Not only were us parents reprimanded again today, but our coach was almost kicked out of the game too!!!
He’s furious. I have never seen such bad calls during a TOURNAMENT!!! We had justifiable calls, 4-5 fouls. The problem is, the other team was not having any calls against their own highly visible fouls. It’s fine to call, but call both ways!!!
There was also two blatant handballs by the opposing team, one in the box- neither of those were called either.
2nd half, we’re up 2-1 Our GK did a brilliant dive and save at the edge of the box. One of his feet were touching the line, rest of his body was in. The ref called a penalty on it!!! What?!? Honestly, our parents were yelling and upset at that point. Our coach tried to talk to one of the line refs.. the main ref went over and said “Don’t question my calls”. Opposing team gets free kick at the goal- they make it. Tied game.
We go down and score. BUT- don’t actually score, line ref says one of our kids feet was ahead of the opposing players foot- offsides.
I guess it’s a possibility, so everyone tried to shake it off.
They get the ball again.. lots of shoving, and then a trip— NO call!! Our player is down and has to be carried off the field.
No drop kick because ref says the opposing team had advantage, another free kick. T stops the kick with his chest and starts dribbling, 2 of their players attack.. T tried to pass the ball to a teammate, opposing kid sticks his foot out at same time, the ball hits the ref. Another free kick to them!!!
everyone is yelling at this point, clearly aggravated.
Our boys are looking visibly frustrated at this point as well.
We get it back, take it to their goal, their keeper dives when our kid kicks- no contact. Ball goes in the net. NOPE. Penalty called for kicking the GK. There was NO CONTACT.
You can see the frustration, anger, and sadness in our players now. Other team gets the ball...back and forth on the field between us. They get to the box, another one of their players is offsides by a good 2 feet. We’re all screaming... pass- goal. No offsides called. Our coach throws his phone on the ground and yells for the ref. They have words, but call is not reversed. Our coach storms to the back of the bench.
Whistle blows. Game over. Every boy on the field drops down to the ground. Several crying.
Look, this isn’t the World Cup, but to these boys it’s almost just as important.
We’ve had some horrible refs this season, but there is NO EXCUSE to have so many bad calls in a tourney. None.
Coach talks to the boys, tells them that they were robbed.. but need to take it in stride.
They come off the field sobbing. T was crying really hard. He didn’t even want to go for ice cream.
All I could say to him is was- Be proud of how you played. Sometimes life isn’t fair, we just have to deal with it. Be upset now, but know that if you continue to play as you were, you’ll win almost every time.
I feel so bad for their team.
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