Tag results for "referees"
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How do referees improve?
For me, there are five ways that refs can improve and I ...
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VAR totally fails to seize its chance for glory
If ever there was a tricky soccer situation that was waiting to ...
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Colombia's miracle escape from soccer's red-card ejection rule
A good deal of attention has been focused on the functioning of ...
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A Ref's View: Parents say the strangest things
The innocence of those other U-9 games were completely lost in this ...
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What They're Saying: Carlos Queiroz
"If you implement VAR, then to make mistakes is not human. To ...
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Reffing at the younger ages: Kids say the darndest things
In these games, the ref can be more of a teacher than ...
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The footprints of Collina
Although it might be a bit premature to say it, but the ...
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FIFA backs Mark Geiger, accused of asking for player jersey
The American referee was accused by a Moroccan player of asking for ...
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What They're Saying: Carlos Queiroz
"If we had it six months later, maybe today we had an ...
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Brazil's Tite bemoans no-VAR call on tying Swiss goal
Every World Cup game has deciding moments that could have gone one ...
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VAR and the insidious spread of technology
There are problems with the VAR system that FIFA has decided to ...
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What They're Saying: Pierluigi Collina
"You can't dress like a clerk." -- FIFA referees committee chairman Pierluigi ...
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Watch: A primer on how VAR will be used at the World Cup
FIFA offers this six-minute video to explain how Video Assistant Referee will ...
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Should referee calls be swayed by player reputations?
For some decades now, I have been asking referees -- at all ...
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Reffing helps keep me young
While I continue to grow older, the ages of those playing soccer ...
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What They're Saying: Tata Martino
"I got 10 messages from Argentina asking me, 'Who reviews VAR.' Because ...
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Less than month before finals, World Cup ref banned for attempted match-fixing
Saudi Arabia banned 32-year-old Fahad Al Mirdasi from soccer for life for ...
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What They're Saying: Hoda Badran
"The presence of Egyptian female supporters in the stadiums during the World ...
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More Problems with VAR and Goalkeepers
The oddities that surround VAR decisions continue to baffle. Last Wednesday's decision ...
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What They're Saying: Massimo Busacca
"Only one decision at the next World Cup -- only one -- ...
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Youth: U.S. U-16 girls to test new rules at Portugal tournament
A 20-player U.S. U-16 girls national team squad is headed to the ...
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Today's refereeing at the highest level
What are the necessary and sufficient attributes that define the best referees ...
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A ref's incorrect striving for perfection
Why is it that I might be a relatively average looking guy ...
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Referee is a Homo-sapiens: A look at the Michael Oliver penalty decision
Last week an incredible miracle in the Champions League was about to ...
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VAR explained: FIFA moves to eradicate communication gap for World Cup
Replays of VAR decisions will be shown on giant screens in Russia ...
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Referees and communication: a long history of non-compliance
We can thank VAR for the almost vaudeville images we now see ...
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MLS Focus: Sounders get more bad news: Dempsey's suspension extended
Clint Dempsey was suspended an additional game for a red card issued ...
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Referees' association condemns reduced suspension for NWSL coach
The statement followed the Portland Thorns' successful appeal over the extra game ...
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How to Retain Referees (Part 2): Start by getting coaches and refs in same room
There is a referee shortage as most youth soccer refs quit in ...
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How to Retain Referees (Part 1)
We lose most refs in their first two years of refereeing with ...
