Utah Soccer Referee Dies After Being Punched

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ESPN.com said:
MURRAY, Utah -- A Utah soccer referee who slipped into a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game a week ago died Saturday night, police said.

Ricardo Portillo, 46, of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following an assault, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said.

Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.

"The suspect was close to Portillo and punched him once in the face as a result of the call," Hoyal said in a press release.

The teen has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault.

Hoyal said authorities will consider additional charges since Portillo has died.

He said an autopsy is planned. No cause of death was released.

Portillo suffered swelling in his brain and had been listed in critical condition, Dr. Shawn Smith said Thursday at the Intermountain Medical Center in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.
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I heard about this, this is such an awful thing to happen in sport, I hope the boy goes to jail for a very long time, not an attitude for a sports field at all.
 
That's terrible. I'd hate the be the kid. Of course it was a stupid thing to do, but that guilt would be horrible. :(
 
2787cmt said:
2091401 said:
That's terrible. I'd hate the be the kid. Of course it was a stupid thing to do, but that guilt would be horrible. :(
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I would hate to be the referee. :P
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Haha yeah I guess so.
 
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