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Originally Posted by Thor
I think the Refs minus a few games did quality work.
When you look over 30 something games and critique them and only remember a handfull the ref's did their job well.
This was an exceptionally successfull tournament, world cup no less... for Canada.
Record attendance, fans from all nationalities sitting in the same sections (you have no idea how shocked my EU friends were to this..)
Canada should be immensly proud of this tournament, the FIFA officials, organizers, volunteers, ALL deserve praise.
The refs, did their best, minus a handfull of games and minus a brutal game with Chile.
Everyone remembers the few, ignores the great competition and fair play in the vast majority of games. (im guilty of this to at times.)
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Canada should be very proud. That's 2 successful tournaments in Canada now (Women's Under 19 and now this). I hope the Women's World Cup omes to Canada in the future. Any major tournament in North America will be a success and break records because we are so multicultural and rich. Attendance-wise, the Asian Cup for example is a disaster because nobody can afford to go to any games and there is no interest in games that don't involve the hosts.
It's not just the major incidents that I remember, all the matches had no flow to them. It's like hockey games having 20-30 power plays. Too much diving and way too many fouls. They say in the best games, you dont remember the ref. In this tournament, the ref had way too much tv time.
How many times did you hear Craig Forrest say, "Come on, that's not a foul! A perfect tackle, let them play ref!"