2023-24 CONCACAF Referee Discussion [Rs]

Discussion in 'Referee' started by MassachusettsRef, Sep 11, 2023.

  1. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also we're talking about an obvious goal-scoring opportunity right? Not an obvious goal. I don't know how that's not an obvious opportunity. Maybe the striker would have bottled it. Maybe the ball gets stuck under his foot. But the opportunity is absolutely there.
     
  2. Beau Dure

    Beau Dure Member+

    May 31, 2000
    Vienna, VA
    I agree with @MassachusettsRef on the principle that some things are different at different levels. When I'm reffing games with 9-year-olds who lack the strength and coordination they'll have in a few years, I'm less inclined to think a foul is deliberate. (The fact that the typical 9-year-old immediately says she's sorry and asks if the other player is OK also weighs into that decision.

    I'll accept the consensus take here that this *would* be considered DOGSO under prevailing interpretations of the LOTG.

    I don't accept that it *should* be.

    In other words -- had this been a foul and red was given, I'd understand. If I magically lose 30 pounds and 20 years while quintupling the amount of experience I have so that I'm reffing a pro game, I'll give the red card myself. I just wouldn't like it.
     
  3. socal lurker

    socal lurker Member+

    May 30, 2009
    Put aside thinking about cards. Do you really doubt that a professional player, if not fouled there, has an obvious opportunity to score a goal?
     

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