Soccer, American Woman Style

[Josquius]

I blame the referee, he should have gotten control over the game. From my own experience with coaching womens rugby I figured out that girls relish the opportunity to do violence. They love it. Team sports lets them get away with it. Because I'm big they think I don't feel pain, so they feel fully justified in full contact against me when we mix the teams for touch. Then when they have the ball they stick their tits out in full knowledge that I won't touch-tackle them there.

But still, I blame the ref here. He let them get away with it.

...I...have to play with you guys sometime.

[Viking]

...I...have to play with you guys sometime.

You are welcome any time. Talk to your Erasmus adviser about NTNU in trondheim.

[MadImmortalMan]

In both of the blatant ones, the BYU chick actually "hit" first---sorta passive-aggressive. The punch was in retaliation for an elbow jab and the hair-yank came as the other chick was grabbing at her shorts and pulling them. No excuse, obviously.

[PDH]

In both of the blatant ones, the BYU chick actually "hit" first---sorta passive-aggressive. The punch was in retaliation for an elbow jab and the hair-yank came as the other chick was grabbing at her shorts and pulling them. No excuse, obviously.

BYU, men and women's teams, deserve to be beaten up and butt-raped all the time. I think the UNM girl should get a medal.

[DGuller]

When I first clicked the link, I thought you were talking about 1:0 score, which would also be an accurate description of American woman soccer style.

[dps]

I saw that earlier today. Very vicious. In men's soccer in Europe she would have gone off with a red card after two or three of theses actions. She better gets a 10+ game suspension.

Yeah, I saw this earlier and couldn't believe that all she got was a yellow card.  But as Berkut said, the officials can only call what they see.  And given how bad the officiating is, even at the pro level, in American-style football and in baseball--the sports most Americans actually care about--I can only imagine how bad it must be in college-level women's soccer.

[jimmy olsen]

Damn, hardcore.

[Syt]

That's why women should never play when they have their period.

[The Brain]

She is so forceful and dominant.

[Josquius]

Oh, and to the video: The referee sucks

[Iormlund]

This is why Americans suck at soccer. You're not supposed to fight. You're supposed to take a dive any time anyone gets near you.

Actually there's a lot of pushing, pulling, elbowing and the like in soccer. The thing is, you have to be subtle about it. This chick looks as if she's lost control, which is something you don't want to happen to one of your players.

[Ed Anger]

http://deadspin.com/5400583/girls-soccer-is-now-the-ultimate-combat-sport

Video is HOTT.

[Berkut]

You know what is odd?

I officiate high school football and basketball - and I see a lot more fights or near fights in basketball than I do in football.

I wonder if the fact that football is so violent during play makes it less likely to have a fight - you can just take it out on the guy in the course of play?

[Admiral Yi]

You know what is odd?

I officiate high school football and basketball - and I see a lot more fights or near fights in basketball than I do in football.

I wonder if the fact that football is so violent during play makes it less likely to have a fight - you can just take it out on the guy in the course of play?

I would think that a large part of it is that punching a helmet hurts.

[Berkut]

You know what is odd?

I officiate high school football and basketball - and I see a lot more fights or near fights in basketball than I do in football.

I wonder if the fact that football is so violent during play makes it less likely to have a fight - you can just take it out on the guy in the course of play?

I would think that a large part of it is that punching a helmet hurts.

True - it is funny to watch though.