Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Coaching, Soccer Refereeing | Tags: brazil, Brazil women, Chalupny, O'Reilly, referee, USA National Team, USA women, Whitehill, Why was this offside?
Here’s one for all you budding referees and assistant referees.
In a match between the USA National Women’s Team and Brazil, the US team score a goal that is given offside.
The US team take a corner kick which was played into Brazil’s penalty area. A Brazilian player heads the ball out but it was returned by Lori Chalupny toward her teammate, Cat Whitehill.
Whitehill chips the ball above an opponent to herself, retakes control of the ball past the second to last Brazilian opponent, with only the goalkeeper to beat. When the ball was chipped up, a teammate (Heather O’Reilly) was in an offside position – she runs next to the player but doesn’t touch the ball.
Should the goal have been given?
Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer News, Soccer Skills | Tags: AC Milan, beckham press conference, David Beckham, Manchester United, posh spice, Real Madrid, the next Dr Who, victoria beckham
I can’t help but like David Beckham – even when Team Beckham rolled into Milan for the Italian press conference with Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice to you and I) in the front row all dressed in black, I can’t help but admire what he has become.
He probably has one of the best CVs in soccer – Manchester United, Real Madrid and now AC Milan.
The reason I think he should be the new Dr Who is this – during his press conference he said he had dreamed of playing for AC Milan since he was a boy. When a local reporter pointed out that he had made no mention of that in his autobiography, Beckham used his effortless charm to say: “Hmm… I thought I had… Maybe I will write another one and put some pictures of me in an AC Milan shirt in there. Sorry.”
Very Dr Who-esque. He gets my vote.
Here’s the press conference:
Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Skills | Tags: Carli Lloyd, England Women's team, USA National Team, women's player of the season, women's soccer (football), women's technique
The technique of the players in women’s soccer has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, culminating in some great games this year.
I watched England v USA last month in the Under 20s World Cup quarter final and both teams played fantastic soccer. The USA won this one but it was closer than the 3-0 scoreline suggested.
The techniques used in the game were exceptional – I think there’s a lot more to come from some of these young ladies.
Here’s a clip of the USA’s Carli Lloyd voted the best player of 2008 by US Soccer.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics women’s football gold medal game against Brazil, Lloyd scored the winning goal in the first period of extra time. She’s had a good season.
