2 Down, 12 To Go

FIFA has announced that it has dropped referees Graham Poll, who gave a Croatian player two yellow cards, then let him hang around long enough to get a third, and Valentin Ivanov, who was at the helm of the Portugal v. Netherlands catastrophe. However, among FIFA's remaining 12 refs, is Markus Merk, who had a public spat with Australian keeper Harry Kewell, then awarded Ghana the phantom penalty against the U.S.