Lou City 1 Tulsa 1 As it Happened

Jul 20

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Juvenal

Do you know how when Marvel releases a movie and they hire 4 morons to be in the front row of every screening and talk and stand up and ruin the experience for everyone? Yeah, of course you don’t. However, that is exactly how I feel that the USL presents its entertainment experience when it rolls out crew after crew of PRO referees. I don’t expect referees to get every call right. What I do expect is for them to manage the match appropriately. PRO’s USL crews are the absolute worst crews I have ever seen at match management. On the night, they probably didn’t impact the outcome, but they definitely impacted the experience.

Let’s talk about Tulsa

Oklahoma is the type of place you never think about unless it is in the news, and the news is always bad. It is also the type of place where a) terrible atrocities happen and b) their elected officials actively try to make their kids dumber so you know they will never learn about it. FC Tulsa commits atrocities against football every time it takes the pitch, and time wastes even with the score level. Luke Spencer was cheered prior to the match. He should never be cheered again as the architect of this crime against football.

Lou City lined up as: 1-Las, 2-McFadden, 4-Totsch, 7-Serrano, 9-Goodrum, 13-Dia, 17- T Davila, 24-Jones, 25-Wilson, 31-Lambert, 32-Adams (C)

3rd Minute

Las and the defense snuff out a good early chance to Tulsa.

5th Minute

The Cooper’s drumming is a little out of sync in a bit of foreshadowing to how the match will unfold.

7th Minute

The intensity feels high while Tulsa keeps out a dangerous chance for Lou City.

8th Minute

Totsch’s header goes wide.

9th Minute

The match is chippy already, which is the officials’ job to manage. One guess if they did their job.

11th Minute

Las makes a good punch to clear the danger.

14th Minute

Lambert’s tame cross after a corner goes for naught.

20th Minute

Referees are always jerks, but this crew is special.

Bunk Moreland (The Wire): “You're not the run-of-the-mill kind of a**hole, are you, Jimmy? You're a special kind of a**hole.”

25th Minute

The match is starting to devolve into a cagey affair until a good chance for Lou City is blocked out for a corner.

32nd Minute

Nice back heel from Goodrum (the first of a few on the evening) almost sends Serrano in, but a last-ditch effort sees the ball out for a corner.

34th Minute

This is the point where the center referee lost control of the match. Thirty-four minutes…embarrassing.

39th Minute

Davila the Elder’s relatively tame effort is stopped.

40th Minute

There is a long delay for not an injury.

Arsene Wenger: 'If I die, I am going to ask God where the referees are before choosing between heaven and hell'

Half Time

Lou City 0 - Ryan Walters FC 0

Are you not entertained? No…not really.

51st Minute

Lou City get a couple of corners to start the second half. On the second, Davila the Younger hits the volley just wide.

54th Minute

A training ground free kick by Lou City really doesn’t go to plan.

57th Minute

Davila the Younger wins a free kick in a central position.

58th Minute

Serrano wins a free kick just outside of the box.

70th Minute

Good save by Las.

78th Minute

Totsch almost scores on a cheeky flick from a corner.

90th Minute + 2

Lancaster snatches a last-minute victory to punish Tulsa.

90th Minute + 5

No, he doesn’t. Tulsa score from a set piece.

Full Time

Lou City 1 - America’s Wasteland 1

Nobody is happy, but the result is fair.

Michael Shaw