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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...hts/index.html
American players were counting out loud next to the referee, which likely influenced Pedersen to make the call.
"I had gotten to 10 seconds counting out loud next to the referee,'' Wambach said. "And at 10 seconds she blew the whistle, and I think it was a good call. Yes, it's uncharacteristic for that call to be made in a soccer game, but the rules are the rules.''
"Here's the thing - we needed a goal,'' Wambach added. "They're trying to waste time, and I'm trying to speed it up. You can say it's gamesmanship, you can say it's smart, but I'm a competitor and I want to get the ball back at our feet.''
Cheap tactics, although within the rules. Just a ######bag thing to do though.
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Have no problem with what Wambach did, they needed a goal, the Ref should have warned the keeper and/or told Wambach to shut up and play.