a stressbomb even in better circumstances.

The US started a backline of Fox-Dahlkemper-Sauerbrunn-Sonnett behind a midfield of Dunn-Horan-Brian. they’ll have their work cut out defensively if they beat Spain, but I don’t think it’s wise to draw too many conclusions from that game (no Ertz, starting fullbacks out/out of position).

If Brazil’s players had the same level of conditioning as France’s players: they probably would have won.

also, that bi character played by Gillian Anderson is called Stella Gibson and The Fall is fantastic.

Have also been wondering, have also been raising an eyebrow at combo of clear male LIs cast + no mention of female LI/the character staying bi.

o.O I don’t even know what to do with that ship idea.

She was never beating the keeper to the ball; therefore it is not an obvious goalscoring opportunity. Without DOGSO it’s not a red.

the early elbow should’ve been red. worrying late about how a team will react about an appropriate card for the foul means you’ve already lost control of the game. ref needed a more aggressive card strategy long, long before that red-worthy offense by Takounda.

yeah, this was like Jacqui Melksham-level never needs to ref again.

Bisexual tv characters, you say? Did you know Syfy is streaming Xena for US viewers?

That might be the worst referee performance I’ve ever seen.