Originally posted by: Zion
Then near the end of the match, another guy takes an obvious dive to milk a few more minutes off the clock. And this is considered good strategy? Give me a break. There's just something about a guy putting on a show and pretending he's in agony that I don't think I'll ever understand. How that can be seen as perfectly alright in the eyes of the entire world just baffles me.

It's not seen as alright. I see it as bullshit time-wasting and it sucks. I hate when teams do that and I think the ref should sort them out. And speaking of refs, that guys should go back to Dentistry because that was no way a penalty. I'm not blaming the US defeat on a bad ref decision though, because they haven't played well this whole tournament, with the possible exception of the Italy game. I think Bruce Arena needs to start looking for a new job.