Totally agreed, and it takes a good eye and experience to tell the difference. There is a huge difference between situation one: two players going hard for the ball, meeting shoulder-to-shoulder, and one of them losing footing while the other continues with the ball, and situation two: player dribbling with the ball, another player puts a forearm in her back and face-plants her to the turf.
Good officials' call on situation one would be play on, situation two would be foul.
Common parents' call on either situation? "She knocked my daughter down--card her!!!!"
