A short dissertation of my feelings on the PK

I realize after looking at my game recap – which I'll admit wasn't really a recap at all – that I should probably give my full account of thoughts on why it was what I said it was.

Looking at both angles that we had available it looked from one angle -the back – as though Olave dragged Mullan down and from the other – the front – it looked exactly the opposite, so it's a bit of a wash on perspective. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that it probably was a foul on Brian. The fact of whether it was a foul or not isn't my biggest issue with the whole debacle.

During a derby game in the 95th minute of stoppage time, there will be contact – hard contact in fact – in the box during a free kick. Any referee worth his salt should realize that. It's the fact that so many fouls in both boxes were committed not only in the boxes but elsewhere on the pitch all game were not called before that makes the final

I ask my referees for consistency, that's about it. Refs are humans and make mistakes but I prefer it when they make them consistently. If a baseball umpire has an abnormally high strike zone, I complain not about the zone but only when he stops calling the high strikes at random points in the game. There were huge fouls by both sides all over the pitch not being called all game long. I cheered when the Rapids got free balls out of non-calls and jeered as RSL escaped with a couple of bad ones as well. So many plays that game were dirtier than the call in the box at the end, that is why I was shocked the call was given.

Truly, coach Gary Smith said it better than I can;