Some Soccer News for Apr 11, 2016
du Nord, April 11, 2016
It's Day 102 of 2016. The topic of the day is Nigel De Jong, many people's hatred of him, and this brutal tackle on Darlington Nagbe from Sunday night (and many other people on many other days.) Yikes. This photo catches the exact moment De Jong stomped on Nagbe's ankle: https://t.co/wIHsebJz9T #LAvPOR #RCTID pic.twitter.com/lLzvtVEhoC — Caitlin Murray (@caitlinmurr) April 11, 2016 But I want to address referee Allen Chapman. He has no right being on the field. We saw him referee many Minnesota games over the years and he was always terrible. His two worst traits were his wild inconsistency and his leniency on nasty tackles (which always lead to angry players and more nasty tackles and cheapshots.) I gave him the nickname Dr Evil and on two occasions when I yelled it at him from the stands he stopped in his tracks and turned around to give me the stink eye. He is not fit for service. End of story. Back to De Jong for a minute. I don't need to say much. The foul on Nagbe was awful. He just crushed the guys an