AL RAYYAN, Qatar — As U.S. players trudged through a postgame interview zone in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, after a 1-1 draw with Wales in their World Cup opener, they wore varying degrees of disappointment on their face. They used that word, too, 'disappointment,' with various adjectives in front of it and for different reasons. They were disappointed with the result, and with their second-half performance — and with the referees.
Qatari referee Abdulrahman Al Jassim speaks with USA's defender #05 Antonee Robinson during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B football match between USA and Wales at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 21, 2022. AL RAYYAN, Qatar — As U.S. players trudged through a postgame interview zone in the wee hours of Tuesday morning,, they wore varying degrees of disappointment on their face.
Not many players mentioned them. But Antonee Robinson said “the officiating was terrible,” and he had one specific gripe that, he felt, “cost us the game.” He told the assistant referee that, too. As nine U.S. players walked sullenly back to the center circle after Gareth Bale’s penalty, Robinson stalked toward the corner, incensed. He felt that, moments before the Wales throw-in that led to the penalty, the ball had actually gone out of bounds to the U.S.Here's the play that Gregg Berhalter and Jedi Robinson questioned, 12 seconds before the penalty.
Berhalter: "I mean, I'm on the sideline, looking down the sideline, and I'm sure the ball went out of bounds. I'm positive."
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