2 Red Cards in a Town Game

I witnessed 2 red cards given out to the same team in a town game last weekend. I couldn't believe it. I mean this is town soccer not club. Good call by the ref.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I witnessed 2 red cards given out to the same team in a town game last weekend. I couldn't believe it. I mean this is town soccer not club. Good call by the ref.

boys? what age group?

We're all fortunate it wasn't 3 red cards or we would have had 3 identical threads to read.

sorry. New to this.....Boys U12

Originally Posted by Unregistered

sorry. New to this.....Boys U12

Any serious injuries? How did they happen?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

sorry. New to this.....Boys U12

Nothing surprising about this at all. Town is far more violent overall than club, as is HS. And the most out of control club teams tend to be the less skilled ones. Compensating for lack of skill with dirty, aggressive play shows up regularly on the soccer field.

Of course maybe they just mouthed off to the ref. Don't know the town or the foul.

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There are certain fouls that are automatic red cards, e.g. denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity. I have given the red card for a player, not the keeper catching a shot on goal.

The game need not be dirty to end up with two red cards. Assume the case above and then a player getting two yellows for unsporting behavior and dissent.

The game need not be rough nor the players unskilled for such to happen.

It is a disturbiong trend that players get very upset when being called for a foul and then protest getting a caution.

In most cases a foul is just that and the "penalty" is the direct or indirect kick being awarded. A caution is meant to calm things down and warn the player. To treat such as more is to not understand the game.

Too many are watching the extremely poor behavior in the professional game and assuming that such is how the game should be played.

In the professional game, the referees are dealing with high priced players who trying to manipulate the officials to their benefit. The professional leagues and clubs need to keep their "prima donas" on the field since those are players the fans are coming to watch.

Referees are instructed to over look or cut star players more slack than the other players.

Listen to the uproar when a marque player is sent off for a cleats up tackle early in a game. The announcers make it clear that such is a bad decision: "Should have only been a caution. The call is too harsh..."

To see how professional games are handled verses the "real game", watch any NBA game. Traveling and what is a foul are entirely different for Pierce/Cobi/James than Glenn Davis.

2 reds in a game is pretty rare to see in youth soccer, but as the prior poster mentioned, it does not necessarily mean that there was any violent conduct. The only red I've seen in the last few years was for a non-goalie using his hands to block a sure goal.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

2 reds in a game is pretty rare to see in youth soccer, but as the prior poster mentioned, it does not necessarily mean that there was any violent conduct. The only red I've seen in the last few years was for a non-goalie using his hands to block a sure goal.

This is so silly with everyone rating the violence level of a game they haven't seen.
So, let me join in. LOL

I was on a discipline committee for a league for a few years.
By far, the most common red had nothing to do with play.
It had EVERYTHING to do with mouth.
Second yellow for dissent and straight red for Foul/Abusive was always the most common red every year.

Does anyone actually KNOW what the red cards were for?