Incompetent referees were one of the reasons I quit playing soccer (a dislocated thumb was another; giving an opposing player a concussion was the third). If you're way off the play and yelling you can't possibly be distracting the opponent; you just drew a referee that didn't like what you were doing and was on some sort of power trip.
I hate to say it, but I would have been sorely tempted to lead a couple of plays toward said referee until same got plunked. They're there to make sure everyone is safe (especially the goalkeeper), not to make the game beautiful.
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Incompetent referees were one of the reasons I quit playing soccer (a dislocated thumb was another; giving an opposing player a concussion was the third). If you're way off the play and yelling you can't possibly be distracting the opponent; you just drew a referee that didn't like what you were doing and was on some sort of power trip.
I hate to say it, but I would have been sorely tempted to lead a couple of plays toward said referee until same got plunked. They're there to make sure everyone is safe (especially the goalkeeper), not to make the game beautiful.