2013 Adult Indoor Championship--Part 1 of 2

2013 Adult Indoor Championship

The Facility

The Arena

The Champions' Medallions

The Game

As you can see from the video below, these players have technical skill and they play quickly compared to the youth game.  Ball movement changes the point of attack and opens up gaps between defenders. Within the first few minutes of this match, a few key events are caught on tape.

• At 1:14 of this video, we see the ball ricochet off the back of the crossbar and play continues. 
•  At 1:20 the ball hits structure--the basketball apparatus-- and play is stopped.  The difference between how the area behind the goal and the apparatus are called will become a factor in part 2.
• 1st Goal of the final @ 2:04 of this video.

Second Goal

First Half Action

As we move toward half time, Grey applies pressure on blue's goal.

That was how the first half played out.  We had a good game. Blue was controlling possession, grey was earning chances off of counter-attacks and from risky play in the back-line.  The game was under control. Score at halftime 3-1.

But the control couldn't last today.  In the sixth minute of the second half, the game blows up. One incident sends the grey goalkeeper into the penalty box for 5 minutes.  In indoor soccer this penalty is similar to a hockey power-play, in that blue plays with a man advantage.

Ensuing dissent sends a second player into the penalty box from grey. Now the game is going to be a joke.  Grey will play three against five for two minutes and then four against five for three additional minutes.

The Blue team appeals to the supervisor to just forgive the second penalty so we can salvage the game.  That player does play again, but it is no use.

The goalkeeper from blue erupts again. In both of these incidents he is claiming the referee got the call wrong.  Both incidents are on tape, so we will look at those two incidents which destroyed this game in part 2.  You can be the judge in part 2.  You can play the role of the referee from the comfort of your browser.

But referees in the game have to stare down the face of rage.  Referees mediate the span between the Laws and the emotional content of the game.

As we will see in part 2, that emotional content can sometimes appear rabid.

Congratulations 2013 Ping Indoor Soccer League Champions

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