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Originally Posted by pnoon

The yellow to Howard was a stupid call. The match report said it was for delaying the restart. How do you penalize someone, in that situation, for delaying their own free kick? Especially when the referee was trying to disperse the angry mob. A quick restart was never gonna happen. Puzzling.

I didn't see the game - US v Mexico broadcast here? lol

However, from FIFA interpretations, if Howard was instructed to restart the match, and then dawdled, I can see why, even if there were other problems, he was given the card, although it might have been a dumb call.