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'Mind boggling': Women's soccer match in England suspended due to frozen field

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A top-flight women's match in England was abandoned after just six minutes on Sunday because the field was frozen, sparking complaints from managers and players that the league wasn't being taken seriously enough.

There was a field inspection three hours before the scheduled kickoff between Chelsea and Liverpool in London in the Women's Super League, before heaters were used in an attempt to make the surface playable.

Defender Kadeisha Buchanan was in the starting lineup for Chelsea, while fellow Canadian soccer star Jessie Fleming was on the bench.

The referee, after consulting with both managers, took the teams off shortly after the match began at Chelsea's Kingsmeadow stadium "in order to protect the safety of the players," the league said in a statement.

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