Interesting letter from SoCal League, re referee issues

[Grace T.]

I watch the EPL constantly and there's no hesitation to call a foul in the middle of the field if there's a hard jersey grab and it's nowhere near a clear breakaway or shot on goal. Simply a player stopping a counter attack. It does get called and frequently earns a yellow. It's not what I would consider "serious" as in an injury risk but it's 101% deliberate.

“Hard” is doing a lot of work there.

In any case it’s likely a yellow for spa (if not red for dogso) which they do look out for, rather than reckless or serious foul play cards. You can’t have spa or dogso on a corner, nor on a corner can you call an ordinary non misconduct foul without the ball being in play.