I am still angry about the situation. The player deserved the card! He committed the foul and took away a breakaway. That being said, there was no ill intent nor was the player out of control. This was his second foul of the game. Also, I was at the meeting in Columbia and as far as I remember do not remember hearing anything of that nature. If the case is brought up that the ref felt the kid needed some time off the field, no matter how much time is left, it is the ref's responsibility to explain that to the coach. The only explanation I got was after the game when the ref shared that they were told to do that for all cards. Pretty shady if you ask me. This was the third or fourth time we had this ref, and I became less and less happy with his performance as the season progressed. I realize that we did not have the best of years (this was my first here), but I pride myself on teaching my kids not to play dirty.
