Mystery Train
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I know these are judgement calls, and there's always going to be room for some disagreement, but this came up on another thread and I wanted to get the opinions of you experienced refs on the forum.
Foul on Tierna Davidson at the 18 second mark in the video. Ref called a foul, gives a yellow. The close up angle shows that it's a studs-up challenge. Maybe the ref didn't see the cleats up, but even if not, this looks like a dangerous challenge and red-card worthy to me, even from the wide angle view because the player leaves her feet for the slide so early and from such a long distance from the player in possession. I thought so the instant I saw it, but I also was biased by already knowing that Davidson's ankle got broken on the play. Thoughts?
Foul on Tierna Davidson at the 18 second mark in the video. Ref called a foul, gives a yellow. The close up angle shows that it's a studs-up challenge. Maybe the ref didn't see the cleats up, but even if not, this looks like a dangerous challenge and red-card worthy to me, even from the wide angle view because the player leaves her feet for the slide so early and from such a long distance from the player in possession. I thought so the instant I saw it, but I also was biased by already knowing that Davidson's ankle got broken on the play. Thoughts?