I saw a keeper carded and a PK awarded in one of our games early in the season for the same sort of thing. Granted, I was on the far end of the field, but all I saw was her coming out hard for a 50/50. The call was in my team's favor, but even my forwards said later that they weren't sure why she was carded. Later in the same game, my keeper came out and slid for a ball...the ball bounced out, the attacker continued through, and my keeper took a shot to the ribs that left her curled up on a little ball on the field. No call, no stoppage of play, and a subsequent shot on an open goal that won the game while she was still laid out on the turf.
Can we get a ruling on a keeper's rights to come out and get the ball from someone with authority? In a one-on-one, I've always taught my keepers to come out and take the ball before the attacker can take the easy shot...it concerns me, though, when I see keepers carded for doing just that, and not being protected from attackers who try to plow through regardless of the keeper's possession of the ball.