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Warning, actual soccer discussion.
I re-watched the USWNT vs. Japan final of the She Believes Cup the other night with DD. The incident when Japan's Mina Tanaka (#15) gets beat by Lindsey Horan, and then reaches out to grab a big handful of jersey causing Lindsey to fall and then Mina to fall on top of her reminded me of something that has bugged me for a while. When a defender gets beat by an offensive player and then uses a jersey tug from behind to bring down the offensive player, I think it should be a straight red card. If the defender is not fast enough to catch the offensive player, too bad. The soccer part of the interaction already happened and the defender got beat. The defender's only recourse should be to work hard to get back into a position to play soccer, not resort to American football tactics. Soccer is a low scoring game as it is, when a defender gets beat by an offensive player let that create a goal scoring opportunity.
I re-watched the USWNT vs. Japan final of the She Believes Cup the other night with DD. The incident when Japan's Mina Tanaka (#15) gets beat by Lindsey Horan, and then reaches out to grab a big handful of jersey causing Lindsey to fall and then Mina to fall on top of her reminded me of something that has bugged me for a while. When a defender gets beat by an offensive player and then uses a jersey tug from behind to bring down the offensive player, I think it should be a straight red card. If the defender is not fast enough to catch the offensive player, too bad. The soccer part of the interaction already happened and the defender got beat. The defender's only recourse should be to work hard to get back into a position to play soccer, not resort to American football tactics. Soccer is a low scoring game as it is, when a defender gets beat by an offensive player let that create a goal scoring opportunity.