We don't know New Mexico's Elizabeth Lambert personally, so we can't say whether or not she pulls any punches. But we do know that she just plain punches. And elbows. And pulls ponytails till the other player falls flat on her back.
Not that the BYU players didn't toss a few elbows, but Lambert went a little flagrant here. She's been suspended indefinitely and has gained such internet infamy that there are--wait for it --two Facebook pages in her honor (of the yay and boo variety, respectively).
In other Women's Soccer Violence news, here's a link to the brawl between two high school girls' soccer teams in Rhode Island.
As for Lambert, her oops-of-a-lifetime looked like this:
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Why is the hair pull video clipped to exclude the contact right before?
@Doug: Because that's normal in soccer. Throwing someone to the ground by their hair isn't. They also cut the part where #7 grimaced before elbowing Lambert in the chest. No excuses.
Wow. She has some agressions to work out in the gym. Punch a pillow lady! NOT THOSE PILLOWS!!
Doug said: "Why is the hair pull video clipped to exclude the contact right before?"
Which contact? You mean when #15 (the hair-puller) attacked #21, kicking and kneeing her, while the ball was five feet away? THAT contact? Or maybe you mean when #15 punched #11 in the back, in retaliation for some simple blocking?
Quit trying to defend #15, Doug, ... what she did HAS no defense.
She should be removed from the soccer team PERMANENTLY! Her scholarship revoked. This type of behavior should not be rewarded and SHOULD be punished. Im ashamed at people these days
Lambert's playing privileges should be restored immediately. Fouls are fouls. If the officials are not calling the provocations, the retaliations must also go uncalled for the sake of fair play. Why were elbows being thrown and shorts being pulled, and why is nobody screaming and demanding that those players be banned from playing? Please explain the difference between acceptable physical assaults and unacceptable physical assaults.
Lots of varied opinions on this video! Is it the nature of the offense that's made this a story or the fact that it was caught on video? Or both?
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