Misguidedly aimed to get half the team to act as referee (7)
I believe the answer is:
mediate
'referee' is the definition.
(referee can mean to mediate or moderate)
'misguidedly aimed to get half the team' is the wordplay.
'misguidedly' is an anagram indicator.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'half the' indicates taking half.
'team' with half the letters taken is 'te'.
'aimed' anagrammed gives 'media'.
'media'+'te'='MEDIATE'
'to act as' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mediate that I've seen before include "Arbitrate between parties in dispute" , "Intervene, act as go-between" , "Help resolve a dispute" , "Act as middle man" , "Act as intermediary" .)