Here's my notes from the Zapruder like viewing of the Veo video from our game.
03:57 - Game starts
11:27 - FW Yellow - PNG on the attack, our attacking mid basically stops in a box out position in front of a PNG attacker around mid field. Clearly obstruction, but yellow? Our entire back line was back, and the contact was 15 yds behind the play.
36:37 - PNG Yellow - Ball in air around our box, FW girl goes straight up for it, PNG player comes flying in and takes her out. Maybe a little dangerous.
39:12 - FW Red Card Goalie. She was around the 5 yd line when she punted, ref was at about 35 yd line. I thought the AR told her something but it looks like she heard it directly. As soon as the goalie punts it the ref turns and sprints too her and shows Red. Still think it was too harsh. On that game changing of a call I would have at least liked to see her confer with the AR (whose was much closer) to make sure she understood the situation.
This is the sequence where things unravel…
74:43 - FW Yellow. PNG girl around 15 yd line takes on FW and gets by two defenders. The ball squirts out a long way in front of her so I don't think she would get to it. Maybe one of the FW grabs her arm as she passes? I don't know. It looks like a common hand finding situation type foul. Award the free kick in a dangerous position. No need for yellow to me.
78:35 - FW Yellow. FW player tries to take ball from girl at mid field and misses. Kiddos looks like she gets some ball but hard to tell. PNG player trips partially over ball and partially from contact. Again, common foul. Gives card and sprints after player. Maybe FW girl was mumbling something? This was in no way a yellow to me. It was a clean attempt at the ball that just didn't workout.
81:56 - FW Yellow. Foul from behind on a box out and protect the ball situation. I think she calls that a common foul, though I thought she got ball, and so do our players. She then yellow cards another FW girl who is walking away from the play and I guess says something. I think at this point our girls mentally snap. Two really bad yellow card calls in the previous 5 min and then another call they didn't think was a foul.
82:00 - FW Yellow. Gives another yellow to another FW girl, this is the one who says "Learn how to do your job." Player immediately starts to walk to sideline. Deserved yellow.
82:11 - FW Yellow. Same girl says something as she's walking away and is probably 10 yards away from ref. I guess this is where she repeats her "Learn how to do your job." My frustration is that if the point of making them sit with a yellow is to cool down then 10 seconds doesn't really seem like time. Let the girl walk off and move on with the game. I can understand the yellow but repeating the same phrase twice in 10 seconds to me I would umbrella under the first yellow. Maybe I'd just be a soft ref
82:30 - Kicks first set of parents out of game.
83:35 - While the parents are escorted out, instead of walking to mid field or anything, the ref stands at our sideline right in front of the section the parent is sitting in. As the parent continues to yell on the way out, the ref gives a few thumbs up (like a "OK lady. Keep talking." Sarcastic way) to the parent continuing to yell on her way out, then says "That's what you've been saying all game". To me that's a bit unprofessional on her end. Walk away. You've told the coach now let the coach handle the parent. Go back to the game. You are just antagonizing with those gestures and your presence on the sideline.
90:25 - PNG Yellow. Player goes for our attacker on a break and misses ball, attacker goes down. Borderline but I'm fine with a yellow. I personally would have just called a foul because it happened at the 50 and there were 3 defenders still behind her. It was an honest attempt at a tackle.
91:20 - Kicks photographer out of the game
110:10 - Proud dad moment as I notice my daughter is the first (and only) player from either team to go fist bump the refs after the handshake line.
Overall 6 cards to our 3 for the entire year. Our girls dug themselves the hole in some ways but lord the ref stunk. It wasn't at all a physical game and should and could have been a good match with a different ref, IMHO.
03:57 - Game starts
11:27 - FW Yellow - PNG on the attack, our attacking mid basically stops in a box out position in front of a PNG attacker around mid field. Clearly obstruction, but yellow? Our entire back line was back, and the contact was 15 yds behind the play.
36:37 - PNG Yellow - Ball in air around our box, FW girl goes straight up for it, PNG player comes flying in and takes her out. Maybe a little dangerous.
39:12 - FW Red Card Goalie. She was around the 5 yd line when she punted, ref was at about 35 yd line. I thought the AR told her something but it looks like she heard it directly. As soon as the goalie punts it the ref turns and sprints too her and shows Red. Still think it was too harsh. On that game changing of a call I would have at least liked to see her confer with the AR (whose was much closer) to make sure she understood the situation.
This is the sequence where things unravel…
74:43 - FW Yellow. PNG girl around 15 yd line takes on FW and gets by two defenders. The ball squirts out a long way in front of her so I don't think she would get to it. Maybe one of the FW grabs her arm as she passes? I don't know. It looks like a common hand finding situation type foul. Award the free kick in a dangerous position. No need for yellow to me.
78:35 - FW Yellow. FW player tries to take ball from girl at mid field and misses. Kiddos looks like she gets some ball but hard to tell. PNG player trips partially over ball and partially from contact. Again, common foul. Gives card and sprints after player. Maybe FW girl was mumbling something? This was in no way a yellow to me. It was a clean attempt at the ball that just didn't workout.
81:56 - FW Yellow. Foul from behind on a box out and protect the ball situation. I think she calls that a common foul, though I thought she got ball, and so do our players. She then yellow cards another FW girl who is walking away from the play and I guess says something. I think at this point our girls mentally snap. Two really bad yellow card calls in the previous 5 min and then another call they didn't think was a foul.
82:00 - FW Yellow. Gives another yellow to another FW girl, this is the one who says "Learn how to do your job." Player immediately starts to walk to sideline. Deserved yellow.
82:11 - FW Yellow. Same girl says something as she's walking away and is probably 10 yards away from ref. I guess this is where she repeats her "Learn how to do your job." My frustration is that if the point of making them sit with a yellow is to cool down then 10 seconds doesn't really seem like time. Let the girl walk off and move on with the game. I can understand the yellow but repeating the same phrase twice in 10 seconds to me I would umbrella under the first yellow. Maybe I'd just be a soft ref
82:30 - Kicks first set of parents out of game.
83:35 - While the parents are escorted out, instead of walking to mid field or anything, the ref stands at our sideline right in front of the section the parent is sitting in. As the parent continues to yell on the way out, the ref gives a few thumbs up (like a "OK lady. Keep talking." Sarcastic way) to the parent continuing to yell on her way out, then says "That's what you've been saying all game". To me that's a bit unprofessional on her end. Walk away. You've told the coach now let the coach handle the parent. Go back to the game. You are just antagonizing with those gestures and your presence on the sideline.
90:25 - PNG Yellow. Player goes for our attacker on a break and misses ball, attacker goes down. Borderline but I'm fine with a yellow. I personally would have just called a foul because it happened at the 50 and there were 3 defenders still behind her. It was an honest attempt at a tackle.
91:20 - Kicks photographer out of the game
110:10 - Proud dad moment as I notice my daughter is the first (and only) player from either team to go fist bump the refs after the handshake line.
Overall 6 cards to our 3 for the entire year. Our girls dug themselves the hole in some ways but lord the ref stunk. It wasn't at all a physical game and should and could have been a good match with a different ref, IMHO.
