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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have the story about why Achilles forfeited their U9 game against Bethesda Blue at the Potomac tournament yesterday? I heard there was bad reffing and an outburst by the coach, but haven't gotten other details.[/quote]

A forfeit over reffing in an 09 game???  Seriously?[/quote]

It is ridiculous but it explains the losses yesterday and today. There is no way the team I saw would have lost to Bethesda blue or to Bethesda’s first team by 10-1. Weird. [/quote]

Inadequate reffing led to kids getting hurt.  Achilles coach (backed by some Bethesda parents) asked for a new ref.  When tournament would not provide a new ref or any support and the game continued out of control, he pulled his team.  Kids were literally getting hurt at 09.  Coach made the right call.  On Sunday the kids were told their games wouldn't count and they couldn't advance so they looked out of sorts- then their keeper got a red card and they played 6 v 7 most of the game. That's a lot to deal with at 9 or 10 years old.[/quote]

Ref here. Not the ref at this game. I handled eight games this weekend over at another tournament.

I question the premise that “inadequate reffing led to  kids getting hurt”. At the 09 level, how does a game possibly get out of control? Most fouls are not on purpose.

I can see that a younger / inexperienced ref might have gotten in over their head. But who really caused the game to get out of control? Did the Bethesda coach tell / teach his team to foul? Did both coaches ask their kids to play unfairly? Did one call go the wrong way, and the coaches allowed things to spiral out of control from there?

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