A criminal investigation has been launched and assault charges have been filed after a teenage soccer player in South Carolina savagely beat an opposing player after being tripped.

CAUTION: The video footage below may not be suitable for all audiences.

Lewisville High senior Annette McCullough brutally attacked an unnamed Chester High opponent during Mondays match.

McCullough reacted with extreme aggression to a minor trip that sent her falling to the ground.

The vicious attack featured hair pulling, 11 punches being thrown, and a desperate attempt to stop the assault before it became even more dangerous.

McCullough was sent off the field with a red card, escorted away by an assistant referee. Shortly thereafter, Chester County deputies were called to the scene and 18-year-old McCullough was charged with assault.

Alan Parker, the referee of the match, commented on the violent scene.

“Some incidental contact ended in one girl going down and she just got up and started pummeling,” said Parker. “It’s unfortunate, it really is. Contact is a part of soccer, but when you retaliate like that, obviously, there is no place in the game for that.

“Occasionally you have players that go at it, on the field together, but in this case it was just one girl pummeling the other girl. And she didn’t stop which is even more egregious.”

The victim’s mother says she will push to have Annette McCullough prosecuted to the fullest possible extent and be banned from any further soccer activity.

“I know it will not be tolerated on this team and here in Lewisville,” said Lewisville assistant girls soccer coach Paul Atkerson told WBTV. “This is something that should not have happened, it should not have happened at all.”

View the brutal attack below.

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