Soccer more interesting with illegal MMA moves added
Just hours after Elizabeth Lambert became a viral video hit on the internet, New Mexico women’s soccer coach Kit Vela…
Just hours after Elizabeth Lambert became a viral video hit on the internet, New Mexico women’s soccer coach Kit Vela announced that Lambert would be suspended indefinitely. Not only was she suspended from play until further notice, Elizabeth Lambert is not allowed to practice with the team.
Elizabeth Lambert issued an apology for her behavior. She stated: “I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. I take full responsibility for my actions and accept any punishment felt necessary. This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player that I am. I am sorry to my coaches and teammates for any and all damages I have brought upon them.
“I am especially sorry to BYU and the BYU women’s soccer players that were personally affected by my actions. I have the utmost respect for the BYU women’s soccer program and its players.”
Apologies aside, Lambert’s behavior on the soccer field was tantamount to a martial arts/rugby blend, wholly oblivious to soccer’s no purposeful bodily contact rules. Which kind of makes her apology and her line about “utmost respect” seemingly disingenuous. Chicago Sun-Times sports reporter Kyle Foster likened her play to MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). A list of the things Elizabeth Lambert did to the Brigham Young soccer team includes: punches to the small of her opponents’ backs, taking out other defenders at the knees, pulling the ponytail of one Brigham Young defender so hard and quick she hit the ground (and remained there for more than a few seconds), elbows to ribs, and purposefully slamming into her opponents. If that was her emotions getting “the best of [her] in a heated situation,” then her “situation” lasted the entire game.