first red card

Thanks for the links...that makes sense and was what I was thinking watching live, but I was surprised all four officials screwed that up so badly.

And yes it I was rather disappointing as a NC State fan that we just managed a 0-0 draw playing a man up against the second string keeper for 80+ minutes...

 

Oh, yeah! I'll take credit for having made the proposal to the NFHS Soccer Rules Committee that we get rid of the hand signals. Thumping your chest for obstruction, flapping your wings like you were taking off for dangerous play.... nobody knew what those signals meant anyway, and I could never remember which one was tripping and which one was kicking. You were standing there signaling like the assessor wanted you to and meanwhile the kick had been taken and the ball was now 30 yards up field. Fun times!

 

For a good time, come to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

Kentucky tried to have us use the signals a few years back. I was working a state semi-final that year. Afterward, I was given a video copy of the game with assessor comments. For the first 3-4 fouls, the assessor said, "Good call, no signal." After that, he said "It's obvious that you aren't using the signals tonight, so I just won't mention it anymore." Supposedly the signals were for the benefit of the spectator, but I just didn't care. Thank goodness that didn't last very long!

 

Anyone else notice in the video that the ref was wearing the new "Elite" green jersey while the AR's (at least the one you can see in the video) is wearing the current NISOA green?

 

Is that a prototype of the new NISOA jerseys or is that a current USSF jersey?

 

Neither.

 

I actually read the comments below the article and NCAA did restrict dogso to only DFK offenses and acknowledges the difference from IFAB.

 

Got to change my vote after this weekend.

U14 boys. Blue player in last 10 minutes or so of the match has a breakaway, nobody near him and he's fast. Just as he's about to enter the PA, I'm thinking to myself about the keeper "please don't, please, don't, PLEASE DON'T!" And, naturally, he does, he comes flying out to the attacking player and just inside the PA he clatters him over, makes no attempt at the ball, ball rolls OOB, everyone there for blue erupts!

I'd been using my personality to manage this match, as it was hotly contested, and it helped here. "calm down, calm down, I got this, everybody be cool." I beckon over the GK who has an expectant look on his face. I show him the RC and he jogs off. Everybody gets quiet as I pull out my game card and see that there are TWO number 1s (he was one of them). I say out loud, "Crap, there are two #1s." One of the players from his team goes "Oh that's XXXXX, here, let me show you his name on the report, that's him."

I'd expected anger, craziness, resentment, but this team was cool and just played on like nothing had happened.

Coach gave the kid's player card to my AR and was cool after the match. Caught me way off guard. Team parents also throwing "good job" at us as they were leaving. I'm sure ot gets nothing but worse afterward.

 

Its the Elite College Soccer Referee Jerseys

 

What are those? LoL

 

Yes

 

I couldn't find something more official, but via the BC Men's Soccer Twitter feed, the red card against the GK was rescinded and he is eligible to play in the next match.

 

Is that like the Judean peoples front?


..."splitters"

 

I "gave" my first red card from the line this weekend in a college conference semifinal. Actually, I gave my first two. Play was already stopped to issue a red card to a player for a nasty revenge tackle and one of his teammates decides to run his elbow through the back of his opponents head for fun. That player then kicks behind him and catches the player who elbowed him. According to the girls head coach who watched the video replay, he caught him in "the boys." Anyways, the center didn't see any of this happen so I have to call him over to chat about it. After I tell the referee what happened, one of the players for the team about to go down to 9 men comes over to tell me "neither team wants the red cards, just give them both yellow cards." Needless to say, we didn't agree with that assessment.

 

Of course they didnt want RCs. They weren't done yet.

 

Saw my first DOGSO Sunday. AR1 on a 12U boys game. White team defending my end and down 3-2. Less than 2 minutes left and they have the corner kick. Keeper and one defender in this half of the field. Everyone else pushed up. Kick is taken, ball pinballs around, then is cleared. Two green players emerge, one kicking the ball forward and the other gathering it. 2 vs 1. One green player dribbles past the midline then past the center circle when the white player goes for the ball but takes out the player as well. I look behind the defender and see only the keeper. I thought "Crap...Dogso." I'm about to raise the flag when the CR lays into the whistle. She reaches for the back pocket and pulls out the red. Zero argument from the White team's coach behind me. He was even telling his players "Don't argue with the referee, I got this." The team calmed down but looked confused when he didn't argue the call. I looked at him and he said "Yep, good call. I hate it but that was the right call."

 

@Ghastly - Was that 2 reds or 3 (revenge tackle + elbow + kick back)?

 

3 separate cards. One for the bad tackle and two for the players involved in the extracurriculars while dealing with the tackle.