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I'm not a soccer hater. I'm not one of those guys who sit around laughing at funny South American nicknames while waiting for the start of NFL training camps. I've covered pro soccer and I understand it. I DVRed several World Cup games, not just those played by the United States, and always defend soccer to one of my sons, who thinks the game is painfully slow.

But ...

The World Cup refereeing has been an absolute joke, so atrocious that it has come close to ruining the entire tournament for me.

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