notasoccerfan

Wow.....your first response was to call me a liar and now you've compared the situation to a man accused of unspeakable acts. You sir......have some issues. I think I will just stay away from soccer and stick with football.

I first would like to say that I know nothing about soccer and will not pretend to know anything. My son plays football so I usually just read the football posts. That said, my son wanted to go to this game so I drove him and a few others and I decided to stay and watch instead of driving back and forth. I peeked over here in the soccer forum since I figured there would be some talk of what happened at this game. Having read a few of the posts I couldn't help but sign on and weigh in. First post ever so please go easy. The first half of this game was actually very exciting. I was amazed at how quickly the boys on both teams could move the ball and a few had some amazing foot skills. There was really not a whole lot to talk about, no scoring, no ugliness, just a good fast paced game. Then the second half started and suddenly things were very different. I noticed right away that the bench of Montgomery County were saying things to the Scott goalie (Scott goalie was now at the other end of the field right in front of their bench). Then there was a rough play or 2 between the goalie and a Montgomery County player but honestly they both had a shot at the ball and both went after it. For whatever reason the referee gave the Scott goalie a yellow on one of those plays(which my son later told me was a caution). Not sure what the goalie did to get a yellow card but who am I to say. I could now hear the coaches from Montgomery County jawing at the Scott goalie. It really surprised me that a Coach would jaw at a kid but I thought, oh well, maybe this is how soccer is played. The Scott goalie even seemed to ask the referee on several occasions about the comments being said to him and the referee did nothing. This surprised me too since I could hear the Montgomery County coach from the bleachers. Not sure what he was saying but there was no doubt who he was yelling at. As the game went on the opposing coach never let up as he continued barking and yelling at the Scott goalie. I've just never seen a coach jaw with a player.......in any high school sport. Seems odd and wrong to me. So then the referee pulls out a red card and throws the Scott goalie out of the game. At the time I had no clue why the referee would do that but my son later told me that the Scott goalie must have done or said something to get a 2nd yellow which means an ejection. I'm guessing he said something since I didn't actually see him do anything wrong. My apologies for the long winded post but it just seems to me that everyone is really coming down hard on a kid that seemed to be provoked by adults. I do think the goalie's reaction was rather animated but who is really accountable here?? if the goalie did something to earn an ejection then fine.......I don't see a problem with that. But where is the accountability for the adult coaches who seem to be provoking it. And what about the referee who seemed to ignore what appeared to be repeated requests from the Scott goalie to stop the nonsense on the opposing sideline? Is this normal in soccer? I think I honestly find more fault in the opposing coaches for their actions and the referee for his inaction. If you push anyone far enough....sooner or later you will get a response. Unfortunately for the young man playing goalie his response eliminated him from the game. That said.....none of it seemed right. Especially from the adults coaching and officiating the game. Just one non-soccer fan's opinion.