The MHSAA made a decision that could have a big impact if we
have an all Red semifinal or not.
The league said that the Troy Athens/Macomb Dakota regional final
shootout will be replayed after Macomb Dakota appealed and won its case so it
means that both teams will have to go back to Troy Athens to have their
shootout on Tuesday at 4 PM with the winner going to Troy High School to go up
against Rochester on that same night in the MHSAA State Semifinals.
Troy Athens, which won 3-2 and 4-3 on penalties celebrated
their first regional title in two decades on Friday night but it looks like the
Red Hawks will have to try to win it again on Tuesday.
There was a ruling on Saturday night that in their findings
league officials said that it’s procedure was incorrectly applied when during
the shootout, it was determined that the onsite officials in the game voided a
Macomb Dakota soccer player’s goal that was eligible for shooting out of order.
MHSAA Soccer tournament policies doesn’t require that the
players shoot in any particular order.
This was an MHSAA tournament policy that was misapplied not a National Federation of State High Associations rule that was violated. If it was a NFSHA rule, then it cannot be changed.
The shootout score will be 3-3 and both teams will have
their fourth shooter kicking and the score will be 2-2.
Thoughts:
This is an interesting decision that the MHSAA made but it
was the right decision but there will be feelings hurt on both sides especially
for the Red Hawks. If Troy Athens loses this shootout, then they would feel
they had got robbed by the MHSAA. If the Red Hawks win this shootout, then it
would feel like they had won it fairly and move onto playing Rochester at Troy
that same night.
We’ll see what happens.
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