Many soccer fans saw one of the hardest and best fought battles in
women's soccer on Monday. The game, for fans, was full of emotions.
Christien Sinclair put Canada
in the lead three times, with Rapinoe answering twice and Wambach
equalizign the score with a controversial penalty kick ten minutes
before the end of the game. The boiling point came when Morgan put the
ball into the next in extra time, ensuring a US berth in the final
against Japan.
Emotions ran high after the game and the
Canadian women told the Norwegian referree, Christiana Pedersen, that
she must be wearing a USA uniform, when considering made some of the
calls made during the game.
One of the most controversial calls
was a time delay call against Canada's keeper, which resulted in a free
kick just outside the box. The subsequent Rapinoe free kick resulted in a
handball and a penalty kick, which Abby Wambach
easily sank in the net. One of the allegations was that one of the US
players had counted the seconds out loud, influencing the referee. Full story @allvoices.com
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