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Video: DC United Players Watch Maurice Edu's Goal, React Predictably

FIFA has benched referee Koman Coulibaly for upcoming World Cup matches after his effort in the U.S.-Slovenia game last week cost the Americans a late goal and possibly two points in Group C. By now everybody's seen Maurice Edu's goal off a Landon Donovan free kick enough to have it committed to memory. But if you like...

FIFA Steps Up by Making Refs Step Out

PRETORIA, South Africa -- In the wake of what the Western world judged in the World Cup to be the most egregious job of sports officiating it witnessed in the history of the 19 days since baseball umpire Jim Joyce blew Armando Gallaraga's perfect game, an amazing thing happened Monday morning at a high-school soccer pitch...

Video: Vuvuzelas Infiltrate Marlins Game

That didn't take long. We're a week and a half into the World Cup and vuvuzelas have made the 10,000-mile trek from South Africa to the United States. Over the weekend, the Marlins passed out 15,000 of these plastic horns to fans and unless the goal was to help the team lose, the plan may have backfired. So just how...

Koman Coulibaly Will Not Referee Any Matches Through Wednesday

On Friday, the officiating at the FIFA World Cup came a bit more into focus. A controversial call took a goal away from the United States late in their match against Slovenia. As a result, the American team had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Slovenia. The U.S. was denied a chance to become the first team ever to rally for...

FIFA to Comment Monday on Koman Coulibaly, US Match Referee

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- FIFA refereeing experts will comment Monday on the performance of match official Koman Coulibaly in the United States' 2-2 draw with Slovenia. FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot said Saturday the governing body would not discuss Coulibaly's performance before a scheduled session Monday when the 30 World...

Background on koman coulibaly

Koman Coulibaly (born 4 July 1970) is a Malian football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 1999, and officiated his first international match on April 19, 2000, between Mali and Burkina Faso.

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