Soccer just got serious. Felony charges may be filed.
Felony charge might be filed after fight at Disney youth soccer tournament
A fight following a youth soccer game at Disney World left one teen with a concussion and another facing a potential felony battery charge.
While reports of violence at youth sports games have become all too common in recent years, parents who witnessed the Saturday afternoon altercation painted a particularly vivid picture of parents and players from a Miami team storming the field, punching an elderly man and repeatedly kicking a downed player in the head.
The incident happened at the close of the championship match of the Disney Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex between the under-16 teams for Orlando FC/QPR Academy and Pachuca FC Miami.
"What made this insane was that the parents cleared the bench," said Matthew Feinberg, whose son Jordan, 16, was treated at Florida Hospital Celebration Health for a concussion and other injuries. "The parents on their team helped their children. They even hit some kids on our team.
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