The Utah soccer league that saw one of its referees punched by a teen player and sent where to buy soccer cleats into a coma plans to play on — but with security present at games and without the player's team, its president said Friday.Mario Vasquez, president of La Liga Continental de Futbol, said he'll hire off-duty police officers to watch over games, which will resume this weekend at a middle school in a Salt Lake City suburb. The 17-year-old's adizero f50 team has been expelled from the league.The referee, Ricardo Portillo, 46, remains in a coma with his f50 adizero trx fg family praying for a miracle. The teenager, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, is in juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. The charges could be amplified if Portillo dies.
Utah soccer league to hire security, expels team
The Utah soccer league that saw one of its referees punched by a teen player and sent where to buy soccer cleats into a coma plans to play on — but with security present at games and without the player's team, its president said Friday.Mario Vasquez, president of La Liga Continental de Futbol, said he'll hire off-duty police officers to watch over games, which will resume this weekend at a middle school in a Salt Lake City suburb. The 17-year-old's adizero f50 team has been expelled from the league.The referee, Ricardo Portillo, 46, remains in a coma with his f50 adizero trx fg family praying for a miracle. The teenager, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, is in juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. The charges could be amplified if Portillo dies.