[REFEREES] The United States didn’t qualify, but American referee Mark Geiger and assistant referee Mark Hurd will work at this summer’s Under-20 World Cup in Colombia.
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The More Things Change …
OK, clamber into your Time Capsule — we’re swooshing back a few decades, back to Thursday May 6, 1976. Open up your New York Times on that day, turn to page 57 (in the early edition– soccer stories soon got replaced in those days) — and you’d find an article headed “Expert Looks at U.S. […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Another reason coaches should sit down
[VIDEO PICK] Walter Novellino, coach of Italian Serie B club Livorno, learned the hard way the perils of sideline coaching. Note that linesmanwhose path Novellino crossed managed to keep up with the play despite the collision. Novellino did get to celebrate a victory, thanks to a Pescara own goal that gave Livorno the 1-0victory.
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A dark, dark weekend for MLS as Ferreira and Zakuani are crippled
By Paul Gardner No one wanted anything like this to happen, for sure. Steve Zakuani, one of the few, the very few classy attacking players to come out ofcollege … out for the season with a broken leg; and David Ferreira, last season’s league MVP, also out for the season, with a broken ankle. No, […]
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Seitz will be most experienced official in Germany
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Kari Seitz was selected to referee at her fourth Women’s World Cup, and assistant referees Marlene Duffy and Veronica Perez will join her at the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
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Davies 'flop' highlights refereeing problems
By Ridge Mahoney Two weeks ago, D.C. United players, officials and fans were outraged by the work of referee Baldomero Toledo, who they believe flubbedfour critical calls – three of which went against United – in a 2-1 loss at New England. On Saturday, forward Charlie Davies fell to the ground upon beinghand-checked by Galaxy […]
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Campaign against ref abuse should target coaches
By Paul Gardner The English Premier League’s chief executive (that’s the sort of title we have in soccer these days), Richard Scudamore, has been giving some thoughtto the matter of referee abuse in his league. He is evidently not happy with what’s going on — so it seems likely that some sort of clampdown on […]
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MLS: No change, despite Garber's Plea
By Paul Gardner We’re just about a week into the MLS season now — we’ve seen all 18 teams at least once, so in the dodgy tradition of instant experts, I feelperfectly justified in making at least one assertion. To wit: that Commissioner Don Garber’s plea for a more offensive game and his appeal to […]
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Ref Tips: Mechanics on Free Kicks
By Randy Vogt Generally, restarting play will not be challenging on free kicks when the ball is far from the goal. However, you will find certain forwards andmidfielders deliberately walk by the ball after a foul is called against their team. They are trying to delay the other team restarting play. Do not let them […]
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Will refs respond to Garber's sensible request?
By Paul Gardner MLS Commissioner Don Garber has recently had some pretty sensible things to say about the state of soccer within his league. He wants to encourageattacking play and he believes that some changes in the attitudes and actions of referees will help bring that about. I wish him well. Of course referees should […]