And see, here's the conundrum. My instructors and assessors all say that this is offside. If I don't call this as offside, I get punished. I...
The original poster said nothing about feet, nothing about distance. He said he "passed the ball to the player who was by now clearly in an...
I'm basing my decision on a number of things all specified in ATR. First, Gaining an advantage in 11.6 states that if he is near enough to...
Offside. A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the...
Me as well. I think Navarro did a good job. Anyone else here think ESPN's commentators suck when it comes to referees? I mean, after an...
Here's a question for you tho. The game ends on the PK. The goal scorer takes his jersey off, and hands it to the opponent, who trades the...
I agree on the LOTG side of it. Now, you're almost never going to see that call in RL at the professional levels.. they'll always have the...
Under that, I'd consider wave it down. It depends on the pace and intensity of the game thus far. I don't want the added insanity that...
A few questions. Was the player in front of the ball at the time the intiial shot was taken? You said no one in front of him, then player in...
I also got a lot of defenders throwing their hands up and appealing for offsides when it's not.. and I mean not even close. Apparently that's...
That's like the parent I ejected. He was so harrassing, and after I turned and said, and I quote. "If your harrasment is going to continue, you...
Stunning.. :) I had in one of my games, the keeper dives for the ball along the edge of the box. The player gets to it a second before the...
Okay. I've had a few this week that were just so out there. 1. Coach, after I suggested a trip to the CR: "Oh, come on, he got all ball!"...
Well, yes. But I mean I wish Fifa would address it as seriously and strenously as they've addressed the shirt removal or the Cambodian one piece...
Two kids go into the ball hard, shoulder charging all the way.. hands trying to jockey for position against each other. They're both doing it,...
You are a coach. You don't CHOOSE to let your kids cheat on their own. They look to you for guidance. If you elect to "ignore" their simulation...
If you tell a player on your team to cheat, and I hear it, you're gone. If the player on your team cheats by simulation, she will get a yellow...
I don't have my RAH extremely handy but that sounds correct. I suppose I could get it and print it off. It also requires a national course that...
Actually, I'm 25 years old :) Not really that young.. unfortuantly. I had assumed that yes, taking it slow and steady was the way to do it....
I've been thinking very heavily over the last year. I want to do professional games. Currently, I'm a Grade 8. So here's what I need to know....
So long as it is used uniformly for all referees, (and by uniformly I mean there are no other metrics that go into the calculation) , then I don't...
I'm all for speeding the game up when it matters. Why? Because it's still 90 minutes. Nobody is saying that the team with the lead can't score...
I'd buy that, Statesman... except for one thing. When you have schools forking out $150 each for the (8? ) different officials in a football...
Lemme ask a question. Was this game refereed using a three-man or two-man system? If it's the two man, blame your high school for not...
Who bloody cares? I'd take WE's and the Konami Team's play over Fifa 2004 anyday. (Yes, played the demo.. didn't like it.) Whether or not a...