# Coach of NJ’s top girls soccer team suspended for playoff game after champagne bottle celebration

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/coach-of-njs-top-girls-soccer-team-suspended-for-playoff-game-after-champagne-bottle-celebration/
- Published: 2026-11-08T00:10:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T01:27:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/coach-nj-top-girls-soccer-team-suspended-playoff-game-champagne-bottle-celebration
- Topics: Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Karen Anderson was suspended for one play-off match.
- She celebrated her 100th win with a bottle on school property.
- Paul VI is two wins from a third straight state title.

## Summary

Paul VI girls’ football coach Karen Anderson has been suspended for one play-off match after celebrating her 100th career win with a champagne bottle on school property. The incident matters because New Jersey’s school sports rules impose a one-year tournament ban for coaches involved with alcohol at a match site or on school grounds.

The milestone came after Paul VI beat Notre Dame 2-0 in the South Jersey Non-Public A quarter-finals. Anderson said she did not drink from the bottle, which parents had bought and given to her, but did not say whether it contained alcohol. The school said it does not condone the behaviour; its top-ranked team is two wins from a third consecutive state title.

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