After watching at least a dozen games at the Fort Mill Invitational last weekend, on Sunday afternoon I attended my youngest daughter's U-13 club game. It was a tense match between the top two undefeated teams in the league but it was easily the best officiated match I saw all weekend.
Was it because of the 3-man system?
Was it because the man in the middle was experienced?
Actually I think it was because, right from the start, the ref called all of the fouls that Chico explains above. If you came into someone from the back, the whistle blew and a free kick was awarded. Those type of fouls stopped within 5 minutes and the game flowed freely.
