Elizabeth Lambert New Mexico Soccer Player Suspended (VIDEO)
New Mexico soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely from all team practices, competition and conditioning activities after punching Carlee Payne in the back, kicking the ball into the face of another player and violently yanking Kassidy Shumway to the ground by her ponytail.
The incidents in question occurred during a Mountain West women’s semifinal soccer game between Brigham Young and New Mexico on Thursday, November 6. Surprisingly, Lambert remained on the field, receiving a single yellow card from referee Joe Pimentel near the end of the game for tripping a BYU player.
Video of Lambert’s numerous transgressions went viral and perhaps prompted her to say, “I am deeply and wholeheartedly regretful of my actions….I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation…This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player that I am.”
For the record, BYU won 1-0, extending their unbeaten streak to 15 games.
View more photos and check out the video action below. See Elizabeth Lambert Today Show video here.
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The video shocked me, how could somebody be so blatantly trying to hurt somebody and still be in the game? not good.
Brandon Hansen
Just South of North
For her actions this person should be put in jail.
She is shamless and arrogant, good that she was suspenden for life.
I think i am in Love
For whatever reason, I think it’s incredibly hot.
I think American NEED to educate their player how to play soccer!
This story begins thus: “New Mexico soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely from all team practices, competition and conditioning activities after punching Carlee Payne in the back, kicking the ball into the face of another player and violently yanking Kassidy Shumway to the ground by her ponytail.”
In fairness to Lambert we should acknowledge that the consensus in the fourth estate is that the kicking of the ball into the face of the fallen BYU player at point-blank range, either deliberate or carelessly “accidental” and a few seconds after Lambert tripped the same BYU player, was committed not by the celebrated student of occupational therapy but by one of her colleagues—I’ve read that it was Rachel Fields, but I’m willing to be told that it was a different colleague. The fourth estate has been vague about such details.
She should be prosecuted for what she did, and each girl she assaulted on the field should sue her. She is a pathetic bully who does not know the meaning of sportsmanship. How proud her parents must be.
Leigh I’m willing to tell you that no it was not midfielder, Rachel Fields, that either dileberately or carelessly kicked the ball at point blank range into the face of the fallen BYU player. It was a UNM defender that was doing her job clearing the ball. It’s really irresponsible to put a player’s name on here and accuse when you don’t have the facts correct.
As an ex-rugby player for women’s college team, I’ll be the first to say that our sport can be as aggressive as guys’ sports. But Lambert was out of line, clearly. And she should have been red carded several times during that game. Trust me, if she would have pulled that one some of the girls I’ve played with, they would have KICKED her ASS on that field. But you pull that on who will let youget away with that. Trust me, it would have been the last time she pulled that on me.
And yes, I know she is playing soccer. I am just making a correlation on aggression in women’s sports. Perhaps indefinitely suspending is harsh but she would be out for the remainder of the season, if she was one of my players. For her own safety, probably. There are competitors who would be gunning for her the rest of the season. I know I would :)
After seeing this clip with Elizabeth Lambert I really knew: I love her! She has power!
Well you guys all have to understand that she was elbowed, & pulled on first! i would freaken pissed off if ssomeone in a game did that to me, and hadnt been called for it!