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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a forfeit during the final in the Virginian 06. BRYC coach and assistant got reds, had to leave the field. The team played on without a coach, down 1-2, but a few minutes later they forfeited halfway through second half. Very odd. [/quote]

That’s appalling by the coaches. Coaches never have an excuse to get carded. Never. [/quote]

One of the opposing coaches at our game on Saturday got thrown out for yelling at the refs about not calling penalties.  There are a couple players on our team who play dirty (yes, I admit it, - I really dislike the kids and their parents), the refs weren’t calling any penalties on them, and one of them knocked the opposing team’s goalie out of the game in the first half with a dirty hit after the goalie had possession.  There were no penalties called on that play, or when the same two players blatantly tripped their players, or the multiple times they slammed into the other team’s striker in the box as he as about to take a shot.

Obviously I didn’t say anything at the field, but I admired the coach for taking a stand and agreed with what he said to the refs.  We’re leaving the club after this season because I’m so disappointed in the integrity of our coaches in not stopping what was happening on the field.  We won the game, but I was really embarrassed to be associated with it.  [/quote]

Were the refs not keeping up with the action or just indifferent? [/quote]

DP, but I think they're talking about a game our team played this weekend where our assistant coach was ejected.  If so, it's not the BRYC game a different poster mentioned.  I'm not going to name the club both because I appreciate pp's post and don't want to drag an entire team of kids into the behavior of a couple of kids and the coach who did nothing to stop it, and to preserve the privacy of our own player who was injured.

It looked to me like one of the assistant refs simply wasn't paying attention.  He barely moved along the sideline, and every time I looked over at him he was looking at his watch even when play was going on right in front of him.  The other assistant ref looked very young, and while they were moving with the play, my impression was they seemed nervous making calls unless the head ref also saw it and agreed.  The head ref was moving around and engaged, but couldn't clearly see everything happening on the field and seemed to err on the side of not calling things unless it was really egregious and directly in front of him.  I can understand that philosophy and tend to agree with it when we're talking about borderline calls in a game that's generally clean, but I think this game needed a heavier hand from the refs.  I think not having effective support from the assistant refs also made his job a lot harder.

To the pp who brought it up, thank you for sharing your perspective.  Our assistant coach is normally a mild-mannered guy who puts heavy emphasis on sportsmanship and good behavior, so we were all shocked when it happened.  He felt bad about getting himself ejected because he thought it set a bad example for the kids, but in some ways I think it was good for our kids to see the coach stand up for them.  It gave them a boost during a very demoralizing game, and cooled any impulse they might have had to retaliate on the field.

If it makes you feel better pp, our keeper was initially injured on a previous save through no fault of your players.  I think the hit from your player aggravated it and that's why he left the game at that point, but it wasn't the sole cause of the injury.  That kid basically feels no pain and will play through any injury, so if it weren't for the hit calling the injury to the coaches' attention he probably would have played the rest of the game and could have ended up injuring himself even worse.[/quote]

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