I used to play water polo, but my horses kept drowning!
It was an awkward challenge either way. He gets the player's knee with his leading leg and clears the ball with the trailing leg.
I don't see how you can say an error of commission would have more serious consequences, especially in this situation. An error of commission...
Nothing much, what's snoo with you?
Even if he did clip him, was is DOGSO? I'd have to watch it again, but I seem to remember that there were a couple of other defenders nearby, who...
It's a tough call to make in youth games, when two attackers are on a break-away, with only the keeper to beat, and the player with the ball...
Match included my favorite offside call, when the keeper is not the last defender. Donovan got caught on that one. It's always fun to see...
With regards to traps, I think we all get paid to use our judgement. We have to distinguish between a ball trapped by a defending player in his...
One simple reason: "Pay to Play" doesn't work. In the US, in order to get the best soccer coaching, families have to shell out $1,000s to play in...
I think for me, starting a U14 match with a size 4 ball, which the tournament organizers handed out for that field, which had been used by little...
Don't blow the whistle. If I'm a spectator and I hear a whistle after an obvious goal, my fist look is to the lead AR, to see if he popped the...
I have seen the over-hanging branch come into play, luckily only as a spectator. Had I been on the field I would have blown the call. First...
I agree that anyone with more than a few years experience should easily score a 90 on the grade 8 recert exam. In the 10 years I've taken the...
I was wrong, and I"m man enough to admit it. That's why it pays to re-read the Advice to Refs on the LOTG. I had never noticed that it does...
The line is part of both areas: the PA and the field of play (which is not the PA). Just as a ball is not out of play until it fully crosses the...
