WINDSOR -- Sonoma County authorities Monday were investigating a report that a Petaluma soccer coach mooned a team of teenage girls during a weekend match.

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department said the incident was reported at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday after a Windsor Cup Soccer game had been played by female players under the age of 16.

Deputies learned that the game had become heated and erupted into several arguments, after which the Petaluma team's coach walked to the center of the field and allegedly exposed his rear to the opposing team, according to the sheriff's office.

Several of the Windsor team players and their parents called police and reported the incident. However, the coach has denied the allegations, according to the sheriff's department.

Deputies contacted the director of the soccer league, who told them the coach was suspended for his alleged actions.

A request for the suspect to be charged with indecent exposure will be forwarded to the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office, the sheriff's department said.