The Vancouver Whitecaps fight for their playoff lives against FC Dallas in Texas.
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Fuck Dallas
Rule 12: Handling the ball involves a DELIBERATE act of a player making contact with his hand or arm.
Officially it is stated as:
"A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any
of the following three offences: handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)
This means that the first thing that refs are supposed to look at is intentional or not. Later it is stated that things like distance of the play, how expected the ball may or may not be, positioning of the hand, advantage gained, ect. ect. ect. will be taken into consideration.
On this particular play, the ball came in. Waston expected the ball to be headed and it bounced up in from of him. He started to try and move his hands from his sides (a natural position) to behind his back, therefore showing the lack of intent, but didn't react quick enough. At that point, it becomes a no-call. The rules state deliberate handling for a reason.
From:
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/36/01/11/27_06_2014_new–lawsofthegameweben_neutral.pdf
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_12_fouls_misconduct_en_47379.pdf
Mark Geiger named MLS ref of the year? This same clown missed the Suarez bite during the WC. PRO is keeping MLS in the gutter.
The fact that MLS allows officiating like that to occur does not say much. The official who called the hand ball should consider 711 or some other doughnut shop where things move much slower. Even better, go officiate baseball, that should be slow enough for him. It was a blatantly wrong call – very unprofessional. Too bad a ref can't get a red card. Caps should have simply walked out.
That was not a hand ball
Wish the ref would get socked and knocked out good.
Fuck the ref. Actually fuck soccer in general. The rules are fucking stupid.
Whitecaps fan here , I actually thought the call was on Koffie , for going through the Dallas from behind. The referee was in great position to see the play. By not moving his arm until it was hit by the ball is similar to moving your hand to the ball. He had time to move it and the ball landed at his feet.
All whitecap fans anwer this question honestly
If the situation was reversed , would you think the ref made the right call?
theft
Judge robbed
was not the player's hand
MLS has a long way to go before most North Americans take it serious.
Castillo plays well but he never made passes in the las play, clearly if he made it it will finish in a secure goal
As a ref myself, I can see arguments for both why it was and wasn't a handball. In my opinion I wouldn't have given the call. It's the last 10 minutes of a playoff match and to decide the winner on such a small error like that is terrible. He blew the whistle right away so he didn't think about it his decision wisely. No point in giving the ref a hard time for it though, we're all human and the call was made. Let's go Sounders!
WOW …………. thats all i have to say ……….. WOW
Was that a green dot?
joke of a league when games are decided like this.
It's embarrassing when a playoff game can only generate 10,000 fans. FC Dallas shot themselves in the foot in building a stadium in fucking Frisco.
Vancouver Whitecaps :/
Mark Geiger is easily the worst official in the MLS
Sad turn out for an MLS playoff game, Dallas still has a lot to improve fan base wise.
is there a second leg or is this it for vancouver?
#RIGGED
#MVLee
For everyone complaining about the bad MLS refs, this was the ref from America that was at the WORLD CUP.
The bad handball call by the referee , VWC become the first victim in the playoff stage ! A few days ago FC Dallas lost to Portland Timbers at home is a signal to stop the Canadian Team to enter the playoffs. Never see Colorado Rapids playing such a good defence when playing with VWC. VWC played so hard to beat CR and got a ticket to enter the playoffs but they lost to the referee . Respect VWC !
Just going to copy and paste the definition of handball from the FIFA Laws of the Game 2014/15 handbook…
"Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with his hand or arm."
And just going to point out the word "deliberate"…
Ball to hand clearly there. Terrible decision
This match needs to be replayed shocking decision I stayed up till 3 in the morning from the UK to see whitecaps get robbed shocking ref how can you give that as a penalty his hands are behind his back
I'm not saying it was a penalty but put it this way, I've seen them given for less
Sad to see that happen to a team like that. I'm not a fan of both teams but I think that was a bad call! But don't worry whitecaps fans FC Dallas won't make it past Seattle ! Or LA
Bad call, Pathetic behavior from Fernandez! Geiger should have punched him in the face
Good to see Mauro Diaz playing again
7:17 Keep that Laser BULLSHIT out of this league, you Disgraceful Son of a Bitch. Freaking pathetic.
could have went either way but calling it in the last 10 minutes of a tight playoff game is not a good decision.
What BS! That was a terrible call! This is bush league officiating. You don't decide a playoff game with crap calls like that. MLS just showed either an anti-Canadian or a home team bias here. Just like every league the refs call it for the home team or the big US market teams. Not good for the league if they're gonna have refs call stuff like Central American refs.