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Routine Ruse in Men’s Soccer Tumbles Into Women’s World Cup

Date: July 11, 2011
Author: Jeré Longman
QUOTE: The act of diving, as the fake falls are called, is crafty or cynical, artful gamesmanship or outright cheating, depending on one’s view. Although the use of the ruse was clearly evident on Sunday during the United States’ riveting World Cup quarterfinal victory over Brazil, the relative lack of this tactic in women’s soccer was captured in a study conducted at Wake Forest University.

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