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: Kickoff Goal
By
Brent Rice
MHSAA Assistant Director
September 27, 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 – Kickoff Goal - Listen
We’ve got a 2-1 soccer game at halftime, and the trailing team is set to kick off to start the second half. The teams get lined up and number 11 from the trailing team gives it a healthy boot. It flies, untouched by any other player, and gets past the goalkeeper into the back of the net. They start celebrating, thinking they’ve tied the game at 2. But should they be?
Can a team score directly from kickoff? They can. There are a number of ways soccer teams can score. A goal can be scored directly from a kickoff, a corner kick, and a direct free kick.
Goals cannot be scored from an in-direct free kick or a throw-in. But from a kickoff? Count it!
Previous Editions:
Sept. 20: Soccer Timing - Listen
Sept. 13: Volleyball Replays - Listen
Sept. 6: Switching Sides - Listen
Aug. 30: Play Clock - Listen
Aug. 23: Intentional Grounding Change - Listen