from my observations, i believe chicago has long thought that more refs should upgrade to 7. 8 is the basic qualification level. 7 is the full...
as a retire immigration officer i can tell you that most noncitizens who are not a permanent resident alien (has green card) must have uscis...
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i have heard it said by a high level instructor (who helps ja with his ask a ref site) that the 7 level is the journeyman ref and 8's apprentice...
worked with a guy recently who whistled before a dropped ball. confusing.
doesn't the keeper play the ball? he makes a save and directs the ball off the crossbar. so, doesn't crouch receive the ball from an opponent...
this seems to boil down to - if the keeper screws-up with an opponent doing anything beyond standing still near the keeper - call the interference...
the atr says that a player can be cautioned for use of a cell or mobile phone. i don't believe the laws or interps from ifab/fifa have anything...
i recall one of the 'ask a ref' guys saying i a class that on a fk, a player like marco echievery who almost always was within 10 yds and stuck...
the ball must enter the fop before it touches the ground. rethrow if done properly. throw to other team if improper.
i missed my thinking on that dropped ball. lol. but, i have never seen anyone take 2 touches on an uncontested db. but, please make that player...
so i turn on the us-costa rica match tonight. in the 23m a costa rica player is down. the ref stops play to check. restarts by dropping the...
as i understand interfering with an opponent, it means being in and offside position and preventing the opponent from seeing the ball, or...
funkfoot- don't let your age slow you down if you are fit enough to pass the running. i started to ref after 50. spent 3 years working on 7...
it was difficult to see which came first, the offside flag or the "foul". ia has it correct. of course, the "foul" could also be considered...
"On 1 July 2009, the new Laws of the Game, modified at the 123rd Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in...
i attended senior recert last sunday and this was a poe. the national instructor stated that fifa had run this past the major fa's and that all...
and, if you keep records of all your matches, you now need to transfer the data from the whipeoff to something more permanent before you whipe it...
snolly - what does the word "free" mean in the phrase "free kick"? to follow your logic "free" is only without any limitation IF the defending...
while ja did not place his red box around the statement, he did stress that given the original question and circumstances of that situation (low...
i missed the part of the laws where it says "no touching". it has always amused me that we are instructed to talk to players to prevent them...
from nesto's post: http://www.askasoccerreferee.com/?p=884 this is a 12/08 posting by ja. as i said earlier, somewhere around 2003 the...
advice to referees on the laws of the game is a ussf publication that expands and explains what ifab has given on the laws. the quote mentions...
from the 2003 atr: Note: a penalty kick being the punishment for an infringement which would otherwise be given a direct free kick restart, the...