By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended after she was caught on video for pulling the hair and punching the players of the opposite team. Lambert is a junior at New Mexico University and plays in the position of defender in the womens’ soccer team. She is a student of University Studies and her main subject is Occupational Therapy. She has been suspended for an indefinite period. The captain of the team, Rachel Wiseheart said that it is understood that there would be some amount of knocking over and bruises in soccer, but Lambert’s actions were unforgivable and incomprehensible.

Lambert had resorted to the unsportsmanlike actions in the game against Brigham Young University. The video shows her pulling the hair, punching, obstructing and then knocking to the ground Kassidy Shumway of the opponent team. It is indeed surprising that she did not get shown a red card while the match was on, although she did get served a suspension sentence after the game was over. There was an outrage over her actions, calling them uncalled for and lacking in sportsman spirit. The general consensus was that though soccer is in fact a very physical game, there is no reason to get so carried away and resort to such base actions.

Lambert herself profusely apologized for her actions. She called her own actions uncalled for and took all the responsibility on herself. She said sorry for getting carried away in the spur of the moment. The surprising thing was that many female soccer players said that Lambert’s offense is quite common and that they hardly ever get caught and suspended.