How many US Referees will be officiating in the world Cup in Germany?
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non.. here is the list\n23 referees chosen by FIFA\n\nEssam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)\nCarlos Amarilla (Paraguay)\nBenito Archundia (Mexico)\nCarlos Batres (Guatemala)\nMassimo Busacca (Switzerland)\nCoffi Codjia (Benin)\nFrank De Bleeckere (Belgium)\nMassimo de Santis (Italy)\nHoracio Elizondo (Argentina)\nValentin Ivanov (Russia)\nToru Kamikawa (Japan)\nJorge Larrionda (Uruguay)\nShamsul Maidin (Singapore)\nManuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)\nMarkus Merk (Germany)\nLubos Michel (Slovakia)\nGraham Poll (England)\nEric Poulat (France)\nPeter Prendergast (Jamaica)\nOscar Ruiz (Colombia)\nMark Shield (Australia)\nCarlos Simon (Brazil)\nKyros Vassaras (Greece)
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Mexico I think. They have 2 referees in this year's WC.\nOther countries seem to only have one each.\n\nWe're talking about referees here, not assistant referees.
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Thanks for choosing my answer as the best. Am happy u are watching the world cup keep it up. As for the Germany / Sweden match, the referee I have to agree with u was not being fair. But what do u expect Sweden is playing against the host,so the referee most times are baised in such a situation. Keep on watching.
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2171 fouls committed. Most by Germany - 133 Least by Saudi Arabia - 39\n\nhttp://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/t/st/td/tfc/index.html
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The U.S. has had 6 appearances in the World Cup.  The best finish was in 1930 when the U.S. reached the semifinals.
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United States, UK and Germany.
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I think the officiating in the world cup has made the world cup almost unbearable.\n\nThere are an insane amount of cards being handed out, which completely slows down the game. Its bad enough that a lot of the refs play favourites. \n\nThese refs are ruining the game of soccer (both physically and prestige wise). Get them out of there!
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Hi there!\n\nIt works like this: \n\n"(...)Individual national associations submitted nominations to their confederations. The names of the 44 nominated referees were submitted to FIFA months ago. \nAn arduous process then commenced. According to FIFA "when making (its) decision, the committee members evaluated the performances of the 44 candidates during FIFA competitions, continental championships and in national leagues over the past 18 months. The referees' performances at the two FIFA workshops in Frankfurt were likewise taken into account, as the match officials were subject to close scrutiny from February (12-16) 2005 and again from March (21-25) 2006. At the second workshop, the match officials underwent comprehensive medical checks, as well as a fitness test. In addition, they all completed a psychological test, and members of the FIFA Referees Committee held interviews with the candidate referees." \n\nFollowing below the list of 23 referees chosen to officiate at the 2006 World Cup in Germany:\n\nEssam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Benito Archundia (Mexico) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Coffi Codjia (Benin) Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Massimo de Santis (Italy) Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain) Markus Merk (Germany) Lubos Michel (Slovakia) Graham Poll (England) Eric Poulat (France) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) Mark Shield (Australia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Kyros Vassaras (Greece).\n\nI just put part of the article for you.\nBut you can have more information on the sites listed in the Sources field, okay!?\n\nCheers,\n\nClaire
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Click this link:\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/template.html?id=57&day=30&month=06&year=2006\n\nFor the complete list of referee:\n\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/ref/index.html
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Mexico.\n\nThere is only one referee from each country, except mexico which is providing two for some reason.\n\nThey are Benito Archundia and Marco Rodruiguez.
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The referees have received a hike in their pay. It went up to $40K for the entire tournament. Pending if FIFA doesn't fire them during the tournament.
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It's not the world. It's just bad officiating. It's not like the US was going to win the World Cup, but come on, give the team a chance to win a match without the referee having an impact!!
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I truly hope not. The tournament has been a disaster in relation to refereeing performances. You would hope that for the biggest match of the tournament at least, that FIFA could dig up someone with a degree of competence.
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I vote for the referees.  They won the game for Steelers.
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Regulations:\n\nNew regulations approved by FIFA last month, went into effect on Thursday and dictate that an "official or spectator behaving in a discriminatory or contemptuous manner (that) can be attributed to a certain team" could cost the team three points for a first offense, six for a second and relegation for further violations. (1)\n\nRules:\n\nNo significant changes, as it would be the use of television to clarify some referees' doubts during the game.\n\nBut these are new: referees at the World Cup will eject players who elbow or tackle recklessly. \n\nA meeting of the governing body's International Football Association Board also approved yellow cards for shirt-pulling or holding an opponent, as well as for playing the ball after the referee's whistle.  (2)
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This is under "Football (American)" but it's a soccer question... so let me just say, the US will not be winning the world cup
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Total number of yellow cards given in World Cup USA '94: 235\nMost: Bulgaria with 23.