Mariner, I suspect, got himself onto trouble with a poorly phrased question. Given the lag from incident to call, I doubt he saw the handling...
A few times as AR2 I've been "caught" muttering by parents. I'm also a violation watcher.
I could go 2 ways: 1) YC, goal kick (YHBT but it sounds like VC would be a stretch) 2) If the kick was hard enough, call the foul (slow whistle,...
Also, the video headset is horrible looking, at present.
I thought Walton's quote in the piece was very interesting. He said something along the lines of (paraphrase) we have referees who are incredibly...
I'm pretty sure there is a Michael Bradley joke here.
It also tends to shut up the "call it both ways" crowd after the match when you respond, "well, I called 9 fouls on red and 11 against blue"
YHBT. One good piece of advice I got after going through this EXACT situation (well, one more card, I went one each way in the wall) was to use...
Yep, another goalkeeper
This. At the same time, the 2-minute sit-outs associated with blue cards didn't work. A non-affiliated league I love working lets refs use a...
and on the off chance they didn't mention it, start with your state's entry on this list...
It seems that the one thing that we can all agree on is that this section of the ATR needs to be rewritten to align with FIFA guidance (or at...
I don't know. It seems that any game in the altitude and pollution of Mexico city (Bolivia's home matches are even higher) is dangerous. Playing...
Let's all take a minute and give Velazquez some credit for his reaction. Watch the film. He looks surprised and starts to argue when the yellow...
As anything other than a training tool or extra footage to enhance broadcasts (the "look how close" aspect), I'm not a huge fan. Even with good...
Anonymous friend confirms opinion on internet, FIFA strips decorated official of badge.
100% real.
BU14 this weekend. Two decently matched teams. A player on white was hit in the face by a clearance. He was up and moving fine, but I noticed a...
Unless I missed it while skimming through the 250-odd posts so far (about the simplest refereeing decision I've seen talked about on this board in...
I've heard "C'mon ref you're going to wear that thing out" during one particularly ill-behaved 0-30 match, but this seems excessive. I've seen...
Precisely this. Most refs are treating unnatural as sufficient for handling. It seems that the actual question should be did the player...
Trifling, just skip down and play on.
I just don't get the obsession that parents (and coaches) have with the correct mechanics of a throw-in. There are matches I do where, if you went...
2 very different games this weekend, 2 very similar penalties, 2 identical complaints from the team I wronged. Adult, mid-level. Blue is...
Same game, it was a narrow little field. Blue has a flip thrower who was putting the ball to the near post. 3rd one of the match, White's coach...