The below clip is making the rounds for very obvious reasons. It shows a University of New Mexico female soccer player going absolutely ballistic during a match against BYU. What amazes me about this video isn’t necessarily the thrashing that she imparts during the game, which is certainly brutal in and of itself. Rather, I’m more amazed by the lack of action on the part of: 1) her teammates/coaches; and 2) the referees. Clearly, her coaches not only condoned the behavior but, given their blatant inaction, may have also directed her to act in that fashion. I mean, any normal coach would rip that girl out of the game after the second violent infraction, so it stands to reason that the coaches were more than just OK with her behavior. And her teammates deserve plenty of blame as well, for any one of them worth their salt would’ve intervened to shut her down.
Regarding the referee, he or she should be suspended a couple weeks at the very least. In my opinion, I’d say this person doesn’t deserve to ref ever again. This isn’t simply a case of missing a few calls; this ref was completely asleep at the switch, allowing this nutjob to run rampant over her opponents and put several BYU players at risk of serious injury. It’s not just a bad game for this referee, it’s one of the worst cases of successive misjudgment that I’ve ever witnessed as a long time player/fan of several sports. And it’s totally unacceptable. We all have bad days at the office, but this goes well beyond that.
She was playing the mormans though eddy….
I did like the point to the scoreboard at the end!