Soccer is brutal.

Basically, the refs let tonite's game get out of control, resulting in my friend Sean getting his shin broken by the keeper. Sean had the ball, shot, landed on his shooting foot (right), and the keeper went straight through with a late hit, not even going for the ball. If we would have had a decent official, that would have been a redcard (excessive force) and a penalty kick. But, we were stuck with hometown refs who would call the slightest contact on us, but would only call fouls on them when they used large amounts of force.


Just seeing him hold up his leg almost made me vomit; I'm glad I didn't hear it snap. That just broke through any happiness I had, seeing my friend purposefully get injured severely in a game that is supposed to be fun and safe.