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the time on the clock expires, but the game continues for some secret period of time until all of the unannounced penalty seconds tick off the REAL clock, which is apparently somewhere in the ref’s knickers.

Oh, check this out.

My son was in a High School State tournament game and had to go "on the road" across the state (about a 5 hour drive) and ended up playing on a natural grass field which was not mowed low enough and was lined smaller than a regular field turf field. Anyway, the other coach did this because our team had not played on grass all year long and wanted a competitive advantage.

Here is the part that is to your point. The game ended up tied at 3-3 after regulation so they played two 5 minute overtime "golden goal" (think sudden death) periods. Mind you, usually during High School soccer in our state the scoreboard clock is the official clock and there is no "stoppage time". There was no scoreboard clock in this game. Towards the end of the 2nd overtime period, my son had beat the last defender and was heading for a one-on-one with the Keeper and had the angle on the Keeper and was loading up put the ball in the net and the ref BLEW THE GAME ENDING WHISTLE!! You NEVER do that as a ref and so we ended up getting homered by the home town ref. Sucks. Ended up losing on PK's.

The state organization that runs High School sports here should be prosecuted under RICO statutes for some of the crap they have pulled over the years. This whole situation should not have happened.

The state organization that runs High School sports here should be prosecuted under RICO statutes for some of the crap they have pulled over the years. This whole situation should not have happened.

Your kid leaned that bad calls happen and life ain't fair.

Best lesson he/she could learn.

One of the things I like about soccer, is that time is added to compensate for injuries or delay tactics. I’ve even seen cards given in the EPL for stalling.

I also like that if the match is close and one team is threatening to score, the teams know the ref is not going to blow the half-time or full-times whistle until the ball is cleared away from a threatening situation. Everyone knows this is what happens from the fans to the players, to the refs, the owners, and the leagues, all the way up to FIFA. It’s just an accepted fact and everyone agrees that is the way it should be.

As for bad officiating, bet your son’s game wasn’t as bad as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6v-bW6wxoY