Highlight Reel: Covenant/Heritage Christian

October 27, 2014

The Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys soccer team defeated Kalamazoo Heritage Christian 6-1 in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal last week. See below for highlights and a link to watch the game in full (click the headers to watch). 

COVENANT STRIKES FIRST - Covenant Christian gets on the board first in this Div. 4 Regional Semifinal when Travis Bouwkamp heads one into the net.

HERTIAGE WITH THE EQUALIZER - Heritage Christian ties the game at 1-1 off a restart. Bryant Cross gets the goal.

BROWER WITH THE GAME-WINNER - Covenant Christian got the last goal it would need late in the first half from Brendan Brower. The goal gave Covenant a 2-1 halftime lead.

You can watch the whole game by Clicking Here.

Be the Referee: Soccer Disallowed Goal

By Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials

October 21, 2021

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Soccer Disallowed Goal - Listen

A soccer team is racing towards the opponent’s goal, and after a couple of nice passes, they find the back of the net for a one-nothing lead.

As soon as the goal celebration starts, the coach of the team that scored excitedly motions for one of his players to come off the field. The assistant referee sees and hears this and counts the number of players on the field – and he realizes that the scoring team had 12 players on the field at the time of the goal. What’s the call?

The referee should disallow the goal because there were too many players on the field, and re-start the game with a goal kick by the team that was scored on. The extra player on the field receives a yellow card, and the score is back to 0-0 … or nil-nil.

Previous editions

Sept 30: Field Goal Falls Short - Listen
Sept. 23: Volleyball Obstruction - Listen
Sept. 16: Catch or No Catch Listen
Sept. 9: Intentional Grounding – Listen 
Sept. 2: Pass Interference – Listen 
Aug. 26: Protocols and Mechanics  Listen