The Athletic UK reports that the IFAB will make the 5 substitution rule permanent at the next general meeting on March 3. They’ll also discuss the wording of the offside rule. Arsene Wenger had proposed flipping the offside rule so that if any part of the attacker’s body was level with the defender, it is onside.
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VinatieriDefinesClutch
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This would be such a gigantic change and I don't know how I feel about it. It feels like it's only enforceable by VAR and makes the linesmen's job on anything that isn't absolutely clear cut, near impossible. I feel like it would really slow down the game with a lot more VAR reviews.
I’m not sure it’s any worse than it is now. Instead of looking for any part of the attacker to be ahead of any part of the defender, the linesman is looking for the opposite, is any part of the attacker level with any part of the defender.
They’re also reviewing semi-automated offside technology that was used at the Arab Cup in November/December.
This is from the article about the new system.
Semi-automated offsides: FIFA's new baby and a bold step in the development of VAR
For the first time in a competitive fixture, semi-automated offside was introduced to iron out a deep crease in the workings of VARs
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It's a few things. The first and most easy to explain is that linesmen have been trained to look for offsides a certain way for their entire career so retraining what has to be an instantaneous decision is tough. The second is that it forces you look against the flow of play instead of with it. If you're trying to see if something is in front of a line, your eyes go from the ball when kicked through the direction the attack is going. This forces you to look forward and then backward. If you bring in the use of semi-automated offsides, that solves the issue at the higher levels, but this will not be an option at every level.
Shaqiri isn't as old as he seems. He's only 30, but he hasn't had a full starting role in Europe since he left Stoke, really. That was like 3-4 years ago. If he can get his fitness up, he's tailor made for MLS ... a league where aggressive, physical wingers can do some real damage.
Barcelona CEO Ferran Reverter has resigned after only 7 months on the job after repeated clashes with President Joan Laporte. Barca had recently signed a 3 year/$320 million deal with Spotify for kit and stadium sponsorship. He had played a role in negotiating the deal but several terms were changed at the last minute. He was said to be seeking an alternative.
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Sources: Barca CEO leaves amid Spotify deal
Barcelona chief executive officer Ferran Reverter has resigned, with sources telling ESPN that the club's deal with Spotify was at issue.
Ed H in Pasadena
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Kurt Zouma abuses his pet cat and the club "condemn" him? What the heck?
Kurt Zouma: West Ham condemn defender as video emerges of him hitting pet cat
West Ham "unreservedly condemn" Kurt Zouma after a video emerges of the defender hitting his pet cat.www.bbc.com
NWSL have made Michele Kang'a takeover at Washington Spirit official. She was previously a minority partner, but managing owner Steve Baldwin had suffered through a series of ugly mis-steps in his term as owner, despite recent success on the field. Baldwin has been struggling to sell the team to somebody/anybody else and may depart as the least popular owner in NWSL history ... which is freaking saying something.
Oh, and to balance out positive news, former Chicago coach Rory Dames was the subject of a Washington Post piece today that focused on allegations of sexual and verbal harassment of players in his elite youth development system (and at the private high school where he coached) in Chicago going as far back as a police investigation in 1998. Fun. Of course, nobody did anything about it back then, which just allowed him to continue being a general creepbag for two decades more ... because that's how this stuff works in American sports. Can't go around taking young girls at their word, now can we?
Oh, and to balance out positive news, former Chicago coach Rory Dames was the subject of a Washington Post piece today that focused on allegations of sexual and verbal harassment of players in his elite youth development system (and at the private high school where he coached) in Chicago going as far back as a police investigation in 1998. Fun. Of course, nobody did anything about it back then, which just allowed him to continue being a general creepbag for two decades more ... because that's how this stuff works in American sports. Can't go around taking young girls at their word, now can we?
Ed H in Pasadena
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Oh and I suppose I should report that Chelsea defeated Palmeiras AET today, 2-1, in the final of the Club World Cup. That means they are world champions. I think Palmeiras gave them more of a game than many thought possible. But Palmeiras fell to a penalty deep into extra time, then Chelsea had to sweat out 7 more minutes of injury time.
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Why, just because it's been a decade since the winner hasn't just been whoever won Europe? And also that the European teams have never taken it seriously or cared about it in any fashion other than reluctantly going, I guess this is just a thing I have to do the year after winning the champions league.
Just a reminder for those who follow the women's game ... the NWSL is two weeks into Camp at this point and the Challenge Cup starts on March 19. Most clubs are scrambling like crazy to fill front office roles that were newly required under their CBA (Carolina added 5 staff positions all told), and there's generally some roster churn during Camp as International players make late decisions about whether or not to come over. Also, the league will be playing a balanced schedule during the regular season for the first time in 8 years. So each team plays everyone else twice.
Ed H in Pasadena
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As for the Club World Cup: it's not as big a deal in Europe but it's a HUGE deal in South America, and Liverpool certainly played like it mattered to them, if only for their South American contingent (Allison, Fabinho and Firmino). And Chelsea fans I know certainly relished winning the title on Saturday.
The problem isn't just European clubs winning every competition since Brazil's Internacional beat Barca in 2006. It's that the other finalist is usually a South American side (though since 2010, clubs from DR Congo, Morocco, Japan, UAE and Mexico's Tigres have been finalists).
The problem isn't just European clubs winning every competition since Brazil's Internacional beat Barca in 2006. It's that the other finalist is usually a South American side (though since 2010, clubs from DR Congo, Morocco, Japan, UAE and Mexico's Tigres have been finalists).
Ed H in Pasadena
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BTW, in case you missed it, a fracture was found in Kieran Trippier's foot, ruling him out of action for the next 3-4 weeks and possibly more.
Newcastle dealt blow after club confirm fractured foot for Kieran Trippier
Kieran Tripper was injured in Newcastle’s win against Aston Villa and scans have shown a fracture to the fifth metatarsal bone in his left footwww.theguardian.com
I hated to see that for the kid. Selfishly, so long as he's good in a month's time for Mexico, then ... yeah.
For sure. I really don’t care about Dortmund.
The US Womens National Team has settled its equal pay lawsuit with US Soccer for a lump sum payment of $22 million and $2 million paid into an account to help players in the post career endeavors. The agreement is contingent the players ratifying a new CBA. US Soccer also committed to equal pay rates for the men’s and women’s teams “in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup."
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USWNT, USSF settle equal pay suit for $24m
The USWNT has settled its class action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation for a total of $24 million, the two sides announced on Tuesday.