PBP: 2019 NWSL Week 8 Discussion

Speaking of predictions for the WWC, are there going to be any contests for match scores predictions or bracket challenges? Here's looking at you @Soccerhunter .

 

Carson Pickett seems to be a pretty cool person. I was impressed when she was called for the hand ball vs. NC, she did not hestitate to point out to the ref that she does not have a hand.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear Pride jerseys. @Cars_Pickett16 | #BiggerThanSoccer pic.twitter.com/XwykT4s8Ug

— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) April 15, 2019

 

Did it really happen? A ref must be quite ill-advised to make such a call! At which minutes of the match was that? I'd like to watch the scene.

 

I think it was around the 56th minute, but I haven’t pulled it up to check. IMO the ball made contact with her arm well below the shoulder and so she was called for the foul.

 

Found it, thank you: it was more or less where you had said, at 55th something.

 

I looked at the Pickett "handball." It does look like to me that she played the ball with her arm -- so I guess it's an "armball."

Maybe in the name of exactitude we should change the rulebook to call the foul an "upper appendage ball" rather than a handball.

Anyway, she argued her point with some heat -- and it is a good point.

 

I've had refs explain to coaches that the Laws of the Game say "handling" rather than "handball."

But I just looked it up. There's a section on "handling the ball," but it says a direct free kick is awarded for "handball."