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Final: NW 6, Mauldin 2.

Six goals....impressive for a state semi-final no matter who you play.

to address the color of the refs underwear, it was decidedly PURPLE. there were countless yellows against mauldin and even a red in the last 2 minutes. northwestern recieve ONE card. the calls were lopsided and the referee did an abismal job. you'd think the officiating would be a little bit better in a playoff match.

Did the Refs change the outcome of the match

Just a little taste of what Irmo suffered...tough when the shoe is on the other foot eh?

Who_me: didn't change the outcome, but some consistency would have been nice. the number of needless cards was ridiculous. if a nw player fell, the whistle was blown. it interupted play and added to the frustration level

Shrink Rap:i was at the Irmo game and i can't say that the offials were as horrible as people are saying. granted, they weren't the greatest refs i've ever seen but at least he made crappy calls against BOTH teams.

Game Summary:
Score NW 6 - Mauldin 2
NW 1:50 - Enzo Martinez Unassisted
M 4:03 - #3
NW 32:24 - Zack Clark (PK) after Kropp was mauled in the box
NW 42:00 - Will Stillman from Zack Clark
M 46:24 - #5
NW 54:15 - Enzo Unassisted
NW 57:15 - Michael Antinoro on double assist from Clark and Stillman
NW 78:00 - Jared Dingle from Vance Benson

Shots:
NW 10 on frame and 5 off
M 2 on frame and 2 off

Corners:
NW 5
M 2

Fouls:
NW 13
M 24

Yellow Cards:
NW 1 (Clark at 68:50)
M 7 (#11 20:00, #3 22:00, #8 41:20, #17 44:20, #6 55:00 and 58:00, #10 74:15)

To reply to the comment about the officials underwear, I still believe they could have been orange. That was the worst hackfest I have seen in my 14 years involved in SC High School soccer. Mauldin could have had many more fouls and cards. I believe the Mavs tried the game plan mentioned in an earlier post on how to beat the Trojans. I heard Mauldin was thinking of changing their colors from Orange to Yellow next season. It was shameful how cheap several of the fouls were.
The matchup with Spring Valley will be very physical, the difference is that at least the Vikings play with class. Should be a great game on Saturday night.

login name you were not watching the same match everyone else was. yeah mauldin got a lot of bookings but most (i stress most, there was one soft yellow) were because of their overly aggressive play. if anything i would say it was the other way around. on several occasions there were clear fouls against mauldin that the ref did not call, and even a few penalties that he missed. i was on the northwestern sideline so my views are somewhat biased, but i have been playing soccer for a long time and i know what should be a foul and what shouldn't be one. overall though, it was a scrappy game but the refs did not affect the outcome. in the second half mauldin was just outclassed by northwestern.

Mauldin went into that game knowing they were beat and proceeded to push and hack NW. They kept it close with their bludgering style in the beginning but the trojans overcame and proceeded to dominate the game. I thought the referees were generous in their carding of Mauldin. Could have been many more bookings in their direction. I heard the same thing coach. I heard yellow kits with those cool red accents. NW heads to the State Championship again in a good position to take care of business again. Should be a great game Saturday.