[w_sohl]

I had this exact thing happen in a Freshman A game (Illinois). The ball handler had badly beaten the defender so the defender came running up behind the player and screamed at the top of his lungs. I immediatley "T" him up for unsportsmanlike conduct and explained to the coach that this can't be done because it puts that offensive player in fear of physical harm to his body from a hard foul from behind and it is just plain unsporting. That same situation will get you a yellow card in soccer. One yellow card in soccer is the equivelant of a techinical foul in that two yellows equal a red and an ejection from the contest. It is always going to be a judgement call but isn't everything we do as an official a judgement call?