Type of Incident: | Sportsmanship — May be used if a team, player, coach, or spectator is involved. |
Date of Incident: | 2024-05-12 |
Time of Incident: | 16:05:00 |
Location of Incident: | Buchanan High School |
Home Team: | Albion SC Central Valley |
Visiting Team: | Rocklin FC 07G |
Age Group and Gender: | U17G |
Team Affiliation of Individual Committing Incident: | Rocklin FC 07G |
Incident Summary: | Referee gave a red card to a player after seeing a photo of the incident. |
Comments: | The red card is overturned. Referees may not, in any event or circumstance, review video or still photographs and use that to make decisions about what occurred on the field. As the report states, there is no VAR in NorCal and using video or photographic evidence is strictly forbidden. |