Bronze to Montreal

Montreal have won, but this is even more controversial than the goal York scored against them. Three red cards. One coach sent off. A winning goal that absolutely should have been stopped. Gordon the play-by-play guy is of the opinion that it should stand, but the injury occured on the corner when Argento went straight through the forward. Frankly, it could have been a penalty, and it was obviously a head injury. Everyone on Laval stopped playing.

Unbelievable game. I can't even summarize this, really. I'm tyring. By the way, Samir Grid is screaming in the referee's face now, surrounded by the red-shirted CIS officials, waiting for him to eventually have to be escorted off. This is somethign of a black day for officiating not onyl in CIS but in Canada--heck, even North America. It's no secret that the refereeing in MLS is terrible. This only proves that the refereeing isn't just confined to MLS. This is probably Canada's premiere soccer tournament, perhaps behind only the newly formed Canadian Championship that sees its winner (this year, the Montreal Impact) get into the CONCACAF Champions League. This is a game that should be well officiated. If CIS' own officials can;t get it done, then it's time to hire someone like Kevin Stott, who works in MLS and is, in my opinion, one of the best referees in the league, to do the game.

Anyway, ebough from me. Mark Masters has just gone to do some searching out with the officiating crew. The gold medal game is coming up in 15 minutes, although kick-off may be delayed to give them more warm-up time after this game here went late. Coaches have finally cleared off, so the warm-up can properly get underway. I'll be right back after I go search out a bathroom.

Dylan