Quote: in this particular situation, I think a forward's job is as much to deny the keeper control of the ball (thereby denying the opportunity to punt it out and keeping her own team's scoring opportunities alive) as it is to actually control the ball herself.
Of course this means it is the keepers job to deny the controlling contact with the ball to the fwd. I wold have rather seen her come in for the kick and deliver a blow to the fwd rather than get pommeled because she thought the fwd would pull up rather than run her down, but as we have already said it could have been played better and one should never trust the opponent to do the safe thing because they are not thinking about safety at that point (not saying they should, a stiker is a striker because they see ball/net and think score). Oh and never ever trust the ref to save the day! Just be happy when they do becuase next time it will be the other guy/gal they save not you
