Question Number: 18028

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/30/2007

RE: High School Under 17

Alic of Murrieta, CA USA asks...

This question is a follow up to question 1025

I had been given a red card and kicked off the field for the rest of the game and also the next game. The reason was the when I made a goal I had taking off "ONE" of my shirts swung it around my head. We had to wear two shirts cause both teams had the same colors.
So should I have been given a red card??

Answer provided by Referee Michelle Maloney

If the referee thought you were taunting the other team with your shirt(s) in high school, you could have been sent off. In a USSF game, mostly likely taking off your shirt and waving it around would be a caution only, unless something else in your behavior elevated it to a sending off. Hard to know from what you wrote.

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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

In High School soccer, it is a send off offense to taunt the opponents. In this case, this was the referees decision.

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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

In the event the match referee was of the opinion you were taunting, a disqualification offense in American high school rules, he is well within the rules to disqualify you.

Regards,

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