OT: Women's Soccer BYU vs UNM Girl is CRRRAAZZZZYYY
Here is the video:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4628040&categoryid=null
As someone who played soccer for over 10 years I'm appalled by the play of the NMSU player. There is only one sport where her actions should be acceptable: Boxing, MMA and other variants.
This is disgraceful.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:15 PM ^
Don't worry, they shook hands after Danny Hope introduced them to one another.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:05 PM ^
"Ban this girl..she obsiously has more issues than the Enquirer..so beyond the soccer. "your're not in middle school anynore", Dorothy..if if you want to pick fights go to Oakland, CA or Ohio! you may just get more than you bargained for. Soccer has a higher standard...you're a low-life!"
OAKLAND OR OHIO!
November 6th, 2009 at 4:47 PM ^
For risking life, limb and sanity and went to the ESPN message board. You, my man, are one brave, brave soul. Kudos to you!
November 6th, 2009 at 5:17 PM ^
If I could count on action like this.
But I always wanted to know: How do soccer players know to just lie there when they get the slightest contact? That always bothered me. The woman got her pony-tail pulled. She wasn't shot.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:50 PM ^
Soccer is definitely the most under-officiated game in the world. The only sure way to draw the one referee's attention is to be super-dramatic about every tiny bit of contact, especially on plays away from the ball. It's responsible for all of the ridiculous flopping and candyass grab-shin-and-roll acting that happens at every level of the game. It works, and consequently they go so far as to emphasize it in practices. Much like MLB and replay, soccer stubbornly refuses to add officials, and the quality of play suffers. Until this is fixed Soccer will continue to be a laughingstock to Americans, whose other major sports usually have 5-6 officials and sometimes instant replay to make sure calls get done right (not that it always works, but at least we try).
November 6th, 2009 at 7:09 PM ^
I think you are correct about the over exaggerated flopping and the European-esque hand gestures seen after fouls.
However, just my e-pinion, I think soccer is a more physically demanding sport than baseball. I don't share the same sentiment when it comes to soccer being a laughing stock.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:13 PM ^
"However, just my e-pinion, I think soccer is a more physically demanding sport than baseball. I don't share the same sentiment when it comes to soccer being a laughing stock."
There is absolutely no doubt about that. Soccer players have to run the length of a football field + 10 yards for 90 minutes with only a 20 minute break (or so) for halftime. Comparatively, every sport, with the exception of basketball and Aussie Rules Football, looks like golf.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:15 AM ^
I should have added, baseball also has double headers. Other sports cannot do that because the level of play will drop off significantly because players are beat after one game.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:38 PM ^
At some point it's the coach's responsibility to get a player out of the game when they've become a liability. She had at least 3 fouls that should have drawn an automatic red card and forced New Mexico to be a player down in a competitive game. No excuse for these types of actions, but it should have been clear to the sideline that she was doing the team more harm than good.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:39 PM ^
That chick reminds me of my buddy's girlfriend. Always whooping on him and getting all rough.
Wait, that was my girlfriend.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:50 PM ^
she doesn't even have big boobs. Why are you wasting my time?
November 6th, 2009 at 6:51 PM ^
...for putting that up. Sad to say but that really made my day.
Maybe we should grab some Purdue hair.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:01 PM ^
that Bob Probert has an illegitimate daughter living in New Mexico.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:20 PM ^
As someone posted, she was suspended. She said her emotions
got to her in the game, I guess it was sociopathic rage.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:24 AM ^
Ouch. Apparently I made a very disgusting comment. I am really sorry about that. I was trying to be funny and going for shock value, and I ended up being offensive. Plus it is rather disrespectful toward women and Mormons, the area where the two groups overlap notwithstanding. I am really sorry for upsetting anyone.