Tag results for "referees"
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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 ...
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Carding the coach will be a rule for the greater good
Coaches don't like the fact that referees can now show them yellow ...
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What They're Saying: Aleksander Ceferin
"I hope the skill and devotion that Stephanie has shown throughout her ...
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Is it time to replace the penalty kick?
Europe awoke this past Friday morning outraged once more at the latest ...
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First Hudson River Derby mired in controversy
The Red Bulls rallied to beat NYCFC, 2-1, in their first meeting ...
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VARs -- a new elite group among referees, something soccer does not need
The responsibility for what happens on the field during a soccer game ...
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How refs get through challenging games -- use 'Triple H'
What happens when a game suddenly goes south and you as the ...
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What They're Saying: Pierluigi Collina
"We acknowledged that saving a penalty by keeping two feet on the ...
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The VAR/goalkeeper mess -- an IFAB production
The International Football Association Board -- the IFAB -- has presented us ...
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What They're Saying: Pierluigi Collina
"First of all, I would remind everyone that, for a long time, ...
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The requirements of modern soccer officiating (2)
All the resources that can be helpful and advice you need to ...
