Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Athletics Forced to Replay "Win and You're In" Qualifier




That announcement came down today on the protest over the KC Athletics 1-0 win over the Dearborn Stars.  Dearborn had protested the result because the field at Olathe North High School was not wide enough, 62 yards instead of the necessary 65. A disappointing result considering that the Athletics had moved the game to Sunday so that Dearborn could play the game.

As stated above, the match will now take place on Saturday in Chicago. With the game only 3 days away, it'll be interesting to see if the Athletics actually do travel.  If it was me, as I said on Twitter, part of me would want to say fuck it and not go at this point.  While I understand the rule, I find this quote from the post game write up about the game hilarious: “I do. I think so, we’re a technical team. With it being so congested I thought it played to their strengths, more of the tackling aspect of the game.”

That quote came from Dearborn coach Mo Hijazi.  Excuse me, I've played on fields of all shapes and sizes and a yard and a half on each side is not going to make that big of a difference in your tactics for a game.  No word yet on whether the Athletics are going to travel or not, but we'll find out soon enough.

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