keeps Myrtle Beach boys soccer team out of postseason
Myrtle Beach’s boys soccer team will not be eligible to participate in the playoffs this season after incidents in which a player allegedly made physical contact with a game official and another player allegedly used profane language to an official during the Seahawks’ 2-1 loss at Socastee on March 25. The school will also drop one preseason game and two regular season games from next season’s schedule as part of its self-imposed punishment for the incidents, Myrtle Beach athletics director Doug Terry said.
Myrtle Beach boys soccer coach Jason Himmelsbach said the incident occurred shortly after Socastee’s go-ahead goal in the game’s final minutes, but he did not witness what occurred. The Seahawks led the Braves 1-0 before Socastee tied the match with about five minutes to play and took the lead a minute or two later, Himmelsbach said. “The problem was I wasn’t in a position to see anything happen,” said Himmelsbach, who was on crutches on the sidelines with an injured Achilles tendon. “After the [go-ahead] goal was scored I was speaking with the other referee. I didn’t have good angle to see the incident.”
Myrtle Beach was issued three red cards within the span of just a few minutes toward the end of that match. Himmelsbach said he has read the official’s report, and it said the first red card was issued to a player for using profane language, which is an automatic ejection per S.C. High School League rules. The second red card was for a dangerous slide tackle and the third red card was issued to a player disputing the second card who then made physical contact with the official, Himmelsbach said. Red cards result in an automatic ejection from the game and no substitution for that player is allowed.
In response to the incidents, Myrtle Beach has withdrawn the boys soccer team from postseason eligibility this season and will lose a preseason game and two regular season games in 2011. Terry said the SCHSL gave the school an opportunity to come up with a plan to rectify the problems, and that if not “they would do what they needed to do.”
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