Players from Mexican soccer club Puebla had had enough. It was an exhibition against D.C. United before a small, midweek crowd at Buzzard Point, and when the referee looked away, they swatted at their irritant, forward Quincy Amarikwa. There were slaps and an alleged punch.
If video review had been available in the Sept. 4 friendly, Amarikwa said, “three of them would have gotten sent off. I can’t speak Spanish but I got in their heads so bad. That’s funny."
Some players gain advantages with speed or strength. Others have superior technical ability.