This weekend at a girls U13 league game, our goalkeeper was awarded a yellow card for yelling "I got it," in the box to call her teammate off the ball. The referee explained after the game that she was "intentionally trying to confuse the other team when she called the ball." I have never in all my years of playing and watching soccer heard of this rule being applied like this. After carding her, he then gave her a drop ball. I would think if it was a foul, there would be a free kick for the other team involved.
Did I miss a memo? Is this something referees are taught these days? Has anyone else ever experienced a call like this? If this is truly the interpretation of the law, it seems that it could have been a teachable moment and not a punishable one.
Did I miss a memo? Is this something referees are taught these days? Has anyone else ever experienced a call like this? If this is truly the interpretation of the law, it seems that it could have been a teachable moment and not a punishable one.