‘Touchy’ subject: Officials unkind to coach, players in Cadet loss to GHV

LATIMER – With what should have been a mostly uneventful boys’ soccer match, an extremely sensitive official red carded CAL/H-D/B-K first-year head coach Ryan Thompson for simply asking a question and issued a yellow card to a player for mildly complaining a questionable call.
The Cadets were already trailing 1-0 on an own goal less than a minute into the match when keeper Cesar Damas was side tackled in goal while trying to make a save, which led to another Garner-Hayfield-Ventura goal in an eventual 5-1 loss to the Cardinals on Thursday, April 14.
Thompson, who didn’t raise his voice, asked one of the officials how his keeper could be side tackled with no call and the goal be allowed, got no response from the official and then said, ‘wow, that’s crazy,’ which elicited a red card and ejection.
Read more on this story in the April 20 print and online editions of the Hampton Chronicle.