U13 2012

Quite an eventful match!.

The Gloucester Swarm team is to be commended for playing a man short, and playing fairly and valiantly, as was their coach.

Our team received 3 yellow cards, the first yellow cards ever received in a league match by team I have coached. We are very unhappy with this. Receiving a card means we did something that is not fair soccer. There were numerous wrong calls by the referee, but we always have to assume that referees will make mistakes, and they do, we all do. It is completely pointless to be upset at the ref. or to answer or say anything to him/her. That is not playing fair soccer.

In addition, our code of conduct states clearly that parents should not give coaching instructions (think about please, what is the player to do when the instructions conflict with the coach, and he receives instructions from multiple sources?), nor should they say anything to the referee. The referee threatened me with a red card last night if we did not escort a parent out, and there is a $500 fine for this.

Hunter scored the first ever goal I have seen from a corner kick in this league. Hunter actually scored two, as did Alex, François, Bonheur, Venance, Daniel, and Nourullah completing the score board. Noorullah was superb with his passes and crosses, collecting a few assists.

Some video shooting from Gustavo, who was injured and was filming the match. Some of my own footage is at the end. Watch in high quality and full screen using this link.

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