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Jason Blight

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Jun 23, 1994, 7:41:02 AM6/23/94
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Well they almost got away with it, the US soccer federation that is.
Having the referee wear a grey shirt like the US team, something that
Man Utd and Liverpool have been trying for years. Unfortunately someone
spotted about 20 mins into the match and made him change into the pink
little number. As it happens the US didn't need the ref on their side
to win, in fact he made it more difficult with that decision against
the Big Yin (lalas).

Cheers and well done (unfortunately) to the USA.



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Keith Braunwalder

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Jun 23, 1994, 1:23:49 PM6/23/94
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Jason Blight (J...@ib.rl.ac.uk) wrote:
: Well they almost got away with it, the US soccer federation that is.

: Having the referee wear a grey shirt like the US team, something that
: Man Utd and Liverpool have been trying for years. Unfortunately someone
: spotted about 20 mins into the match and made him change into the pink
: little number. As it happens the US didn't need the ref on their side
: to win, in fact he made it more difficult with that decision against
: the Big Yin (lalas).

:-). I'm not sure in the firat 20 minutes if the U.S. was that bad at
passing or if they were passing to the ref...but I agree on changing the
shirt. Was this the US soccer federation decision or FIFA ?? The ref was
Italian. BTW, I prefer the refs to wear that 'ugly and mean' black uni.
PINK ??

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: Cheers and well done (unfortunately) to the USA.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'd say we were VERY fortunate.

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Arash Komeili

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Jun 23, 1994, 3:56:55 PM6/23/94
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It seemed like that the ref's shirt would hurt the US more than Colombia
the defense could pass it to him instead of other Us players

David Meyer

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Jun 23, 1994, 2:52:42 PM6/23/94
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In article <16FDEC...@ib.rl.ac.uk>, Jason Blight <J...@ib.rl.ac.uk> wrote:
>Well they almost got away with it, the US soccer federation that is.
>Having the referee wear a grey shirt like the US team, something that
>Man Utd and Liverpool have been trying for years. Unfortunately someone
>spotted about 20 mins into the match and made him change into the pink
>little number. As it happens the US didn't need the ref on their side
>to win, in fact he made it more difficult with that decision against
>the Big Yin (lalas).

The uniform change was a good thing all around. Both teams were
making mistakes in the mid-field due to the official's shirt. The
USA's mistakes were, I think, sillier looking - passing to the ref (or
leaving a ball for him) looks worse than hurrying a pass because he's
nearby.

Dave

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