In an EPL game last year, I actually saw a goal taken away because there was a player on the other side of the field from where the kicker was who was running away from the net at the time of the goal. The review showed that his left arm was offside (again, I add he was running away from the goalie. Not involved in the play at all).
Ok you got me. I clicked your link and saw everything I expected. Help us out.
I thought it was odd that it was not there when I looked, at 4:15am, at least it is there now, you would think it would get a bit better billing though, it is World Cup soccer.
I don’t. Not in this antiquated town. We even had two jabronis on our local sports radio station at 4pm yesterday who couldn’t even pronounce Pulisic. I don’t expect people to know a lot about our team. The USMNT is a niche with a very small fan base. But come on, Pulisic is a household name in some parts of the world. I’d expect Sports personalities here to at least know who he is.
Come on man. US concacaf matches don’t really draw great numbers. And when we play home concacaf matches we have to strategically play them in cities where the crowd won’t be 80% for the visitors. It’s a niche with a small group of hardcore fans.
1. Their tuners were broken.
Joe...Let me get this straight. You are telling me that I "most certainly did not see that". You are 100% incorrect. I know what I saw and I remember it well because the goal being waived off ended up costing me money on the parlay that I had made. The man that was ruled off sides by the VAR was nowhere near the man who kicked the ball into the net. It just stuck in my mind because the man was running away from the goal. He had ZERO to do with the play.
I think the point is that a couple sports need to change. In one sport I’m thinking of, their purists fight the changes that would make the game better. But in soccer, while it’s the most popular sport in the world, most of the people around the world who are passionate about it will tell you that the offside rule as written should be changed.
I feel like I’m a pretty active sports watcher and I’ve no clue who Pulisic is or how to say his name. So I can’t blame the Pittsburgh media on that one.
You might be pretty active, but you’re not well rounded if you don’t know who he is, and that’s ok because you’re not paid to be. They are.
Not really though. My point is people all over the world know that the rule is flawed and see that it’s better for the game to change it. He missed the point.
I want to be clear too because I don’t mean that as any type of slam toward you. Like you, I’m an active sports viewer too. But MLB and NBA had all star games and I probably have never heard of several of the players. Christian Pulisic has been regarded as our best player for years, is on tv every week, and no exaggeration, millions of kids want to be him. It’s not like he’s a US mens volleyball player or water polo player. If there’s 1 soccer player americans should know, it’s him. Maybe after the World Cup others will be known.
Yeah I’d bet Ron cook hasn’t though. But that’s because he’s old and lazy and doesn’t really watch sports that he doesn’t directly cover, like the Steelers or Pirates. I bet Cook couldn’t even name 3 current Pitt basketball players. But if Pitt had the best player in the country, like a Pulisic, he’d be able to pronounce his name.
No. But you have to always look to evolve. Look, FIFA may eliminate ties for the next World Cup. Is that to appease Americans or is that to improve the game? Actually maybe it is to appease Americans because it’s such a huge market upside for the sport. But I think they realize that in group play, it might make the game better.
I mean Lebron James wears Pulisic jerseys. That’s like wearing Chuck Norris pajamas. Heck, this was 4 years ago.
Fair point. Though I'd argue that they aren't paid to be well rounded. They are paid to discuss topics that drive ratings.
No BS. Soccer doesn't enter my orbit in any way whatsoever. So I don't know the dude. Which is fine. Different strokes for different folks.
Not taken as a slam. And I wasn't trying to instigate any sort of "this sport is dumb." Just more a reflection of my TV viewing. I don't think I've ever seen him on TV because I don't watch soccer. I'm sure a lot of the guys on the FAN are dumb yinzers like me in the same boat.
You’re not a dumb yinzer. If you were, you wouldn’t just be a fan of the NBA, but it would be completely off your radar.
it's mostly just a time thing for me. I got a three year old and by the time he's asleep and I have time for myself, I usually go with stuff I know. I don't have the energy right now to pick up a new sport to follow!
Owt refers to it as bandwidth. And he’s right for a lot of us who can’t revolve our lives around sports.
Best American player to be clear which means well not much.
Me too actually. But the difference is I was athletic and you were probably the last kid picked in gym class.
