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Guys... the picture is RIGHT there.

That white line in the photo is NOT the goal line, it is the out of bounds line for the Football field and is a good 2-3 wide.

The goal line is a small thin black line that you see across the front of the white line.
But don't take my word, here is another photo of the Irmo stadium and you can CLEARLY see the black goal line and the larger white out of bounds line.

That was a goal.

Another angle just for fun.



And the goal shot so you can see that the ball hit the white line and the ball can't hit the white line without crossing the black goal line.


So no matter what the ref said or didn't say it was a goal.

This picture creates another issue. The back of the goal post is not aligned with the back of the black line. The goal post is clearly 2-3" maybe even more behind the black line. This should have been checked by the referee crew before play was allowed to start. The AR uses the post when looking down the goal line to determine goal or no-goal.

I've no doc in this fight but was following the game on Twitter.......saw the video & if it wasn't a goal & the AR had ruled, during the game of play, that it was not a goal, then why did he start running to midfield as if it was a goal? If he initially believed it wasn't a goal then he should have kept in line with the last defender when she cleared the ball

Plus, that picture is all you need to see the ball clearly crossed the line. If y'all do wanna blame someone though, blame the Rawlings ball. It's all Rawlings' fault

Are you kidding me? The ball can absolutely hit the white line and not be a goal. The entire ball must be over the goal line, or as we now know behind the goalsposts which were set behind the black line.

The AR responsibility in a situation like this where the goal is questionable and the ball remains live in play is to immediately raise his flag. He did not do so and therefore there is no presumed indication of goal.

Really bad sportsmanship by the Mann coach on this video.

Complaining about the call while Lexington is getting their medals.
Should have waited till after the ceremony instead of disrespecting the Lexington girls like that.

Our boys won state a few years ago and the losing coach made his player stand in a straight line and wait for our team to get our medals and when one of his boys took the 2nd place medal off their coach made him put it back on.

THAT is how it should be. Save your complaining for later off the field, don't disrespect the other team cause you don't like the calls.

And now that we have a photo that shows it was a goal I hope the coach apologizes to the Lexington players and team.

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/videos/sports/high-school/2016/05/14/84389374/

It's been established (with evidence) that the goal line is the black line in FRONT of the white line. If the ball hit the white line when it came down (as the photographic evidence shows), then it's a goal. If the AR believes, during the game of play, that it is NOT a goal, then he should have done as you said. The AR didn't. Instead, he ran back to midfield as ARs do when a goal is scored. At the end of the day, you can't argue the facts and the evidence with opinion. If you want to really just blame someone, blame whoever left the player open to take that shot

The black line IS the goal line. Not the white line.

The white line is for Football, not soccer.

Blame the Mann defender who muffed the clear and kicked the ball right to a Lexington player who crossed it to the girl who shot the goal.

Can see it in the video. That girl should have sent that ball into the sidelines instead of trying to cross her body and kick it up field.