Tag results for "referees"
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (2)
Why do we give a special status to the handball offense when ...
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What They're Saying: Howard Webb
"The on-field officials make an onside/offside judgment and that will be considered ...
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A handball offense in soccer: The ultimate NP-complete problem (1)
After some years of deliberation, IFAB this year decided to rewrite the ...
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Highly Recommended New Year's Resolutions for Referees
I proclaim 2020 to be the Year of the Referee as we ...
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The EPL puts on a show -- only the referees disappoint
The level of English Premier League play and the entertainment value have ...
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The future of VAR, Version 2
Two years ago, the VAR system was at best an infant; nowadays ...
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Saturday morning: What's in the news ...
1. A pair of PRO referees will work as assistant video assistant ...
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Esse Baharmast named Werner Fricker Builder Award recipient
The first American to referee two games in a single World Cup ...
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Soccer Books of the Year, 2019, Part 2: How to be a Better Referee
Within their own social circle, referees are nerds. We love to discuss ...
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U.S. Soccer set to tackle ref abuse -- and our suggestions
The Referee Working Group of U.S. Soccer's Youth Task Force has determined ...
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Soccer America on Refereeing Archive: Can soccer learn from rugby and cricket?
From sideline abuse to VAR, here's a collection of Soccer America articles ...
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Logic demands the NCAA and high school change their timekeeping rules
Most of the games I ref are under the U.S. Soccer umbrella, ...
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Why is 'clear and obvious' not clear and obvious?
When I took my first officiating course a decade ago in Maryland ...
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What soccer can learn from cricket's transparency -- and other ways to improve VAR
In full earshot of the viewing audience, the "third official" walks through ...
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A Ref's View: Your clues for youth games
What type of a soccer game is it going to be? Here ...
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High scoring adds sparkle to playoffs -- but MLS should look closely at faulty refereeing
The single-game playoff format has much to recommend it. The game has ...
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Rugby can show soccer the way on 'emotional' dissent
As a soccer referee, it's been instructive to watch the game officials ...
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What They're Saying: Sally Marquez
"In the past two weeks, I have received countless emails about fan ...
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Soccer America on Refereeing: Our officiating archive
From sideline abuse to VAR, here's a collection of Soccer America articles ...
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Referee assessment, coaching and mentoring
Recently, U.S. Soccer merged the positions of instructor and assessor into coaching ...
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The misuse of VAR, the sins of goalkeepers ... and a big thank you to Lee Dixon
From the English Premier League comes more evidence that VAR -- a ...
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Goalkeepers revisited
Goalkeepers slamming into an opponent, often making violent contact with his head, ...
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Forty years in the LOTG: Grassroots vs. the professional game
The 2019-20 version of the LOTG is 222 pages long. Excluding the ...
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Players will circumvent the rules when allowed
The headline above applies to older kids' games as well as adult ...
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Coaching young players to respect the ref
On Saturday I refereed a boys' U-19 league game. As usual, I ...
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Another colossal VAR gaffe in England
Referee Mike Dean never looked at the replays. In the EPL version ...
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Youth soccer would be better off without the parents
"Referee! What on earth do you think you're doing!?" A fair enough ...
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The devious problem of tactical fouling
Stand in his way, pull his shirt, trip him -- nothing too ...
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A weekend with the VARmints
No apologies for returning, yet again, to this VAR business. It is ...
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Ref Watch: Working with electronic communication
Refs in every professional game in the world use electronic communication, so ...
