Game Report

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Originally Posted by AremRed

I gotcha, but technically this situation falls under the language "denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball".

Does that mean we should call this DTOTAG (denying the opposing team a goal)???

I've seen the following acronyms used in reports: DGH (Denying a Goal by Handling), DOGSO-H, and DOGSO-F (or sometimes the shorter DGF). The first two apply to the first bullet point below, while the last applies to the second. Pick whichever is appropriate for the circumstances. (From your description above, it sounds like DGH occurred in the match that you did.)

• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)
• denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick

Additionally, I will tell you that the "F" in the final one does not stand for "Foul," but rather "Free kick." Under LOTG the offense does not have to be a foul, just an offense or infraction. Under NFHS rules the infringement must be a foul punishable by a DIRECT free kick. One of many differences between the two.

Recently, it seems that several countries have moved to a code system for the various cautionable and sendoff offenses using C1 through C7 and S1 through S7.

Had my first U16 boys center yesterday. This was after two AR's (170 min total). About 25 minutes in had a striker and defender (also a captain) collide while challenging for the ball. The ball squirted away and then they started bitch-slapping each other. There were arms flailing everywhere. I was about 10 yards away when they started. They shoved each other away and the captain started yelling at me how the striker punched him. I didn't see one, yellow for both. I came off the field at halftime (0-0 tie) thinking I had done a shit job.

Two more yellows in the 2nd half -- one to a white jersey midfielder who was close to getting booked for dissent when he kicked the ball away after I called a foul on him. After two or three calls in a row against white (and now being down 1-0), they were starting to get a little frustrated. White had an attack developing near the bench when a blue player fouled to break it up. The white coach started yelling, but I already had my card out. Tactical yellow.

Had a couple fouls throughout the game where each player said "but I got the ball!!". Thankfully I was able to match up one of those calls that gave blue a good free kick from the left side of the area with a similar foul giving white a free kick from 25 yards. The blue defender started to complain, but I was already yelling "SAME CALL!" and pointing to the other end of the field. White took it quickly, but nothing came of it. Game finished with a true soccer score: 1-0. Still a lot to work on though, especially knowing how to answer the tough questions that players ask.