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The lone goal

At the Ducks girls soccer game yesterday against Weber State, the lone goal was a penalty kick because of a yellow card in the box. When in doubt, it can prove an effective strategy. Get yourself pulled down:

and then look to the ref for the whistle:

And oh yeah, I almost forgot. This is the first post on Up Close, the Daily Emerald’s new photo blog. If you are new school, you can subscribe via RSS. Otherwise, please check back soon for even more sweet images.

[...] I’m proud to announce the Oregon Daily Emerald now has one more online property: Up Close, the Photo blog. To the tune of Boston.com’s The Big Picture and the Seattle Times’ Best Seat in the House, we’ll be expanding upon the number of images traditionally available in print and on our website by publishing the good ones that don’t make the cut (including the foul which granted Oregon a game-winning penalty kick last week):  [...]