Tag results for "referees"
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Orlando City-NYCFC: Allen Chapman and rest of refereeing crew won't work remainder of MLS playoffs
Saturday's round one opener went to a shootout, where the Lions wo ...
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Is soccer ball inflation and weight a safety issue?
There's a remarkable difference between a soccer ball pumped up to FIFA ...
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin wants handball rule changed by FIFA ...
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A Ref's View: Adapt to the changes and stay positive
People have said that I must enjoy not hearing the comments fr ...
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. The mad, mad world of niche sports among Ivy League-obsessed paren ...
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One sad reason why kids quit soccer: boorish adults
Somewhere on a long interstate drive, a little girl was headed ho ...
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USL Championship: A punch to the gut
The playoff game between the Phoenix Rising and Sac Republic FC w ...
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The Different Paths for Ref Development
The United States is such a large and pluralistic society so ...
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The new handball offense and the havoc It caused
IFAB/FIFA should make this law simpler and less arguable. The way ...
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Rule-obsession can blind referees to game reality
The world of pro soccer is not where you go if you' ...
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'Thanks, ref' -- two simple words to boost the game
When that basic human interaction doesn't happen, you start to feel resentme ...
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A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 2)
One of the major criticisms of the system is that at tim ...
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Words, words, words ... Part 1 -- Rulebook Words
It happens in every game. The referee goes up to a playe ...
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A return to reffing with COVID prevention precautions
I wore a mask upon entering and leaving the field, took ...
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A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 1)
For the skeptics of the VAR concept and technology, there is b ...
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After five-month break, German amateur soccer is back up and running with the usual flare-ups and square-ups - but for how long?
There's an intense and pointless argument about, of all things, a throw-i ...
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. George Best in the U.S.: A reality more unbelievable than t ...
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Mindhunter, behavioral science as applied to modern-day refereeing
A referee's whistle and cards are not sufficient to control the ga ...
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Coaches instigate brutal foul play, and get away with it too
It's just over four years since I turned off the television ha ...
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Bournemouth, victimized by a colossal VAR/Hawk-Eye error, deserves compensation
If there's one factor above all others that thoroughly incenses me abo ...
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What is handball? Nobody knows any more
There was a video question in my online refereeing exam concerning ...
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Why Michigan athletics' budget woes should alarm the rest of colle ...
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GLT and the national anthem
The playing of the national anthem before Turkish pro games was introduc ...
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Soccer's disgrace: unchecked goalkeeper violence
I return to the worrying tale of Eric Garcia, the young M ...
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Premier League: Goal-line technology fails in first game back with potentially big implications
Hawk-Eye, the goal-line technology system, admitted its error, the first in mo ...
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Bundesliga Ghost Games highlight a refereeing problem
German "ghost games" have presented soccer with a unique opportunity to explo ...
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FIFA urges 'common sense' in handling gestures for racial justice, DFB president salutes Bundesliga players for messages
FIFA said it understood the concerns expressed by many players in lig ...
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Ref's View: Preparing for a Return
I am "refereeing" the live Bundesliga games on TV while also observi ...
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What we can learn from Pierluigi Collina
An aurora of trust and confidence nurtured by objectivity and fairness allo ...
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FIFA: Temporary measures adopted to change substitution rule and allow competitions to drop VAR
The changes give teams and completions more flexibility to deal with returni ...
