We ran the FIFA test at the RTS in Orlando last month, and nearly everyone passed. The only failures were a couple nationals who injured...
He will certainly be missed. As a new referee I referred to that site religiously, and still do on those occasion.
I appreciate your frustration with coaches who act this way, but unless the tournament rules dictate otherwise, you have absolutely no authority...
Re: MU v. Villa (no result) It was my understanding that the ManU bench actually had a direct interface to the 4th's electronic board. This...
This is only one of several rules that MLS has decided that it is going to selectively enforce. It makes our job in the trenches that much more...
I got this in my email today from the Federation: Dear Referee Date: March 26, 2009 There has been well established U.S. Soccer...
Does anyone here wear all-black running shoes during tournaments or multiple game weekends? I've been seriously considering it lately, as it...
I certainly can understand the frustration that can come with harping spectators, especially to an official that is fairly new to the occupation....
And all three of them matched the ManU keeper. Tsk tsk tsk. These are the kind of things that drive me insane when an assessor brings them up.
I frequently lurk around Big Soccer, and in particular this board. For what it's worth, the snarky attitude and tone directed at PVancouver are...
I was doing a U-19 girls game a few weekends ago as AR1. The CR indicated a direct kick at about midfield and starts walking away, back to the...
Talk about patting someone on the back and punching them in the stomach.
I agree with you wholeheartedly in regards to this clip. I've now watched that clip quite a few times, and the contact appears to me to be of the...
I haven't experienced that with the SS yellow.
My grandfather, who knows almost nothing about soccer, summed the game up perfectly for me during the second extra time period: "They spend so...
