God... I played soccer my whole life and I never saw anything that blatantly rough. That girl needs to chill. Behavior like that is only used as desperation (i.e. if the b*tch was more skilled, she wouldn't have to do sh*t like that).

As great as the hair-pull was, the nonchalant "oh, I'm just kicking this loose ball -- I didn't realize your face was right there" was still my favorite.

How blind do the refs have to be to allow this shiat to happen?

I saw about 3-4 instant red cards in that video clip.

Emrick: That reffing crew should be suspended too.

I'd settle for a public trip to LensCrafters covered by the media. The embarrassment alone would be worth it.

markyp09: The first punch was fine because the girl blatantly elbowed her in the stomach. The other stuff was unwarranted...but hot. I wonder if she'd be down for some farking and Punching.

{Madeline Zima pic}



Well played.

Bow chicka wow wow

Crewmannumber6: Screw that, let 'em play. Theere's all kinds of dirty little tricks that go unnoticed. Earlier this year at a Univ. of Cincinnati game 2 players raced for a ball heading for the touch line. Knowing neither the center ref nor the linesman could see as they both went over the touch line the UC player threw an open hand shot right into the other guys solar plexus.

/it's a rougher game than most realize

It is a rough game. I've played for about seven years before an injury sidelined me. There is a difference in playing rough when the game is going on. Hard tackles, pushing, shoving, and such are a part of the game. I busted my forehead open once because someone headbutted me during a corner kick. We were both going for the ball, and his head was just harder than my head. That kind of roughness is fine.

What this girl did is not part of the game. She has issues and does not belong in any team sports.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: joyride75: This girl is one or two hissy fits away from boiling rabbits.



'Dan.....'

I never touched her

nopokerface: toilet engineer: God... I played soccer my whole life and I never saw anything that blatantly rough. That girl needs to chill. Behavior like that is only used as desperation (i.e. if the b*tch was more skilled, she wouldn't have to do sh*t like that).

I bet she gets to chill the rest of the season.

I hope so. That's completely out of hand. I'm down for rough and aggressive play, but what she did was totally unsportsmanlike. People who tried to pull dirty sh*t on me just got it handed right back to them when I took the ball away from them every single time. Good players don't have to revert to dirty play.

I know, I sound like a pansy, but it's true.

Oh_Enough_Already: B) This just goes to show what a punch of absolute pansies 99.9% of male soccer players are - pro or amateur - when they fall down and faint every time an opposing player so much as breathes on them.

I think they're going to start getting tougher on diving because everyone in the world is seeing it as a problem these days. That sh*t is just as bad as being too dirty, IMOH.

I was a keeper all the way through college. I know that rough play is a expected out of my position (especially on corners or set pieces) but I have never seen anything that blatant last an entire game - keeper or field player alike.

Defenders like that drive a keeper nuts. I'm all for aggressive play, but for crying out loud, if I were her keeper and getting pelted by free kicks for an entire game we'd have to have a few words.

You usually only get one or two of those moments before someone notices. Where were the refs during this? If ESPN can create a highlight package from a womens soccer game you've got to think someone saw that as it was happening.

/ would not want to be her during the film review
// wait, do girls' teams have film review?
/// divers are an abomination to the sport. Heading the ball must create an inner ear/balance issue ;)

Soccer with catfights is interesting.

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