WUSA Referee of the Year

[nsa]

Nominees are:

Sandra Hunt

Erich Simmons

Terry Vaughn


(They've finally figured out how to spell Erich's name. Who knows, maybe next year they'll figure out Claudiu Badea. ;) )

[MassachusettsRef]

Originally posted by nsa
maybe next year they'll figure out Claudiu Badea. Probably not. The misspelling is so commonplace that he often spells his own name with an "o" to prevent confusion.

Anyway, interesting to see that of Massachusetts's three WUSA regulars, the non-FIFA, non-female one is the most highly regarded this year. That hopefully should bode well for him with more MLS assignments next year.

[KidRef]

WUSA performance has very little to do with whether you will get MLS matches. In fact, MLS would prefer "their" referees to not do WUSA matches and instead concentrate on A league or MLS matches, as they feel WUSA matches do not provide adequate speed or difficulty to challenge their officials to improve.

[MassachusettsRef]

Originally posted by KidRef
WUSA performance has very little to do with whether you will get MLS matches.Well, solid performances in WUSA (coupled with A-League, of course) got Salazar his chance in MLS and got Kokolski in for awhile, too. WUSA certainly isn't the preferred avenue towards MLS, but it's certainly not a dead end, either.

In fact, MLS would prefer "their" referees to not do WUSA matches and instead concentrate on A league or MLS matches, as they feel WUSA matches do not provide adequate speed or difficulty to challenge their officials to improve. MLS can prefer whatever they desire, but the fact is USSF has an obligation to put it's best referees on it's top division matches--both male and female. In many cases, that consists of two entirely separate corps (our male FIFAs don't work WUSA and our female FIFAs don't work MLS), but in some cases, like Simmons and Vaughn, you have a significant amount of crossover.

[IASocFan]

Glad to see Iowa standout Terry Vaughn get some recognition outside of Iowa. He did a great job of putting of a reffing seminar for several hundred Iowa referees.

[MassachusettsRef]

Vaughn wins.

[IASocFan]

Originally posted by MassachusettsRef
Vaughn wins.

Terry also gets the center in Sunday's championship game. :)

[Leighs_babe]

Yeah Vaughan kisses butt pretty well also... SOme would say let hope Tambarino, Meredith, Machinck and Baraharmast do not stop sudden or the will need a surgery to remove Vaughans nose. I am just glad that Hunt did not win it.. I mean come on it is time for her to move on ... Tired of seein her on ever match all star, etc match.


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