Sounds like the perp attended the same Catholic school as the victim.
No, the victim and the friend who gave the interview both attended Catholic Central together.
When I first heard the story on WJR's Frank Beckman yesterday, a first hand account said that the perp, after hitting the ref and knocking him down, then grabbed his gear and ran off. While running off, he turned around and flipped the bird........
From the little I caught yesterday, the caller said that the perp's team has a history of violence and had been kicked out of prior soccer leagues......I might be wrong on that so don't quote me.