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[quote=Anonymous]Most disappointing red card I saw was at a u10 game when a keeper accidentally ran out of the box and picked up the ball. It might have prevented a goal scoring opportunity but a red card was not the right solution to that mistake (and the ensuing free kick resulted in a goal). Thank goodness the coaches talked the ref down and changed it to a yellow (shouldn't have been a card in my view at all, but yellow is better than red for this scenario). Poor keeper was in tears since they didn't even realize what they had done that was so terrible.

But the players who intentionally try to hurt other kids at u10 and below, that really gets me.. I rarely see a card for type of play. Even more so on the girls side as the refs seem to think that no u9 or u10 kid could intentionally try to hurt someone else, even twice in the same game.

Only predictable and appropriate red cards I've seen at the younger ages are when players retaliate after the foul was called. We have one player on our team that has ~4 red cards just from after the play red cards. Those are so easy for a ref to call[/quote]

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