Dangerous Play?

[wardtc]

That is exactly why I wrote asking for help. Maybe I'm just looking to closely at what could have happened, and not what did happen. I looked at this from two points of view.

1) nothing happened, the defender did not touch, kick, hold, trip the attacker. The attacker did not loose control of the ball. The attack was not stopped. No contact, no fall, no foul.

-and-

2) by sliding in front of the attacker, the defender put himself in a position to be kicked. Also, by virtue of the fact that the defender's play caused the attacker to jump over him could have caused the attacker to trip or fall.

Another scenario - if the attacker jumped over, but then stumbled and fell (without contact from the defender), Would the call be tripping? Even if the defender didn't make contact?

I certainly do appreciate your experience guys!

Thanks