The result of the Tenino girls soccer team’s matchup against Cascade Christian (Puyallup) is in question on Sunday after confusion over a potential goal during the game resulted in a postgame scoring change.
The score was initially reported as a 2-1 Tenino victory, but has since been changed to a 1-1 draw.
Tenino coach Trevor Fetbrandt says that the school will be reaching out to necessary parties on Monday for an explanation, especially when all indications on the field were that the goal in question stood as a goal scored.
“We are under the impression based on all the signals on the field that it was a good goal and that we won 2-1,” Tenino coach Trevor Fetbrandt said.
The confusion stems from a goal in the 29th minute, when Kyla Watson put a through ball into Callie Mickelson. Mickelson and Cascade Christian’s center back had a “gnarly” collision, but Mickelson survived the contact, kept possession, and slotted the ball into the back of the net.
No foul was called on the play, but after all the players lined up to restart the game, the assistant referee waved their flag and had a conversation with the referee. After the conversation, the referee again signalled a good goal, and the players lined up to restart play again.
Instead of the center spot, though, the ball was accidentally placed on one of the football X’s on the edge of the center circle that is meant for kickoffs in football games.
Play restarted from there, leaving a question about whether a foul was called and the ball was being put back into play on a free kick from that spot.
To make things even more confusing, the scoreboard did not update, and it said the score was 1-0 CC until Mickelson scored off a Rayanna Mustoe assist in the 63rd minute.
The final score on the scoreboard read 1-1, but the score was originally reported to the WIAA as a 2-1 Tenino win before it was changed.
This article will be updated with more information on the final result when it is made available.
Before the goal in question, the Beavers conceded in the first minute of the game, but they outshot the Cougars 12-2 the rest of the way.
“Even with the weird situation, it was great to see how we turned the corner and took control of the game more and more as it went on,” Fetbrandt said. “It’s a testament to the character of the girls when they compete through that much adversity.”
