A yellow card after a play in a youth soccer game and expert testimony of intent in a youth soccer game were not enough to deny summary judgment as requisite degree of recklessness could not be established.

The parents of a minor sued a youth soccer league when their child was kicked in the leg by another player, age 13, as their child was dribbling to take a shot at the goal. The plaintiffs’ expert testified that the kick in the leg was intentional or reckless because the child who kicked was given a yellow card after the play. The court found that, because the yellow card was given after the play had ended and the kick happened before the shot had been taken, there was no testimony to support that the kicking child intended to kick the plaintiff rather than the ball. Therefore, the plaintiffs could not establish the requisite degree of recklessness to prove their case. Summary judgment was granted.

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