Michigan Dude Charged With Murder for Punching Soccer Referee

(Reuters) - A soccer player accused of punching a referee and fatally injuring him during a weekend game in a Detroit suburb has been charged with second-degree murder, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad, 36, had been charged with assaulting referee John Bieniewicz, 44, during a game in Livonia, Michigan, but the charges were upgraded following his death, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.

Whoa, America calm down. Just cause we decided to get really into one World Cup doesn't mean we should already be at the "punching referees in the face" stage of soccer fandom. We're rushing into this. Let's just slow down. If we really wanna get into this sport as a country maybe we can start going to those bullshit MLS games or something like that. Maybe play a little more FIFA? Definitely shouldn't be assaulting refs yet. Baby steps.

Kinda worried that this sport might not be right for America though. Soccer refs are super easy to get mad at and most calls are pretty grey. Maybe rolling around on the ground for 10 minutes is good enough for these Europeans, but not the USofA. Gonna need some kind of retribution for a bad call. Be it insulting a refs mother, or actually physically harming him. Either way it ends badly. Let's be better than this, America. We can do it.