The linesman was to far behind the play to call it.
The big joke is that FIFA will publicly criticize the officials for not getting it right.
Can't blame the lino because he have to be in line with the last defender to call offsides. Can't be in two places at once. Also I wonder if he even watch it because at the time the ball is kicked he has to know if any players attacking a rebound are offside at the time of the shot.
What I wonder is if the lino sees this at halftime and what it does to his game. Wouldn't be surprised to see a soft pen call in the 2nd half.
FIFA and credibility don't go hand-in-hand. This is why goal line technology is so slow in coming. It will take an incident like this to happen to the usa before FIFA really start moving their feet about it.
Why would a call against the US be impetus to fix this situation. The US get a bad call in 2002 and FIFA couldn't care less.
Germany got a gift on that call
Understatement of the year. Germany has gotten gifts on every major call so far this game. Not saying the refs cheating... fate just seems aligned with Germany so far.
England get lucky with a fair few calls too. Cole coulda get a yellow card easily.