fromaleftwing.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
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ESPN ran a story about a recent match between BYU and New Mexico's women's teams which has become infamous for the elbows-to-the-ribs and ponytail-yank antics of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert. Fans of the sport are groaning, because this is what it takes to get a non-Olympics/World Cup/WPS ...
golobos.com - 16 days ago
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golobos.com —
Nov. 6, 2009 University of New Mexico head
women's soccer coach Kit Vela announced today that junior
defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely for her actions in Thursday's match against BYU in the semifinals of the Mountain West ...
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New Mexico Women's Soccer Player Suspended Indefinitely
fromaleftwing.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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fromaleftwing.blogspot.com —
Watch this interview with a local reporter (Jared
Lloyd/Desert News) who covered this match. He points out
that the "refs allowed" for a "physical game" - and offers a well informed perspective on the tone of the game (explaining New Mexico 's use of ...
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ESPN does an ACTUAL story about the New Mexico/BYU match
sports.espn.go.com - 16 days ago
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New Mexico women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has
been suspended indefinitely after engaging in rough play --
including hauling an opposing player to the ground by her pony tail -- in the Lobos' 1-0 loss to BYU in the Mountain West Conference ...
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Elizabeth Lambert of New Mexico Lobos women's soccer ...
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And finally, they throw you out of the soccer bloggers club if you don't post this video. If you're one of the three people in the country who have yet to see this check it out:
For perspective, here's the view of Los Angeles feminist soccer blogger Jennifer Doyle.
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... creativity sufficient to justify the effort? This is where Wenger’s problem starts, because he cannot cultivate artistic football without promising something at the end of it.”
There was some hot FA Cup action this weekend too, and twohundredpercent.net gives a good breakdown of what the press managed to pick up on.
Jennifer Doyle at From a Left Wing takes on ESPN’s coverage of that terribly refereed New Mexico v. BYU college soccer game.
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... Of course I'd be remiss to not mention the Professor, who had not one but two posts on the topic. First she did a rundown of the event with some videos of tough female soccer players. Then she ...
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unprofessionalfoul.com 16 days ago — Women’s College Soccer doesn’t get a lot of publicity, well, anywhere. Especially not the conference tournament semifinal of the Mountain West Conference (apologies to all international readers; it’s complicated). But, when a one-woman wrecking crew like Elizabeth Lambert ...
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They say that girls can be a lot crueler then boys and it’s no lie if you saw the highlights on ESPN of the college women’s soccer match between New Mexico and BYU yesterday. Defender Elizabeth Lambert of New Mexico seemed to be playing the wrong sport as she tackled, punched, ...
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The women's soccer semifinals of the Mountain West Conference between he Brigham Young Cougars and New Mexico Lobos featured such bad sportsmanship that it made ESPN SportsCenter. One dirty shot by Lobos defender Elizabeth Lambert may singlehandedly revive interest in the Dorothy Hamill haircut ...
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Elizabeth Lambert A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4630382) for the wrong reasons. Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended indefinitely Friday for her infractions the day before ...