[oldalum]

On the PK foul, it looked to me as you describe, the ball going horizontally toward the side of the field, and our player just accidentally ran over the forward from behind. Didn't look like a flop. I thought it was a foul, and it was clearly in the box, but it did not deny the player a goal-scoring opportunity. So is the rule that any foul in the box, no matter how innocuous, results in a penalty kick? Maybe best for the ref to just play on, but would have resulted in a loss of possession by Fullerton.

[oldalum]

On the PK foul, it looked to me as you describe, the ball going horizontally toward the side of the field, and our player just accidentally ran over the forward from behind. Didn't look like a flop. I thought it was a foul, and it was clearly in the box, but it did not deny the player a goal-scoring opportunity. So is the rule that any foul in the box, no matter how innocuous, results in a penalty kick? Maybe best for the ref to just play on, but would have resulted in a loss of possession by Fullerton.