Check Out These Girls Soccer Overtime Winners

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 10, 2021

MHSAA.tv broadcasts Tuesday and Wednesday captured a pair of Girls Soccer Regional Semifinal overtime winners – and we've put them together for a brief highlight reel including: 

Gillian Ciak’s winner to push Troy Athens past Romeo 1-0 in Division 1 on Tuesday.

Williamston’s Breyer Fenech heading in the decider of a 1-0 win Wednesday over Flint Powers Catholic in Division 3.

PHOTO: Troy Athens controls possession during a regular-season game against Bloomfield Hills. (Photo courtesy of C&G Newspapers.)

Be the Referee: Soccer Timing

By Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials

September 20, 2022

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 Timing - Listen

One of the biggest complaints people make about professional soccer is never knowing how much time is really left in the game. The clock counts up from zero, and the referee can add time at their discretion.

But that’s not the case in high school soccer.

To start with, halves are 40 minutes, not 45. The clock starts at 40 and counts down. And when players are injured and the ball is not in play, the clock will stop and then restart when action is ready to continue.

In the last five minutes of the game, the clock stops for substitutions by the leading team, so a coach can’t stall by sending in a new player. When the clock hits zero and the buzzer sounds … the game is over. There’s no guessing how much added time there is – the end of the game is the end of the game.

Previous Editions:

Sept. 13: Volleyball Replays - Listen
Sept. 6: Switching Sides - Listen
Aug. 30: Play Clock - Listen
Aug. 23: Intentional Grounding Change
- Listen