Don't Panic Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 dont think ive ever seen something like this happen before... http://www.espnfc.us/us-open-cup/69/video/2495627/watch-dempsey-rips-up-refs-notebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinx Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 LOL thats unusual for him! He's normally pretty reserved! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 so disappointing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Dempsey's always been a [big bad swear word]ing tool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 oh the outcome was beautiful. always a great day when seattle loses to the better PNW city and if its in comedic fashion, even better! yea he is normally pretty reserved but he does have a bit of texan in him :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torg Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 was great… and he just lost it. I found it nice that both Seattle teams in the open lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 actually I take it (some) back - that's his first red card! he's had plenty of yellows (when I watched him play in the EPL he was a chippy and chirpy player, but he obviously got away with a lot more than I thought!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I know I shouldn't be surprised at such poor sportsmanship coming from the Timber Army. But I expect more out of fellow Cascadia members. #EBFG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 The officiating in that game was horrible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrizic Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 A little history on the ref: When the draw for the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup was released, just one match featured two MLS teams facing one another. Those two teams also happened to be bitter rivals. So who did PRO decide to assign to this match? A referee whose only MLS experience was as a fourth official. Say what you will about the correctness of any one call Daniel Radford made in Tuesday's match between the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers, but it was begging for someone with a bit more experience in the center. From what we can tell, Radford's professional experience as a lead referee consisted of eight NASL matches and two more in the U.S. Open Cup over three seasons before Tuesday's game. And that history is interesting, to say the least. Radford handed out a total of eight cards in Tuesday's match, including three reds. That means that in 11 matches, he's handed out 65 yellow cards and 13 reds. That's a lot. The Sounders certainly brought a fair amount of what happened in the game on themselves, but we can't help but feel things would have gone a little differently with a more experienced referee making the decisions. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.arbitres.daniel-.radford.6190.en.html http://www.proreferees.com/roster-daniel-radford.php NONE of that excuses Dempsey's behavior, which...is indefensible. There are so many other better ways to protest a ref, other than acting like a wanna be thug. I accept him for who he is, but I'm still holding him to the standard of professional international USMNT CAPTAIN FOR [big bad swear word]S SAKE...sorry...better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torg Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 hmmm they were nice… only gave him a 3 game suspension… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 well its not like he did something violent. very classless but compared to the other things in soccer(purposely breaking someones leg, count suarez, drunk driving, fraud) its really nothing. but as stated he is the USMNT captain and that's what is most embarrassing about it. about the official: officials vary in their calling of the games and players have to adjust but have to admit: averaging 6 yellows and 1 red per game is downright silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I don't get it. That's the same level of frustration I experience every time I see "professional athletes" rewarded for pretending they're hurt. But you know the old saying: "if you can't beat them, cry until they get in trouble and then maybe you'll have a chance." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne_Cobbb Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I loved it. [big bad swear word] that ref. Also: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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