On the evening of Friday, April 18, the coaches and referees associated with the Royal Palm Beach Strikers Soccer Club met for their third annual coaches versus referees soccer game. The game was played at the Katz Soccer Complex in Royal Palm Beach. The head coach of the coaches team was Mal Hasan, and the head coach of the referees team was Fernando Casal. Hasan is the coaching coordinator for the Strikers and the head coach of the boys varsity soccer team at RPBHS, while Casal is a member of the Soccer Referees of Palm Beach County. The two team captains were Micah Santiago for the coaches and Sergio Duque for the referees. The game was tied 1-1 after regulation play. Skyler Zarini scored for the coaches, while Cayden Spositi scored the lone goal for the referees. The coaches won the game, 5-4, in penalty kicks. John Soler was the game’s center referee.
