Fighting Through Adversity
It will go down as one of the greatest World Cup matches in history, both men’s and women’s. Number 1 in the world United States vs. the 3rd ranked Brazilian squad with goal scoring machine Marta. The United States went up 1-0 on a Brazilian own goal less than two minutes into the game. The game went without another goal until U.S. defenseman Rachel Buehler was called for a foul in the box on Marta, given a red card, and sent off. Here is when things got messy for the head referee and the U.S. team. The penalty called was certainly not clear cut. Although the red card had to have been shown if the foul was given, considering Marta had a clear path to the goal, the foul could just
