>> Who said female athletes can't be cheap shot artists? Who said soccer
>> isn't a combat sport? Who said hot chicks can't throw sucker punches?
>> Here's a video highlight of yesterday's NCAA women's soccer game
>> between BYU and New Mexico. Smash-mouth soccer at its finest:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEobeNfGcc

>> The thing is, that one chick from New Mexico would have got arrested
>> for assault if she did this off the soccer field.

> I refereed soccer for twenty years; usually in NCAA games, the ref should
> already know quite a bit about such players.  What is shown in this brief
> clip could get the ref grounded.  The sweeper should have been ejected,
> but she should not have been allowed to think that she could act in the
> manner depicted.  Such blatant fouls do not usually occur early in the
> game.

> The problem is that the ref must establish control early so that the fouls
> do not escalate late in the game.  If the players see that they can get
> away with more minor fouls, they will continue to see how violent they can
> get. Soccer is a rough sport but what is seen in this clip is very
> unusual.  I blame the ref (and Canada and GW).