Allstar,

First, in the 2nd half, there was a ball that ended up over the goal line, cleared by a defender before reaching the back of the net, after an off side call. My response on that was to the CN poster who said they had 2 called back. It was the indirect kick that the entire stands knew about.

As for the cards, let me put it this way. I can understand the cards, but I don't know how the ref coded them, nor what he said to the players.

There was a double yellow given, 1 to PP and 1 to CN. At that particular time, the center had followed the play away, and the AR saw the after the play stuff between the two players. My opinion, good card to keep those two players from getting too involved and seeing red.

No question on the delayed restart, and he knew it when it happened.

There were two tackles in front of the PP bench. Both of those plays the PP player had cleats up. On one the tackle was perpindicular to the CN player and touchline, however, his lead leg was cleats up almost waist high on the attacker. Reckless tackle, and if he had made contact, could have easily been serious foul play, red. Similarly, on another tackle, the PP player was coming from in front of the attacking player, again, cleats up and reckless. Two different players, similar cards.

There was another card given, that could have easily been persistent infringement due to the number of fouls committed by that particular player throughout the game. In that case, the last foul doesn't have to warrant the card by itself.

I'm not sure what the other one was for, but persistent infringement would/could also make sense. That particular player had committed several pretty hard fouls in close succession. Again, the play when the card was given doesn't have to warrant a card by itself.

As I said in an earlier post, the card given in the second half to the CN player, central defender, could have been given about 10 minutes earlier on a direct push near the touchline, or the leading elbow on a header in the middle of the field, but he eventually got one.

So, knowing who the referee is, and his level of certification, having worked with him, having observed him at other times, and my ability to rationalize the cards he gave, yes, I think they were all good cards.