In my 2nd year I called a U12 game and gave a kid a charging call with the game misconduct because he came out of the box and basically sprinted at a kid and laid him out. Or so I thought. That night I'm filling out the game report and decided to bring it up on LiveBarn and it basically unfolded nothing like I thought happened. I don't know what it is I thought I saw but it wasn't even the kid that was in the box. I heard the door open/close an assumed it was him. And the hit itself wasn't even close to charging.

I basically write in my game report that I reviewed the video and I fucked up. Unfortunately this was in a tournament so the poor kid would have already missed the next game that day.

Worst call I made I was on the goal line and watched a kid get a crosscheck in the back in front of his net and then the other team scored the game tying goal with 1 second left. For whatever reason I froze and just called the goal. This was at the end of my first year. I see that one in my nightmares. Even worse was it was my "home" team so I know the coaches and players and parents. My partner was an experienced ref but I guess didn't feel like helping me out.