Please be sure that your kid gets into a referee certification course upon reaching age 13. :)
Must be that time of year. Three game days last week. Three instances where I had to summon the site admin to deal with fans. On Saturday, the...
In a VERY positive way, something happened to Turpin - likely when he got the UCL final in 2022. He's always been quiet and unassuming. In the...
The psychopaths at Leeds deserve to stay in Championship/League One purgatory for eternity. Those people are bats*** nuts.
So how do you address the clear culture issue with the team and/or club? Because if we are going to effectively deal with the these types of...
I might have had the worst case of the dreaded "but (I) got the ball!" that I've ever experienced today. Girls HS varsity tournament game....
Among my favorite moments to laugh about after the fact are when a team either gets a goal or a great shot on goal after an advantage and the...
If I were in your shoes, I’d have a serious discussion with the assignor. 12 year olds openly cheering their coach being sent off represents a...
All three major codes (IFAB, NFHS, NCAA) clearly state that if the referee has an offense in the technical area and cannot identify the specific...
I still make it a habit to find the game Pablo Ramirez does so I can hear him treat the opening kickoff like it’s the crowning event of...
So, Chicago going back to the well again with Klopas seems to be going well……
Xavi clearly doesn’t understand the conditions for DOGSO....
There's a big difference between kicking something and KICKING SOMETHING. Xavi's was the latter. It was clearly a provocative behavior. Plus,...
Simple-which one helps them win?
And another Barca coach sent walking. Kovacs is taking no prisoners.
BAR-PSG, doesn’t that have to be inside of the area? The hold/pull seems to continue inside of the area. No matter what, it’s a red. But I think...
Boys varsity, intra-city matchup last night. These are always (understandably) pretty spicy. I'm dealing with a cyst on my foot that I'm dealing...
Every time I start to read something about Turkey, I fully expect this to be the underlying soundtrack. :) [MEDIA]
[English Chelsea fans] But Pulisic sucks! He couldn’t make the team at a mid-table Premier League team! * * Even though these same fans thought...
To return to the "card punishment" discussion, here are Iowa's punishments. No punishment for yellows (I do wish we would have some sort of card...
I'd highly encourage you to watch a replay of the Illinois-Iowa State game if you didn't watch it. There was one pretty bad miss on a...
I don’t disagree, but I’d like to first start beating the minnows on the road before getting too worked up about beating Mexico in the Azteca.
First preseason varsity boys scrimmage tonight. My first boys games since my hamstring injury in mid-October. They played three 30 minute periods,...
Home kit is a white t-shirt with different trim. I guess that is going to be the classic look going forward. I like the change kit a lot,...
Yay, another white t-shirt. :(