'Eventful' 4-minute stretch

[Tsunami]

Have any of you been involved in something like this?

Belak-Berger had a very eventful four minute stretch in the second half beginning at the 51:07 mark when she was assessed a yellow card on a hard tackle. Less than two minutes later, at the 53:06 mark, she was taken down inside the CPP penalty area and awarded a penalty shot which she calmly knocked into the left corner of the goal.

The celebration was short lived for Belak-Berger as she tried to slow down a Bronco penalty re-start and was carded again for her infraction, giving her two yellow cards on the night which automatically resulted in a red card and an ejection. The ejection came at the 54:45 mark and put the Tritons a man-down for the remainder of the match.

That was taken from an article on a UCSD-Cal Poly Pomona game. Seeing that brought to mind a question - Do you have any rules of thumb that you use when issuing cautions for players who are doing something to delay a free kick? Thanks...

[tmaker]

I have to say this is one infraction of which I'm growing less and less tolerant. Unless the kicker has asked me for ceremony, a player gets a very loud and firm warning to vacate the area, and if I have to walk over and repeat my statement, I do so with a card in my hand. If the kicker has placed the ball and clearly is about to take a quick free kick, I see if the player moves at all deliberately into the path. If so, caution. If the player kicks it straight into the opponent, tough on the kicker.

After years of Liga Hispana games, I absolutely HATE that delay tactic. Regardless of whether or not someone is already sitting on a yellow card, I caution. Sometimes FRD, sometimes DRP. People sitting on yellow cards already show know better, anyway.

[blech]

I also don't have much tolerance for this, to the point that i will frequently say something about it to the captains during the coin toss, thus eliminating any complaint that they haven't been warned or didn't know this is one of my pet peeves.

The one I've seen more and more of recently is for the forward behind play to wait and wait and wait, and then to start walking back to delay the kick just as they're getting ready to put it back in play. They actually act surprised when they get carded for this nonsense.

[nsa]

The word "free" in the phrase "free kick" means free from interference.

As a player encroachment and delay were always frustrating so I take a very dim view of it as a referee. Players will usually get one warning shot across the bow, either verbally or by shredding their eardrums with the whistle.

I am a little more forgiving with a team that sets their wall at 8 yards. But the players that stand 3 yards away and play stupid are likely to see colours from the middle of the visible light range.


"We can set up our wall."
"No. You do not have a right to set up a wall. You have the requirement to get back at least 10 yards."


"That's more than 10 yards, ref!"
"The law just says "at least" 10 yards. Let's play!" ;)

[DerbyRam54]

The word "free" in the phrase "free kick" means free from interference.

As a player encroachment and delay were always frustrating so I take a very dim view of it as a referee. Players will usually get one warning shot across the bow, either verbally or by shredding their eardrums with the whistle.

I am a little more forgiving with a team that sets their wall at 8 yards. But the players that stand 3 yards away and play stupid are likely to see colours from the middle of the visible light range.


"We can set up our wall."
"No. You do not have a right to set up a wall. You have the requirement to get back at least 10 yards."


"That's more than 10 yards, ref!"
"The law just says "at least" 10 yards. Let's play!" ;)
I share the frustrations voiced in this thread. If a player takes away a quick kick they deserve a caution in my opinion.