I had the same happen last night. Ref stopped play for an injured player while Camden was in possession (but the player had his back to our goal at about half field). They took care of the guy then Camden got a FK a bit in front of half. I figured the ref would have just had my player play the ball back to GK and restart that way. So it does seem that is a new rule.
I will say that at least for us, overall quality of reffing has been good this year. There have been 2 games all season where I thought poor reffing really affected the game, and in a season of 18 games, I don't know if I can complain about that. Last night having 3 guys for playoffs was great, and the game was controlled well.
