Another point of view...
There were numerous cards given, 2 to Lancaster and 4 to Clover.
1st half: Clover goalie looses control of ball after shot on goal. The keeper is crawling and reaching to regain control. Lancaster player touches the ball into the goal from 3 yards out. Goal. A keeper on the ground crawling amoung 3 or 4 players kicking at the ball is in all likelyhood not going to escape unscathed.
2nd half: Clover forward jumps over the Lancaster goalie to avoid colliding with her but clips her in the forehead with her shoe, Clover girl carded. Lancaster keeper leaves game but returns shortly.
The incident that sent the girl to the hospital was a Lancaster corner with five minutes left in regulation. The ball dropped in front of the goal and was knocked around quite a few times before slipping through to the keeper on the goaline. Most of both teams players were in the penalty area with the majority of them right in front of the goal. Every player within the goal area was fighting for the ball. The referee did not see what happened that caused the injury. Just too many bodies and too much going on to make a destinction.
This game was a very physical game by both teams. One team was not dirtier or more physical than the other. The thing I did notice was Clover seemed to be the team questioning every call and non call especially in the 2nd half, and that was something their coach should have handled. Lancaster, on the other hand, seemed to be playing hard and keeping their mouths shut. Perhaps in the end that was the biggest difference in this game.
I think all of the Clover faithful would love to know where the magic "4th" card has come from. And the clover keeper had TOTAL control of the ball and the lancaster forward kicked at the ball and then proceded to stomp on the clover goalie and then the ball went in. There was no scramble for the ball and neither was it 3 yards out. And if you are so worried about one goalie, it would be nice for you to check on the other goalie as well.
I think it is unprofessional for you to have made some of the comments that you have made. You don't "believe" she was slammend? Yes, AND she was threatened and it was overheard by another player. I am glad the game was called as a referee's job is for the game not to get out of hand and at this point had already happened. Not to mention the previous week that clover played them. Yes we got 6 cards.....he was handing them out like candy (guess he was hungry) for ridiculous reasons, like one girl didn't say anything, one girl pulled a jersey(but so did the other team), one girl wanted to ask a question and the ref threatened her with a yellow card and one girl got carded for talking to herself!!!
IMO, it is what several have said. It was a skilled team playing against a unskilled team. I am all for referees when it is called far down the middle. But the last time I had seen that was when Hurst, George, and Ed refereed Clover's scrimmage against Nationford, lol.
