From LBPOSTSports.com: Due to one of their players illegally participating in a non-CIF soccer league, the defending national champion Wilson Bruins girls’ soccer team is forfeiting four league contests.
The violation occurred on January 23rd, and they’re forfeiting their four league wins after that date that the player subsequently participated in. Their record now drops to 7-5, and they finish in fourth place in the Moore League, instead of as co-champions with Poly. Their CIF seed also now drops from second to fourth.
Moore League secretary Jim Lineberger says, “You can’t participate in club games during the season, although you certainly can outside. [After being made aware of the situation] the Wilson coach called the girl in and sat her down and said, ‘We’re going to CIF, we need to know what happened.’ She played one time, on January 23rd, so the coach went back through the record and forfeited their four wins after the 23rd.”
The four forfeited wins are over Jordan, Cabrillo, Lakewood, and Compton, who now all gain a victory. Lakewood and Cabrillo now move up from being a three and a four-seed in the playoffs, respectively, to a two and a three-seed. “This was a miscommunication,” said Wilson head coach Jason Kirkwood. “There was confusion on her part, apparently because of the free association rule. After it was brought to my attention we did the right thing and self-reported.” We are withholding the players’ name at Kirkwood’s request, though it is worth noting that the player is not a starter.
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