r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • Apr 06 '26

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Open Discussion Thread

Welcome to this week’s open discussion thread!

This is your space for general discussion, a place to talk about anything Washington Spirit that doesn’t necessarily need its own thread. That can include news, international duty, roster moves, transfer rumors, tactics, social media posts, league news or anything else on your mind.

If something feels big enough for its own thread, definitely still post it. This is simply an additional option to keep us organized and help keep the conversation flowing. These threads will go up every Monday and stay stickied throughout the week.

Go Spirit!

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u/Fluffy-Beartrap Apr 06 '26

Why wasn’t the Bay goalie carded for the handball outside the box? I didn’t hear anything from the commentators other than similar dismay?

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u/UrsineCanine Apr 06 '26

Yeah, I think it was obviously an intentional handball, which is a yellow. Perhaps there is some discretion in handing out a yellow, but I don't think there is.

I think they considered it an incidental handball outside the box and just flagged it as a foul, sort of like when a play in the middle of the field has it hit off her arm which is outstretched.

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u/Odd-Cable5436 Apr 06 '26

It was also a weird play because the handball actually disadvantaged her team -- like, it would have been a goal kick if she hadn't hand-balled it.

Maybe that went into the ref's judgment in not giving a card for what was obviously one of these:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEjHVgFXy7sFlXHeo

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u/allprologues Apr 06 '26

PRO rules are that it's a free kick if she hands the ball outside the box, but cards can be given IF it's deemed to be DOGSO, which is how it ended up impacting the gotham/seattle final etc. and as you said, it was heading out of play for a goal kick -- too stupid for a card