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By Sam Barron From Daily Voice

A North Plainfield soccer coach has been arrested after he kicked a 16-year-old player on the opposing team in Roselle, authorities announced Tuesday, Dec. 2.

During a soccer match between North Plainfield Soccer Elite and Elizabeth Youth Soccer at the Wariananco Sports Center on Sunday, Oct. 19, a player was involved in a play and fell to the ground near the sideline, Union County police said. Gustavo Rosas Pena then kicked the 16-year-old player from the Elizabeth team, police said.

Plata is charged with simple assault, police said.