Iraqi soccer player shot dead attempting goal

Washington Examiner ^ | 3-16-2009 | AP

[theruleshavechanged]

Police say an Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

[theruleshavechanged]

Whatdaya think Obama, should we withdraw our troops?

[domenad]

Somebody had 8 to 5 on the other team, I’m guessing.

[Swede Girl]

It will be another Killing Fields if Obama gets his way.

[AppyPappy]

That’s because scoring is illegal in soccer.

[b4its2late]

That’s because scoring is illegal in soccer.

I thought keeping score was illegal, but scoring was okay. Whoda think?

[rednesss]

These people take their soccer seriously.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

I pray not.

[Venturer]

That makes the game a lot more interesting. We should try it with the NBA.

[NoLibZone]

I am certain that based on what we know about islam that’s it’s OK in the koran somewhere.

That they didn’t also go to the dead mans house, rape and behead his daughters, shows that we are making inroads.

[truthandlife]

I keep telling people soccer is not for wimps. Nobody ever believes me.

[zerosix]

Sounds to me like our Publik Skools playing game with no score kept.

This poor guy was probably a Sunni playing against a bunch of Shiites.

[VRWCmember]

So, under Iraqi rules does that constitute a yellow card or a red card?

[RichInOC]

One of the fans shot him? I thought only the goalie was allowed to shoot an attacker.

[Wil H]

That’s because scoring is illegal in soccer.

Professional soccer matches average over 3 goals per game. That translates to over 21 points per game in American Football terms. That's not so bad, is it?

[Radl]

You haven’t seen that punk Alves from Barcelona rolling on the ground have you?

[SnakeDoctor]

Though not technically against the rules — I would suppose that’s a foul.

Penalty kicks? Red card?

SnakeDoc

[BlueNgold]

For the record 14 - 7 game is incredibly boring.
More closely aligned would be a 6-3 game - which is a bore fest of Chicagoan proportions.

[gitmogrunt]

...democracy is taking hold.........

[Radl]

I think it was in Croatia a guy shot the ball as it was rolling towards the net...One hell of a shot. Anyway he got three months jail time but was considered a hero by the fans. The opposing team did not get the goal because the ball deflated before it crossed the line. I read about this in a book which explains the rules about soccer. Maybe someone else read the same thing.

[isom35]

or maybe they had the under :)