there's a lot of diving in soccer, but there's a lot of faking/exaggeration in basketball too...
anyways...
i've been a ref since 2000 and do a lot of div 1/2 mens games and high level youth/highschool. I was also an AR at the National Croatian Tournament last summer when it was in ohio for two quarter-final games and a semi-final (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian-N ... Tournament)
I am no where near the level of the refs at the world cup. In fact, there are ZERO US refs at the world cup. Many of my superiors have told me not to watch foreign refs because that is not how the federation (united states soccer federation) wants us to ref. Yet FIFA picks all non-US refs...apparently we're doing something wrong...
I didn't actually see the germany game this morning, but i saw a replay of the second yellow given to klose and it seemed legit to me. Especially since he already had one card, the ref is going to keep a closer eye on him.
I did watch the US game though, and the goal that wasn't...more than likely should have been...