Football (Soccer) Thread

[Josephus]

Inter Miami 😁

[Josquius]

Sunderland have been awful lately. Absolute disaster. Draws against mediocre mid table teams.
Things have been just that great this season that this is the way we are.
Top of the league (for now).

[Valmy]

Bizarre ending to Stanford vs. Notre Dame soccer match in the ACC conference tournament.

https://youtu.be/KOokk-M4DwY?t=53

Great call by the ref to stop time wasting BS, followed by the most inexplicable 12 seconds of soccer I have seen in awhile.

And yes in College Soccer they stop the clock on play stoppages. So the match ends when the clock hits zero. Just to clear that up.

[HVC]

Do we not do indirect free kicks anymore?

Although I'm not sure on the rules of those anyway

*edit* although I guess that little "pass" makes it indirect, although I feel that goes against the spirit

[Gups]

The vast majority of free kicks anywhere near the opposition goal are direct as they are awarded for tripping, kicking or holding an opponent. The only common offence which will be indirect is blocking.

[Josquius]

Bizarre ending to Stanford vs. Notre Dame soccer match in the ACC conference tournament.

https://youtu.be/KOokk-M4DwY?t=53

Great call by the ref to stop time wasting BS, followed by the most inexplicable 12 seconds of soccer I have seen in awhile.

And yes in College Soccer they stop the clock on play stoppages. So the match ends when the clock hits zero. Just to clear that up.

Thats great.
Though I guess shows the issue with things being so vague. Its expected to time waste a little just as you need to go down with the slightest touch. Its how the game works. Don't do it and you suffer.
But how much is too much...
But then if its specifically defined people will push right to that.

[Josephus]

Do we not do indirect free kicks anymore?

Although I'm not sure on the rules of those anyway

*edit* although I guess that little "pass" makes it indirect, although I feel that goes against the spirit

Never thought about that, but yeah, you don't see much of them anymore.

[Syt]

Do we not do indirect free kicks anymore?

Although I'm not sure on the rules of those anyway

*edit* although I guess that little "pass" makes it indirect, although I feel that goes against the spirit

I was in the stadium when an indirect free kick during injury time won Bayern the championship in 2001. It was given after the Hamburg goalie picked up the ball after having it passed to him by a team mate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Bundesliga#Title_race

(The article neglects to mention that Schalke was behind 0-2, equalized to 2-2, fell behind 2-3 again before winning 5-3. The 5-3 score was displayed on the stadium score board same time as Hamburg scored in the 90th minute. Friend and I were devastated, believing the championship gone, only to have everything turned upside down a few moments later. Unforgettable.

[Tamas]

Any free kick where the referee has his arm up is an indirect one, usually they just happen far away from the penalty area.