All Premier League matches will use goal-line technology from the start of next season. Representatives of all 20 Premier League clubs ratified a decision to implement Hawkeye technology from next season. The Community Shield at Wembley is likely to be the first game in English football to use the technology.
I don't know exactly why, but the heads of football's most prominent organisations – FIFA's
Sepp Blatter and UEFA's Michel Platini, respectively – often give the air of a deranged, despotic
dictator, bursting at the seams with outspoken controversy and just waiting for a popular revolt to
remove them from power.
With the new season rapidly approaching, and managers plus players calling for goal line
technology to be enforced you have to sit and think whether this is really a good idea or not?.
See referee's will probably agree with this so they can cower out of making the big decision
which is, did it cross the line or not?
The rules of football evolve slowly. Very slowly. Almost at a glacial pace. But watching various
sports in this lovely (if wet) summer of Olympics on our doorstep shows how other sports develop
and innovate, to preserve and develop the qualities and challenges of that sport. That begs the
question: what rule changes could football adopt that would improve it?
The laws of football evolve slowly. Very slowly. Almost at a glacial pace. But watching various
sports in this lovely (if wet) summer of Olympics on our doorstep shows how other sports develop
and innovate, to preserve and develop the qualities and challenges of that sport. That begs the
question: what rule changes could football adopt that would improve it?
The biggest news in in global soccer is not a transfer or trade. It is that the IFAB and FIFA
have approved Goal Line Technology. This should mean that when the ball crosses the line it's
actually a goal. This strikingly new concept to soccer took a while to take place, but it should be
starting in most leagues where they actually make money over their next season.
At times I get the sense that Sepp Blatter and his FIFA cronies genuinely feel like Biff & Co. from
the Back to the Future movies, spraying out unintelligent missives to the growing cacophony
clamoring for goal line technology. I can't see any possible reason to hinder its growth, but then
FIFA has always been obstinately opposed to voting in favor of its own interests.
Did Donovan dis Jack? More on Wednesday's win in LA. Bakary Soumare update. Surprise: Beckham only
gets extra one-game suspension. Goal-line technology approved. More news.
The International Football Association Board ruled on Thursday that goal-line technology will be
implemented. The ruling stressed that the two technical solutions will only be used for goal-line
rulings. The IFAB also approved the two additional assistant referees that have been in place for
the UEFA club tournaments and Euro 2012.
It is official. FIFA finally ended the goal line technology debate that began seven years ago
after Pedro Mendes's ghost goal against Man Utd was missed by the referee and the linesman. IFAB,
the body that governs the game's rules and laws, approved goal line technology in Zurich
yesterday.
Hawk-Eye goal-line technology is one of the two FIFA-approved goal-line
technologies to accurately determine if a soccerball has crossed the goal-line. It basically uses
six hi-speed cameras.
Hawk-Eye explained in video
The other technology that was approved on July 5, 2012 was GoalRef.
Newcastle defender Steven Taylor can claim an 'assist' of sorts for Yohan Cabaye's free-kick against Stoke yesterday. Taylor had some fund trying to distract Begovic from his efforts to line-up the Potters' wall by stalking him across the goal-line blocking his view. And the plan worked as Cabaye curled in the equaliser in a 2-1 [.
England under 21 midfielder Jonjo Shelvey provided the comedy highlight of last night's 4-0 win against Sweden with this unfortunate miss. The Liverpool star was practically standing on the goal-line when he was handed the simple task of nodding home a Tom Ince cross. Alas, he somehow managed to put his header wide when it [.
We've seen physios, ball boys and fans run onto the pitch to make decisive tackles or goal-line clearances, but rarely have we seen a coach get involved in the action... and certainly not in a situation so lacking in danger as this. It comes from an Italian amateur match between Corpolò and Rivazzurra.
Nothing went right for Barcelona in the first 30 minutes. Real were rampant running all over
Barca not allowing them a whiff of the ball. It took two defensive errors to turn things around at
the Bernabeu as Pepe who made his return in this leg volleyed deep into the Barca defense.
One doesn't quite know what Mascherano was thinking but he completely misjudges the trajectory
and a lurking Gonzalo Higuain latches onto the ball and clear onto the goal making no mistake.
Nothing went right for Barcelona in the first 30 minutes. Real were rampant running all over
Barca not allowing them a whiff of the ball. It took two defensive errors to turn things around at
the Bernabeu as Pepe who made his return in this leg volleyed deep into the Barca defense.
One doesn't quite know what Mascherano was thinking but he completely misjudges the trajectory
and a lurking Gonzalo Higuain latches onto the ball and clear onto the goal making no mistake.
Veteran Sao Paulo 'keeper Rodrigo Ceni has made a bit of a name for himself over the years by
chiming in with over 100 goals for his club, sticking away free-kicks and
penalties like it ain't no thang for the best part of 23 years now.
However, Ceni managed to stick one away at the wrong end with terrific panache against Nautico
in the Campeanato on Wednesday night coming to punch a corner clear, only to see the ballÂ
ricochet off his triangular knuckles at an almost physics-defying angle and then loop up and down
over the heads of three hapless Sao Paulo defenders left agog on the goal-line.
Veteran Sao Paulo 'keeper Rodrigo Ceni has made a bit of a name for himself over the years by
chiming in with over 100 goals for his club, sticking away free-kicks and
penalties like it ain't no thang for the best part of 23 years now.
However, Ceni managed to stick one away at the wrong end with terrific panache against Nautico
in the Campeanato on Wednesday night coming to punch a corner clear, only to see the ballÂ
ricochet off his triangular knuckles at an almost physics-defying angle and then loop up and down
over the heads of three hapless Sao Paulo defenders left agog on the goal-line.
1. Jose Mourinho vs Sir Alex Ferguson? It might as well have been Tony Pulis vs Joe Kinnear. Set-pieces and crosses were what this was all about. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo laughs in the face of gravity. He hung in the air to head in his goal. 3. David De Gea made one of the best [...]
Having won a hard fought match on Sunday against FC Dallas and with another big match against
the Vancouver Whitecaps looming on Saturday, Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena sent out the
reserves for Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions League matchup against the Puerto Rico Islanders.
The move paid off, as goals from four different players enabled the Galaxy to collect three
points in its final home match of the competition and thus sit in first place in the group courtesy
of a 4-0 win over the Islanders at the Home Depot Center.
Sanna Nyassi has proven himself to be capable of individual moments of brilliance in past
seasons, and Wednesday night he did it again.Â
Nyassi got onto the end of a Justin Mapp cross and unleashed a ferocious first-time volley
inside the near post to break a tie in the 67th minute and give the Montreal Impact a 2-1 win over
the New England Revolution at Stade Saputo.
Pali Conquer Sounders Women 1-0 But it's Not Over Yet.
Sunday afternoon, the Sounders Women faced the Pali Blues on the Blues home field and lost. It
was a tough battle of mostly defense for the Sounders who remained under pressure for most of the
game. Megan Kufeld would be my Woman of the Match.
Carli Lloyd looks to elude Meghan Klingenberg
The U.S. WNT is having just one training a day, usually in the afternoon (with some weights thrown
in a few days during the camp in the morning) and the players have lots of energy as they are a bit
isolated here at the team hotel.
1. After years of singing that scores when he wants, Arsenal fans must be wishing that Robin Van Persie hadn't wanted to score against them with his first touch. 2. It was a great weekend for Manchester United. They were the only side in the top six to take all three points. 3. Roberto Martinez [...]
szólj hozzá: Tottenham vs West Brom 1:1 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
West Brom keeper Ben Foster done his England chances no harm at all in front of the current
England manager Roy Hodgson but could do nothing about Benoit Assou-Ekotto's deflected strike from
range.
West Brom did grab a point though scoring a last minute goal after a goal-line scramble, James
Morrison kept cool to put the ball in the back of the net much to the disappointment to Spurs
fans.
Smith was big all night along the defensive left side in Portland's Cascadia Cup win over
Vancouver. He was never bigger than in a second half, athletic goal line clearance. It was probably
a game-saver.
Steven Smith was selected for this week's NBC Sports' Team of the Week.
Ledley King Tottenham fans know what they'll be missing - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
The news has been a long time coming, to be honest, but it still brings a lump to the
throat.
At 31 years of age Ledley King and Tottenham had little choice but to call it a day, continuing
to play would have meant putting the Tottenham man's long-term health into unnecessary
jeopardy.
The New York Red Bulls managed to take all three points on offer from this mid-week battle of
Eastern Conference Titans (full highlights here). All it took was an unbelievable Thierry Henry
golazo (and a Brandon Barklage goal-line cleareance) and, boom, the Red Bulls are within one point
of Conference leaders Sporting KC.
Every once in a while, the performance of one player can define an entire game, and mark an
entire season. Yesterday afternoon, in Harrison, Adam Johansson showed everyone what Seattle has
been missing for two months, with a pair of assists and a crucial goal-line clearance. They were
his first appearances on the score sheet for the Rave Green.
The Los Angeles Galaxy's opening match of the 2012-2013 CONCACAF Champions League tournament had
just about everything one could ask for.
The Galaxy got goals from its star players, but had to weather some questionable officiating
late in the second half which featured a red card to Robbie Keane and a yellow card right in the
midst of a substitution.
CARSON, Calif.-- There wasn't much the reigning MLS champions could do to contain the speed and
skill of La Liga champions Real Madrid on Thursday night.
The Los Angeles Galaxy fell to Real Madrid 5-1 in front of a record crowd of 30,317 at the Home
Depot Center, with L.
The Columbus Crew were minutes away from handing the Houston Dynamo their first MLS defeat
inside of BBVA Compass Stadium, but a late Adam Moffat goal made sure to keep the Dynamo unbeaten
at home.
Moffat scored in the 82nd minute to help the Dynamo pick up a 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew on
Sunday, a result that ties Houston with the Chicago Fire for third place in the Eastern
Conference.
After a disappointing performance at Montreal on Wednesday, the New England Revolution got a
battling 0-0 draw at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made six saves to record his fourth clean sheet of the season
and help the Revs (6-9-5, 23 pts.) snap a brief two-game losing skid, while Sporting KC (11-6-4, 37
pts.
We must say that Demba Ba looked good last night against Monaco in Landsberg am Lech, Germany Â
and of course he did score the winner with an opportunist goal, when he out-jumped the goalkeeper
to a high ball almost on the goal-line, and easily headed the ball home. A fit looking Demba Ba in
action last night That will remind Newcastle fans [.
Virginia Clashes With Mount St. Mary's Tuesday at Klöckner Stadium Cavaliers and
Mountaineers kick off at 7 p.m.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men's soccer team entertains Mount St. Mary's at 7 p.m.
Tuesday in a non-conference encounter at Klöckner Stadium. It marks the first of five Tuesday
matches on the Cavaliers' schedule this season.
When you sell your two best players during the summer, and let almost all of your most
experienced players leave on Bosman's, the fact that AC Milan lost 1-0 at home to newly promoted
Sampdoria probably should not be a surprise.
Still nobody gave Sampdoria much of a chance in the San Siro, but the Milan faithful were
stunned when
Andrea Costa scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute from a corner and, although the
Rossoneri hit the woodwork twice, their fans made their feelings clear at the final whistle.
Back in 2008 Uefa introduced its extra officials: one behind each goal line.
The extra officials were initially tested in European Under-19 qualifying competitions in 2008
before being trialled in the 2009/10 Europa League group stages.
Sorry, I did this from memory.
I think they rescued a princess once...
it's like the stars above a crest for winning tournaments.
I think I could really get excited about this tournament... except nobody else really does. Sure,
the smaller Central American/Caribbean national champs probably look at this as "the big time" but
I fear no one else does.
The French raced out to a 2-0 lead within the first fifteen minutes, and it looked as if the
Olympic jitters may have set the US back a bit. Once the team settled down, they looked more like
the USWNT that we have come to expect. Abby Wambach opened the USA scoring with a header from a
Megan Rapinoe corner kick service in the 18th minute.
