McCabe takes issue with referee over time wasting Canadians
Katie McCabe revealed she was booked at the end of Ireland's World Cup defeat by Canada for complaining about time wasting.
The Ireland captain won player of the match and created history as the team’s first-ever tournament scorer but cut a frustrated figure at full-time in Perth, clashing with Argentinian referee Laura Fortunato walking off the pitch.
As with Denise O’Sullivan’s yellow card against Australia last Thursday, mystery surrounded the reasoning but the Arsenal attacker had requested action for the slow pay approach adopted by the wily Olympic champions.
That the tolerance levels contrasted with the stance during a first-half Ireland led for almost 40 minutes particularly irked McCabe.
"I just told the ref that she had no control of the game and that Canada was taking something out of her,” she outlined, being careful in her choice of words.
“We were getting ushered along in the first half, Courtney, myself on the sidelines, and the referee did absolutely nothing about it for the Canadians in the second half.
"I would love to know how much time was wasted in the second half, but I don’t want to say too much about it because I will start to sound bitter.
"I just felt that I had to say something to her. I didn’t say anything bad, I didn’t swear at her, I just told her I felt that she had no control."
In the first half, with Ireland on top, Canada keeper Kailen Sheridan went down for a prolonged spell of treatment.
That was the opposite of her clamping down on any Irish attempts to slow down play, including when McCabe took time over a corner.
"Yeah, she was hurrying me up and I was standing there with no ball, what did she want me to do?,” McCabe mused.
"And sure, they brought a stretcher on for cramp, it was
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