Benito Armando Archundia Téllez (born March 21, 1966) is a Mexican is a football referee. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many Sports Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles including referee He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football)
He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his FIFA referee permission since 1993. His first fixture as an international referee was the 1994 match between USA and Greece. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United States men's national soccer team is the national Soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer
He is regarded as one of the top referees in the world, having officiated in five matches during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including one of the semi-finals. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament He was also the referee in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship final match between São Paulo FC and Liverpool FC. The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament held in Japan between 11 December and 18 December 2005 and won by São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo, founded Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England.
Besides being a referee, Archundia is a lawyer and economist. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics.
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World Cup 2006
Archundia made his first World Cup appearance in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and refereed a total of five matches, equaling the most number of matches by an individual referee (along with Argentina's Horacio Elizondo). Sporting competitions named World Cup include FIFA World Cup (men's football(soccer FIFA Women's World Cup (women's football(soccer The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (born November 4,1963 in Quilmes) is a former Argentine international football referee best known for his His final game was the semi-final between Germany and Italy, and he was widely praised for an excellent job in controlling the match[1]. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition In general he was the most lenient referee at the 2006 World Cup, giving out an average of only 3 cards per game (the lowest of any referee at the competition)[2].
Controversies
Archundia has officiated two matches involving the Canada national soccer team where he made controversial decisions during the final minutes. The Canadian men's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and represents Canada in international competitions at the senior
The first controversy occurred during a World Cup qualifier between Canada and Honduras played in Edmonton on September 4, 2004. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The Canadian men's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and represents Canada in international competitions at the senior Records versus other nations As of 10 September, 2008 Percentages Win = 159/374 (42 Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. With Canada leading 1-0 in the 86th minute, Canada defender Mark Watson appeared to trip David Suazo in the penalty area. The Canadian men's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and represents Canada in international competitions at the senior Mark Stewart Watson (born September 8, 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional Soccer player who has earned the Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979 in San Pedro Sula) is Archundia awarded a penalty kick which Amado Guevara converted to tie the score. Amado Guevara (born May 2, 1976 in Tegucigalpa) is a Honduran football Midfielder, who currently plays for Canadian Replays show that Mark Watson did not actually make contact with David Suazo on the play. Mark Stewart Watson (born September 8, 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional Soccer player who has earned the Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979 in San Pedro Sula) is [3] One minute later, Olivier Occean appeared to score a second goal for Canada, but Archundia whistled the play dead after calling a foul against Occean for a dangerous high kick. Olivier Occean (born October 23, 1981 in Brossard, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Soccer player who currently plays for Following the decision, manager Frank Yallop and several Canada players argued that the foul call was erroneous. Frank Walter Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a former English - Canadian professional footballer The Canadian men's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and represents Canada in international competitions at the senior [4] The Canadians felt aggrieved following the draw, believing that they should have been entitled to a victory.
A second controversy involving Archundia occurred during the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final between the United States and Canada played in Chicago on June 21, 2007. The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF The Canadian men's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and represents Canada in international competitions at the senior Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. With the United States leading 2-1 in stoppage time, Atiba Hutchinson appeared to score for Canada to tie the game in the dying seconds, but Archundia whistled the play dead for offside. Atiba Hutchinson (born on February 8, 1983, in Brampton Ontario) is a professional Canadian Soccer player who plays for F Replays appear to show Hutchinson in an onside position at the time of Patrice Bernier's pass, and that he received the ball only after it was played by American defender Oguchi Onyewu. Patrice "Bernie" Bernier (born September 23, 1979 in Montreal, Canada) is a French Canadian football player with FC Oguchialu Jacob "Oguchi" Onyewu or "Gooch" (born May 13, 1982 in Washington D [5] Moments later, Archundia called time while the Canadian players and staff argued the call.
Another controversy soon followed in the Copa América 2007 during the group stage match between Peru and Venezuela. The Copa América 2007 was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for South America. In the 62nd minute of the match, with Venezuela leading 1-0 and Peru playing down a man since the 14th minute, Peruvian forward Paolo Guerrero centers the ball just in front of the Venezuelan goal inside the goal area. Peruvian captain Claudio Pizarro and Venezuelan defender Hector Gonzalez raced to the ball. Pizarro appeared to have great opportunity to tap the ball past a sole defender on the goal line, however Gonzalez slid and swept the ball away, but not before taking Pizarro off his feet. Archundia refused to award the penalty and decided to play on, to the dismay of the commentators and several fans, who felt he missed the call. [6]
References
- ^ Football: Archundia refreshingly goes with the flow (The Independent) 2006.07.06
- ^ Switzerland v. Ukraine (BBC Sport)
- ^ Canada settles for draw after controversial calls (CBC Sports) 2004.09.06
- ^ Canada settles for draw after controversial calls (CBC Sports) 2004.09.06
- ^ Offside call denies Canada Gold Cup Final (TSN) 2007.06.22
- ^ Venezuela bajó de la nube a Perú (Univision-in Spanish) 2007.06.30
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