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The mountain and the mouse (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, March 28, 2020
Two recommendations for a sane solution to the problem with soccer's offside ...
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The mountain and the mouse: what came out of IFAB meeting
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, March 13, 2020
The soccer/football community expected so much from the last meeting of the ...
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Multi-dimensional analysis of the USMNT roster
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, February 20, 2020
What factors and dimensions make up the best male players in our ...
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Dissent management tips for referees
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, February 7, 2020
Handling genuine dissent is one thing. Tactical dissent is a different ani ...
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, January 16, 2020
Why do we give a special status to the handball offense when ...
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, January 4, 2020
After some years of deliberation, IFAB this year decided to rewrite the ...
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The future of VAR, Version 2
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, December 20, 2019
Two years ago, the VAR system was at best an infant; nowadays ...
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U.S. Soccer and Concacaf
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, December 5, 2019
Is U.S. Soccer destined to be a member of Concacaf? The ideal ...
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USA, Belgium and 'Something,' The final episode
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, November 22, 2019
Differences with the rest of the world make it almost impossible for ...
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USA, Belgium and 'Something' (3)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, November 9, 2019
Belgium until the 1960's was not a very diverse society. Now, its ...
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USA, Belgium and 'Something' (2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, October 25, 2019
The major difference between the U.S. and Belgian federations is in the ...
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USA, Belgium and 'Something' (Part 1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, October 11, 2019
Belgium has done "something" to be ranked No. 1 in the world. ...
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Referee assessment, coaching and mentoring
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, September 28, 2019
Recently, U.S. Soccer merged the positions of instructor and assessor into coaching ...
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Forty years in the LOTG: Grassroots vs. the professional game
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, September 13, 2019
The 2019-20 version of the LOTG is 222 pages long. Excluding the ...
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Mandates and beyond, and a self-criticism (Part 2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, August 29, 2019
To circumvent obstacles facing U.S, Soccer, we have to look at the ...
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Mandates and beyond and a self-criticism (Part 1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, August 8, 2019
Mandating anything - forget about soccer - by a centralized authority in ...
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USWNT and women's soccer in the world
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, July 6, 2019
The U.S. women's dominance may be compared to the basketball Dream Teams ...
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The requirements of modern soccer officiating (2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, June 21, 2019
All the resources that can be helpful and advice you need to ...
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The requirements of modern soccer officiating (1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Saturday, June 8, 2019
The officiating of Michael Oliver in the Ecuador-Uruguay U-20 game was a ...
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Immigrants, Latinos and Our Soccer Landscape (3)
Soccer America Daily, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, May 17, 2019
The economic issue might not be the only and major explanation of ...
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Immigrants, Latinos and our soccer landscape (2)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, May 3, 2019
The lack of direct study done to address the question of the ...
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Immigrants, Latinos and our soccer landscape (1)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, April 18, 2019
One of the most challenging issues is whether the U.S system is ...
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Purists vs. Pragmatists
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, April 4, 2019
A look at soccer's new rule changes shows that "What football expects" ...
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Comfort Zone (II)
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, March 21, 2019
Could it be that most U.S. soccer players are in a comfort ...
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Comfort Zone 1
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Friday, March 1, 2019
The U.S. men's national team needs to be taken out of its ...
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'League refereeing' vs. 'International refereeing'
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, January 24, 2019
Gordon Hill -- the legendary English referee in the 1970s -- admitted ...
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What it takes to be a world-class referee
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, January 3, 2019
U.S. Soccer was represented at FIFA tournaments by Mark Geiger and Jair ...
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The nuclear scenario explained
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, December 20, 2018
A system -- Training Compensation and Solidarity Payments or something else -- ...
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What is next for USMNT?
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, December 6, 2018
Like all the European countries that have shown a steady jump in ...
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Under threat: USA's unequaled domination in women's soccer
Off The Post, Ahmet Guvener - Thursday, November 22, 2018
Early exits at the Under-20 and Under-17 Women's World Cups are disturbing ...
