Pardon?
US ranked higher than 3 time world champions Italy in soccer? Somehow, I doubt that.
The referee ruined the game being overquick on the draw in shppting out red cards.
"US ranked higher than 3 time world champions Italy in soccer? Somehow, I doubt that."
USA are ranked 5th in the Fifa official rankings, Italy 13th.
"The referee ruined the game being overquick on the draw in shppting out red cards."
I disagree actually. The first red card was an absolute no-brainer - he looked for McBride and elbowed him square in the face. The first USA one I thought was harsh in first sight but, watching the replay, it was high with both feet off the ground, could easily have broken the guy's ankle. The second USA one (Pope?), he had been penalised a number of times, so that was just persistant offending.
The Uruguayan referee was sidelined by his own Soccer federation for undeclared "irregularities" just a few years back. The USA has a mediocre team, but it sure looked like the fix was in.