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I don't know. Read the link that striker2004 left for us. That's just crazy!

Any excuse that the coach was "waving" his hands areound is pure BS. He hit the kid or he did not. I heard from a coach on the next field that the Bridge Coach yelled at the opposing player then smacked him on the back of the head.

There is NO place in YOUTH soccer for this. Coach should be FIRED and prosecuted to the full extent of the law!!!

I think it was Soccerboy who pointed out that a coach should never be close enough to the field to even have a chance of accidently hitting a player.

The coach has been suspended. It was an unfortunate thing that happened but I think it is time to talk about something else.

How long is the coach suspended for? Has he issued a formal apology to the other player and team?

One year - I do not know

All this "accidentally" stuff sounds a lot like the stuff that got Woody Hayes removed. Maybe that's why some call it footbul

I knew Charlie Bauman for a short while...given that my sympathies were always with Woody Hayes.

I went to high school in South Jersey with Charlie Bauman. He was a senior when I was a freshman.