Fire - Albertson Match halted when Ref attacked

The Fire hosted the Albertson 98 Red Fury Sunday evening and the game was halted with about 10 min left when an Alberston parent assaulted the ref.

The game started with the Fire having only 12 players due to injury. Albertson took it to us for a bit controlling the play and passing around over and over again. They never mounted a dangerous shot but controlled the play. We survived the half with a 0-0 tie.

The second half the Fire played better and over time Albertson started to tire. We got stronger and when one of our forwards got taken down in the box, we got a penalty shot to take a 1-0 lead. The came back hard but we countered. The play was not so one sided in the second half as the Fire got stronger as Albertson tired a bit. Albertson then got a break. A foul was called right at the top of the box to give them a free kick which they burried. 1-1. Then with abotu 10 minutes left, an albertson player was fouled outside of the box and the parents went crazy. One of the Albertson parents assaulted the ref and the ref stopped the game. We wait for word on the outcome.

-Coach Ernesto

5/23/10