Late in the game, McLeod was whistled for the rarely enforced six-second goalkeeper rule for time wasting. The ensuing free kick led to a penalty shot for a handball, and then to a tie game. Canada lost in extra time. The team was right to trust her. Not only has she kept up her relentless work ethic, she also has changed her mindset.
He gives her novels to read, such as Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, to teach her to not put limitations on herself. Albert, Alta. She climbed the local soccer ranks, eventually landing a spot on a Calgary select team as a midfielder. Once when a goalie got injured, McLeod volunteered to step in net. Not only did it feel natural to her, diving and making saves, she was really good at it. In that moment, she became obsessed with soccer. Again and again, she asked Cara to go play with her.
McLeod demanded more and more of herself, constantly criticizing her mistakes. If the ball has not fallen into the hole in that time, it's considered at rest. McLeod stood alongside his ball, crouched down and almost willed it in — clearly taking longer than the allowed time — before the ball spectacularly dropped into the hole.
He was originally credited with a birdie, but an on-course rules official later alerted McLeod of the one-stroke penalty on the next hole before confirming it on the eighth tee. He said it was a one-shot penalty. I probably would have preferred it was after the round.
Drama: Jake McLeod finished the day nine shots behind the leader. Credit: AAP. The ball came to McLeod who held it for a while, then looked to throw it to one of her defenders, then decided just to punt it down the field.
As she kicked it, however, Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen blew her whistle and gave the U. The free kick hit a Canadian hand in the box, the ensuing penalty tied it and the United States scored in extra time to end one of the greatest, and most controversial, soccer games ever played. McLeod recalled having thoughts that the team might blame her for the loss but said her teammates erased all of those doubts immediately. I was able to use it as fuel at the time, and we got the bronze — it could have ended a lot worse.
McLeod said that the team, though there are a few new faces, basically feels the same way. Whether it was suspicious or not, our team was able to fight through it and keep present in the game, finish the game out well.
We all kind of made that commitment to one another and I think it was a turning point for a lot of us. It really was a heartbreaking moment; no matter your rooting interest, you hate to see something like that weight so heavily into a result. We and our partners use cookies on this site to provide a better experience with content, analytics, ads and to help improve security on our site. To accept cookies, close this box or continue to use our site, otherwise please do not use this website.
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