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LC09...LC dominated field play. I never said anything about limiting shots I just said LC didn't have 15. It was one of those games where Lc dominated the field play and had several hard Kicks into the Kingston defense. There weren't 15 shots on goal, period. Day stopped everything but the hopper by Mitch. That takes nothing away from the set piece but your field still stinks! You deserve better and so does your competition. You won't do well if you play a game based on long ball bad hop once you get past this region. A passing game requires good pitch. Lobby for it! Good luck as you go forward. And by the way...we both have fans that need counseling. I can't believe our AD's let the poor sportsmanship happen. ZIZou...The officiating needs to be worthy of a championship game. It wasn't! Twinkles...Kinston was lacking on offense for sure. They still had their opportunities. CAK is a great team and is one of my picks for the state title. FRA is the other.

We just got through watching theKingston LC tape and I am afraid we didn't count anywhere close to 15 shots for LC. We did see a badly called game on the worst playing surface in our District. The LC score was on a good set piece but Day had it covered except for a really bad hop. Come on LC, your team deserves better than that cow pasture for a field. Ugly soccer but hard fought. Congrats to LC. They deserved the win. Is it just me, or has the officiating gotten totally weird this year?

This is an instance that may show how soccer is discriminated against. I'll wager that the tape will show nothing that doesn't happen on evey single play in an American Football game. (If there is even a foul conclusively shown) There needs to be some differentiation between aggression in the course of play and stopping and taking a swing at an opponent. A two game suspension is definitely harsh. Can anyone remember a football player getting suspended for swinging an arm in the course of play?

It should be a great game, and I wish I could be there. This game will determine the standings. Scott County is a game team but they are rebuilding this year so They shouldn't affect LC. Kingston won at SC 8-0 in a game that they kept to a passing drill. The Scott players work hard, though, and kudos to #24. He got an unfortunate red card for a late challenge but he worked the hardest of anyone on his team. There is no slam dunk for the district this year so everyone had better play hard in every game. This is how soccer ought to be.

Rankings are always suspect, but I think you can look at them in groupings and find some meaningful info. The LC Sweetwater game was a shocker until you look at LC's schedule and realize that they have been playing nearly non stop with weekend tounaments bracketing a week of regular season play. I think they were just plaiin tired and East Tennessee is just packed with dangerous teams. The non east team that deserves watching is FRA. All this speculation is fun but we'll all know the answers in a couple of weeks. Bottom line is LC stays in the top five to be respected whether they get a ranking or not. It's a great game! Have fun.

The video shows no contact ever occurred between Day and the Oneida player. The Kingston defender got hammered, however. Oh well! No harm. Good game anyway. Districts await! Kingston beat Gibbs 2-1 tonight in a well fought contest. Gibbs is dangerous. Have fun Thursday if the game is played then. Should be a good one.

Kaz, Check the video! Day's cleat were to the left of the attacker and defender, not in front. His knee is up in the classic keeper position. Lousy call, but there were several both ways. This was the worst, though. Glasd it had no outcome on the game. How did the Gibbs game go?

I must disagree with SassyPants6, the goalie lead with his cleats on the foul that resulted in a PK attempt. It was a dangerous play, and it could have easily injured the Kingston defender as well. Oneida missed a golden opportunity to pad their 1-0 lead at the time.

" Ruben "The Magician" DeAraujo will not get back in time to play for the Indians in their match with Kingston" That's too bad. I hope things went well for him and his family back home. This is a great rivalry! I hope both teams can be at full strength by Districts. It will be a great game anyway, even thought both of them will be missing starters.

"Wouldn't there have to be several modifications including the substitution rule? Without a modification for extra substitutions, the chance of switching is slim and none. " The sub rule has exceptions for lower levels and allows unlimited subs if so designated. Our state orginization gets to choose what rules it will use. We need to push to go FIFA or actually USSF would be the proper designation. Several States already use USSF rules. We need Soccer people making the decisions at our State level. Get behind it and lets get this changed! Call your district Rep and lay the grounwork for next year. I have.

"Also, if you are a high school ref and do not call what the TSSAA says should be a yellow card you should not be allowed to officiate." This comment ignores the fact that TSSAA does not give clear written policy on the foul language call. I am a USSF ref. I don't do TSSAA matches and won't until they adopt FIFA rules. I will not run a DUAL nor will I ever give a football offsides signal. I will card any player who directs abusive language at another person whether any of the seven dirty words are used or not. I do speak to players when I hear profanityas an expletive. That seems to take care of things and we play on.

From the NFHS web site: Profanity – The NFHS Soccer Rules Committee recognizes that many state associations have adopted a zero tolerance policy. The committee continues to encourage each state association to implement policies that address this important issue. Great! Where is the written policy we are supposed to go by? This would seem to say that the policy has to be across the board and apply to all sports. TSSAA could not legally write a policy that would single out soccer. I can't wait to see how many football players get tossed this fall!

The Law says "offensive OR insulting Or abusive language and/Or gestures." I still read that to be directed at someone and not a stand alone expletive.

"Foul and Abusive language" is pretty straight forward now that I think about it some more. It can't just be foul! It has to be foul AND abusive. This would pretty well nail the door shut on the argument that you can card a player just for uttering an expletive. In order to be abusive, language must be directed at a person. It also does not require that an obscenity be used. It is the mean spirit of the language that violates good sportsmanship. As an argument, this one is over. No foul for the word, card for foul AND abusive! Now if we can just get the ref's to read the law. That might be hard since we can't get TK to read the letter clarifying the hands on the back foul. It says very plainly that placing the hands on the back of another player is not a foul unless an obvious push ocurs, but the whistle gets blown time and time again.

"I don't like that they get away with it in the Premier League in England, and I don't like it here. " See the problem with this? You've sanctioned a player and coach for what you think, not what the rule says. The rule doesn't say anything about what words can be said and which can't. It involves invective directed at someone. I think most refs mean well but we need some consistency across the board for all sports. Try this example: A player mishandles a ball in a bad situation resulting in loss of possession and says, to himself, "You sorry piece of dog muffin!" A player gets fouled and turn to the offending player for the other team and says, "You sorry piece of dog muffin!" Go read the rule and tell me what the appropriate action is.