and gave me visions of cradling my dead daughter on the pitch. I've played the game for nearly 40 years and have never once seen anything even close to that. Are you talking men's soccer or women's? Have you ever seen someone knocked unconscious in soccer? If so, haven't you noticed that it bears a...

God is an Englishman wrote:

Akiel wrote:So much for it being a "non-contact" sport.

It's never been a non contact sport

It's "non-contact" as in, you target the ball and not the player.
Ramming, shirt-fronting and tackling players to the ground are permitted in rugby, Australian rules etc., not soccer.

Thank you. I think many referees need to care a bit more about the possibility of serious injury. Some are on top of it early and in those games, you'll see more skill and less aggression. Many referees however, appear to be there simply to make themselves an extra dollar on the weekend and don't co...

I have a couple of questions regarding rules in women's reserves game (South Australia): Player from team A executes a foul tackle on player from team B from behind whilst contesting for the ball, resulting in player from team B being knocked to the ground. Player from team A receives a yellow card....