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Hannah Fox |
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September 29 |
Provo |
This card followed the issue of a caution for dissent, however, it is not for a second caution. Because the language was both loud and abusive, the red card was shown without a second yellow. The report follows:
In the first half, I called two fouls against MV that occurred against #10 of Provo. One was for tripping and the other for pushing. In both cases she went to the ground. After the second foul, I spoke with #10 in which I indicated that I suspected that she might be diving to embellish the foul. I told her that I was watching and that if she was diving she needed to stop.
In the second half, in the 57th minute of play, she was trying to play around a MV player. There was contact, but #10 then launched herself to the ground. I did not signal a foul. I was not 100% sure that the contact constituted a foul, and based upon previous play, as described above, I allowed the play to continue. #10 questioned my no-call, so I replied, as I followed play, that I judged her going to the ground to be a dive. She ran after me yelling about my not calling the foul. As the ball was cleared back to her team, the dissent was so vocal that I stopped play and issued her a yellow card. She then yelled, "You're and idiot!" We were standing in the center circle at this time. Upon her yelling at me that I was an idiot, I issued a direct red card for abusive language. I turned to leave her vicinity and she followed me again yelling, "You're full of shit!" I continued to try to leave her proximity and headed toward my linesman, Tim McCarthy. #10 continued to pursue me, yelling. However, at this point, I do not remember what she actually said, as I was just trying to create space between us. I then saw the Provo coach and loudly requested that he come and get his player away from me.
I'm not sure why his reaction was (or seemed) so delayed. To me it seemed like a long time. I changed my direction and started towards him and yelled again for him to get her away from me. I'm not completely sure whether it was after this second request, or if it required a third before he finally called to her to stop. She did not immediately stop. She followed me wherever I went.
Finally the coach actually came onto the field. I asked him (I'm sure my voice was not under control at this point.) to take care of her. He did finally get her to stop pursuing me. Then he stood with me (instead of accompanying her off the field) and engaged me. I kept asking him to just go take care of his player. He seemed to linger with me for a long time. As I turned to leave, because the conversation with him seemed futile, he parted with a dissent, so I issued him a yellow card, as well. |
