Double Yellow Ejection Uncertainty

[SSU19]

I heard the rules changed with the OHSAA this year and a soft red card doesn't exist? Can anyone confirm or deny this?

[SSU19]

By that I mean you are automatically ejected for the remainder of the current contest and suspended for the next two (2) regular season matches. I heard this from a current soccer official early in the season. The OHSAA website is unclear.

[Buckeye24]

A soft red still exists. A player from West received one on Tuesday and played tonight.

[MHS_Soccer_Dad]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 13, 2012) — In a continued emphasis on improving sportsmanship, the “soft red” has been eliminated in high school soccer.
Effective with the 2012-13 season, a second yellow card not only will disqualify a player, but the team will not be permitted to substitute for the disqualified player. Previously, a team was permitted to replace a player who had received a second yellow card.

This is directly from the website...to me it is saying that the player is ejected for rest of game and you can't substitute...before you could substitute another player. I was under the impression that the player would also be suspended the next 2 games also but it doesn't state that in the rule changes. hmmm

[rxburgfan]

"soft red" does exist. With the rules off a straight red most refs are not willing to issue one regularly. This is coming straight from some of the horses involved. There have been three "soft red" issued in soc this season.

[soccerfanatic]

If a player receives two yellow cards in the game, as stated above, the player is disqualified for the rest of the game and the team plays down a man. However, unlike a straight red, the player is NOT suspended for two additional games. I know there is a great deal of confusion on this, even for the officials. The state specifically stated in the online rules interpretation meeting for coaches/officials that the official was NOT supposed to write up a red card report for a player who received two cautions (yellow cards) in one game.

[cave canem]

According to the NFHS and OHSAA "soft red" no longer exists.
The new procedure and the "soft red" are similar, yet there are some differences.

Soft red procedure:
For the second yellow, the official would show the yellow and red card at the same time.
The offending player would be removed for the remainder of the game.
Another player could replace the ejected player leaving the team with 11 players (assuming there hadn't been any straight red cards).

New Procedure:
For the second yellow, the official is to show only the yellow card, lower the card, then raise the red card. This is to show that the player is being ejected due to a double yellow not due to a straight red.
The offending player is to be removed from the field. However, the player cannot be replaced, which will leave the team down a player.

Players who receive the double yellow are not required to sit out any other games.
Players will be required to sit out two games if the second card was a straight red (not a double yellow).

I hope this adds some clarity to the new procedure.
There have been several changes to high school soccer the past few years.
Hope to get it all figured out soon.

[Redcard]

Soft Red cards (terminology) are out and "double yellow" is in. not sure why the name change(seems the same to me) but rule change does come with it. No sub for double yellow player. Double yellow player can play next game.
If you have 15 games, you can play in all of them and have 15 double yellows!! need to adopt some variation of FIFA rule on this....

[rxburgfan]

IMO there has been two red card offenses I have seen. Two different set of refs and both got soft reds. Coaches should intervene in these situations. No need for kid out of control.

[juanmorales]

a double yellow and a soft red is the same thing...

[goldenboy10]

Exactly double yellow is soft red