Okay, we’re going to talk about one of my biggest pet peeves in refereeing. This is not something that is simply limited to soccer, it occurs in pretty much all North American sports and especially in the playoffs.
It is the concept of never calling a two minute minor penalty in overtime of the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs. It is the concept of swallowing the whistle in the final two minutes of an NBA game leading to those hilarious Final Two Minute Reports. It is the concept of “let the players decide it on the field” in the playoffs without the officials intervening to affect the outcome.