In a U-18 boys game, blue #11 takes a corner kick and the ball is going straight into the white team's goal. White #7 jumps up, grabs the cross bar pulling himself higher and stops the ball from going into the goal by heading it away to a teammate. What is your decision?
Answer:
Players are not allowed to hang from the goal posts or crossbar as this is an unsporting behavior action. Illegally denying a goal scoring opportunity (DOGSO) is commonly done by deliberately handling the ball or by committing an offense against an opponent which results in a free kick or penalty. Also, denying a goal scoring opportunity offenses are not limited to those punishable by a direct free kick and include misconduct or those fouls by which the restart is an indirect free kick. In this case, blue # 3 committed two misconducts at the same time. The first was unsporting behavior for acting in a manner which shows a lack of respect for the game by hanging from the crossbar to assist play. The second was denying a goal scoring opportunity while committing the unsporting behavior offense. The referee needs to document both offenses in the game report but he should penalize only the most serious of the two offenses. Therefore the referee should stop play, show the red card to blue #3 and send her off for denying a goal scoring opportunity. Restart the game with an indirect free kick for the red team on the goal area line parallel to the goal line, at the spot closest to where the misconduct occurred.
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