Breakers at Independence - 8/29 - 6:00pm - FSC

I would attend. I might also be interested in a MTR ticket if you have one.

 

Should be a whale of a game. I am glad it is the FSC game of the week!

 

yes!!!!!!!!!!

 

In a wonderfully strange game Boston won 2-1 getting a great goal from Stephanie Cox and a penalty kick from Kelly Smith who endured a barrage of cheap shots from Jen Buczkowski and Holmfridur Magnusdottir which the referee ignored. Mucho kudos to Alyssa Naeher who continues to shine in goal.
Nice 3 points to leave with!

 

3 pts are always welcome

The Independence are certainly a bunch of hacks, and got away with way too much. But, the Breakers were fortunate to have the PK called, on replay it could easily have been called outside the box.

A strange game, yes. No real flow for either team. Not enough flank play, lots up the middle, lots of pinball plays. Two of the prettier plays the whole game were the 2 goals disallowed for offside.

 

I quite agree that it is a strange game which the Breakers were lucky to come up on top.
The first gaol was to me a goalkeeper's mistake. LeBlanc was standing way too much to one side leaving a large part of the goal on her right unprotected. She did not even react to Cox's shot. Then the foul which resulted in the penalty was clearly committed outside the penalty box.
I know referees are difficult to find but surely for the sake of women's soccer, we need to have better ones. One can see that the referee lost some control of the game after his too many doubtful calls which got tempers flying and players playing way too rough unnecessarily. The referees are there not only to enforce the rules but also to protect the players from being injured by rough play.
I think the Philies played quite well at times and managed to penetrate Breakers defence to create good chances for goal which they managed to score only once.
Whereas the Breakers were unable to break down Philies defence. They need better ideas on how to do it from the players if not from the coach.
Luckily the Philies relied too heavily on Lindsey, which is never my favorite midfield player. After her replacement, the Philies were playing much quicker, with much better moves and commitment. I was bitting my fingers hoping the Breakers could hold on to their slim lead to the end. Well, congratulations to the girls in blue jerseys but hope they can play with more creativity next time.

 

Hi Crazy. I agree. I was surprised that the ref didn't card her. If he calls that foul (pk or not) he has to card her. Last defender back. Clear denial of goal scoring opportunity. Obvious card & Philly down to 10.

Who had the pass to Cheney right b/f the PK call?

And Layman, I agree, the ref did not have control of the game & it started to get pretty chippy. That's Philly's MO, though. But he could have blown the whistle a couple more times & given out another card or two (which were called for) and everyone would have kept their heads. I'm surprised Frida finished the game--she should have had a yellow for shoving Smith out of bounds. As I said in the main pbp thread, Smith usually takes her revenge (ie commits a silly, reckless card-able foul of her own) when she keeps getting hit. She didn't last night, which was good for Boston.

And Boston really misses Osborne.

 

Thanks. I thought that might be who sent the pass but all those ponytails blend sometimes. Even for me, a huge Tarpley fan.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I agree it should have been a card and a send-off, and Philly lucked out, just think that awarding the PK was questionable, but I'll take it!

 

I just saw the tape and I thought the set play was one of the coolest I have ever seen - maybe Tony read a book on soccer

 

From hanging out in the Referee Forum, I would say no. Since the foul on Cheney took place before she could settle or control the ball, there's a case to be made that this is not an OBVIOUS goal-scoring opportunity. Hence no DOGSO (Denial of Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity)

The Ref's Forum is pretty neat and some of you may want to post your comments about questionable calls there sometime especially when there's a video clip available (as there is here). You'll get to hear some perspective from actual referees.

 

I think it was a cautionable offense as a reckless challenge with not even an attempt to or possibilty of playing the ball, which would have been her 2nd yellow resulting in dismissal. Never thought it should be a straight red for DOGSO.

 

Ah, now that sounds reasonable, too! Whether one of us pops the question over in the Ref Forum or not, this is definitely the kind of thing they talk about over there.

 

As a ref, I already spend way too much time talking to other refs. But thanks for the offer......