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ghetto joe wrote:
> Getting juked by Maggie and busting your knee doesn't count as a foul
> ... oh wait, that wasn't you :-)
> Soccer is a contact sport, there's really nothing you can do about it if
> people aren't doing it on purpose, and I don't think they are. You can't
> tell people "don't go for the ball when I'm dribbling it" and I don't
> think you'd want anyone to tell you that, either. I've been knocked down
> kinda hard several times over the past couple months, including last
> Saturday, and didn't say anything cuz it's part of the game and shit
> happens. We can certainly encourage people not to be overly aggresive,
> but if I remember right your second time to the ground wasn't even a
> foul because the defender took the ball away first. I'm not trying to
> call you out, just pointing out that things like this can't be
> controlled and "sorry" might just have to cover it most of the time.

Yes, it is a contact sport, and yes it happens. In past groups I've
played with, the group was capable of self-policing and calling their
own fouls. I've watched blatant high kicks that barely missed a head out
here get pointed out by several people and no one stops.

As far as the second time I went down hard, the guy was on my left side
and swept across & hooked my right ankle. Yea, I bet the ball came with
it, he basically put a bar in front of my path.

That being said, if people think I'm asking too much, I can always find
another place to play.

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Sing your dreams, scream your song | you sleep" -- Flogging Molly



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