First....to what red and yellow cards mean. Soccer is a pretty rough sport....after pro-wrestling, roller-derby, and WNBA action....I rank soccer number 4 on 'hurt'. So to limit incidents.....they hand out yellow cards to ensure you don't get ultra-rough. Two yellow-cards in a game....you leave (no sub allowed in), and you miss the next game. The two yellow cards equal one red card.
Can you go from zero yellow cards to one red card...asap? Yes.
I've gone back and reviewed the video of this incident....mostly agreeing myself....the American deserved a yellow-card. Red? I'm not that sure about.
Then I note that I've watched a dozen World Cup games. If I were a ref....I'd have issued 200 yellow-cards for the dozen games, and probably forty red cards.
Getting the suspension lifted? Well....this has hyped-up the Belgium folks, and most everyone else.
Has this lifting been done before? Yes.
Trump's role? He basically picked-up the phone and asked for a review. For TDS-sufferers....it's a terrible thing.
If the US wins against Belgium.....there's to be massive grumbling.
Only 4-star crap from the Cup so far? No....I'd suggest a dozen-odd crap things going on. For the Germans....they are still crying over the loss.
Oddly.....99-percent of Americans know nothing about yellow/red cards.
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