To be fair, I am not sure the exact rule...............b/c the foul started just outside the big box.......but the American continued to push the Mexican player over the line into the big box.............a ref can be payed off............and yes..........regardless of time of possession.......beauty of play, etc.......the only real stat........that determines a tie or a winner is the score.......which is why there is a famous saying in soccer...................esp.......that the best team doesn't always win.............sometimes the ball crosses the line.......in a rickocet type of effect......like a pinball........with so many legs around there......and with the ball traveling up to 200 mile an hour sometimes..........with effect.........u never know where it will go.................

In a general sense......i pretty much KNOW that there is cheating.......the hq is in Switzerland........which does not have all that much as a soccer history.....England would make sense.............it is where the modern game started............the Premiership of England is considered the world's top soccer league...........again, why Switzerland.......??  Money....Swiss banks......... the refs in FIFA.......like the NBA.......do not make close to what the players make AND they get criticized a lot..............so someone is giving them extra money..........if and only if they call stuff a certain way..........i am not naive...........

Matchday Live - 2002 Mexico vs. USA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OPPaDcu50M