Girls play dirty.....

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This stuff happens all the time in soccer. The acting job from the girl that gets decked is priceless. The video is strangely hypnotic. :)
 
LOL! The ponytail pull was just the topper of many incidents in the game for that player, and she only got a yellow card.
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I agree that soccer tends to be very chippy anyway, eg., punch in retaliation for an elbow, but the ponytail pull over the top, and crossed the line. She got carried away, but after she serves her suspension/penalty, IMO she should be allowed to play again.

Florida football player Spikes reached inside a face mask to gouge at an opponents eyes and was given 1/2 game suspension by the coach/SEC...a joke.
 
I don't mind a little rough housing in soccer, but one ref can never catch all that RED CARD stuff....what I really hate are men doing the dive. Not even B movie worthy.
 
It is true that in addition to being chippy, soccer does tend to bring the academy award performances, ie., taking a dive. Also true, and proven in this instance, that one official can't see an entire field. Perhaps something that needs to be considered for the future. Something basketball figured out by going to three officials.
 
I hate to say it - but more refs might actually be good for the game. Diving turns people off BIG TIME. Cheapens the sport considerably - especially for new fans in the USA trying to appreciate the game.
 
Soccer has three officials in the most standard configuration of a Center and two Linesmen. While the Center Ref has veto power, the Linesmen can call fouls. How much they call is usually dependent on their experience level.

Another configuration uses two center refs. While used at a lot of high school games, and for recreational leagues, it's frowned upon by the U.S.S.F., or at least was, when I was doing this a lot 15 years ago.

A lot of times, minor fouls are not called as they would adversely affect the tempo of the game. Conversely, some times it's appropriate to call everything to keep the game from getting out of hand. Unlike football or basketball, with soccer, unless it's a direct free kick foul in or near the box (in the box results in a penalty kick), the foul penalty usually doesn't have much impact on the game.
 
Now that I can open the video, I can definitly state that if I were officiating that game as center, and any of the three officials saw what #15 did, she would have been immediately red carded regardless of the lead up. If I were a league official, and saw that video and both infractions, that would have been #15's last soccer game in that league.

One thing I told my players as a coach was don't retaliate. The first action will draw the official's attention, and he or she will definitely see the retaliation and have to act on it.
 
...University of New Mexico junior defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely from the women's soccer team after her rough play during a match against BYU in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament.

She's a hack, and frustrated with her own lack of skill that she tries to dominate her opponents with stuff that doesn't even belong in any game.
 
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Quite obviously, the so called linespersons calling infractions didn't work out in this game and in many games (hs/college) that I have watched. I've rarely seen a linesperson call anything other than offside and out of bounds. They only showed two of many possible infractions that were ignored or missed. And also, apparently the retaliation theory which may be generally (not definitely) true, as evidenced by the punch to the cheap shot elbow, didn't apply here. And that is also proven because she was only given a yellow card for the ponytail pull.

Not justifying what she did, but if a football player can get a half game suspension for trying to gouge eyes through a face mask, then she deserves a second chance. I also think, at least another official on the field is something that should be studied.
 
This has a few more of her MMA takedowns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkiMBoa6Ffo

I've never seen any soccer player anywhere act like that. They would be tossed out for months.

Edit: She was banned:

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New Mexico women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely after engaging in rough play -- including hauling an opposing player to the ground by her pony tail -- in the Lobos' 1-0 loss to BYU in the Mountain West Conference semifinals.
 
She needs a sponsor to let her give the Charles Barkley speech.

"I'm paid to go out their and wreak havoc for 48 minutes. I am not a role model"
 
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This has a few more of her MMA takedowns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkiMBoa6Ffo

I've never seen any soccer player anywhere act like that. They would be tossed out for months.

Edit: She was banned:

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New Mexico women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely after engaging in rough play -- including hauling an opposing player to the ground by her pony tail -- in the Lobos' 1-0 loss to BYU in the Mountain West Conference semifinals.



When she became national news on ESPN, it was all over for her. The school had to suspend her indefinitely. The school didn't want to catch heat for keeping her especially over women's soccer. The University of Florida football player who tried to gouge out a dude's eye only got a half a game, there was uproar, so he decided to sit out the entire game.
 
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