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Message: [QUOTE="stamfordhusky, post: 4023437, member: 649"] Call was "denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity", which is an automatic red card. Swede had a breakaway but the Aussie had kind of caught her. If she hadn't used her arms so obviously, she might have got away with a yellow. At that stage, some refs might have shown pity and not red-carded her. As a general rule, if an attacker is breaking in on goal and has only the goalkeeper between her and the goal, if she is then fouled from behind it is DOGSO. The rule: [I]Sending-off offenses: . . . "denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick" The following must be considered: • distance between the offence and the goal • general direction of the play • likelihood of keeping or gaining control of the ball. • location and number of defenders[/I] [/QUOTE]