Thursday, September 5, 2013

USMNT Might Be Getting A Screw Job




The US National Team has eight players with yellow card warnings going into Friday night's game against Costa Rica. A situation made worse by the assignment of their referee, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, a.k.a. Chiquimarco. He's known for throwing out cards like they're going out of style. Among his accomplishments are sending off three players in the four World Cup games he's officiated, showing five yellows and two reds in a 2007 Club World Cup match between AC Milan and Boca Juniors, and a suspension by Liga MX for showing two yellow cards by holding one in each hand.
Oh, and Chiquimarco is also from Mexico, USA's next opponent on Tuesday.
Coach Jürgen Klinsmann called the assignment "unfortunate." Maybe it's best that no one in America has BeIn Sport, because this could get ugly.
Read more at Pro Soccer Talk.

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