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CMSRA Blog! PDF Print

There is a brand new CMSRA Blog that just went live today. In the blog, we will be talking about many things including some of the tournaments that local referees are traveling to.

 It is an awesome opportunity to get an inside scoop on some high level soccer, and also an explanation on some new material that could be confusing. 

 The first group of posts will be coming from the 2009 Missouri State Cup, so the blog will be live (and busy) all this weekend, and through this week.

 Be sure to comment on posts and ask questions that you'd like answered. Hopefully this inside information will get many of you excited to work towards refereeing these games in the (near) future!

www.cmsra-referee.blogspot.com
 
How Can I Get More Games? Understanding the Assigning Process PDF Print
Written by Angie Gatts   

As an assignor, parent, coach, player and referee, I have many times been asked (and often wondered myself!) why certain people are assigned to soccer games. The most commonly asked question is asked by parents, particularly parents of newly certified referees.  This question is:  “Why didn’t my son/daughter get more games?”

 
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Ask a Soccer Referee

Answers to Laws of the Game and Practical Refereeing Questions
  • PRESENCE OF THE GOALKEEPER ON THE FIELD
    Question: Simple question, do you have to have a goalkeeper to start a game? Or can you use the minimum seven players as on field players. Why I ask, while watching a game last week, the keeper walked off the field (with permission by the ref) and the team refused to put a keeper in as there [...]
  • “FACTUAL DECISION” AND “TECHNICAL ERROR”
    Question: I was wondering if you knew the official definitions of the refereeing notions: “referee’s factual decision” and “referee’s technical error” as per the examples below: “the factual decision taken by the referee has to be accepted, even if it is wrong.” http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/kind=2/newsid=151.html “taking into consideration that the referee in the match in question had indeed committed a [...]
  • LAZY REFEREES AND GETTING THE CALL RIGHT
    Question: I was reading through the May 2009 Archive about the goalkeeper injury. This brought to mind a situation that I witnessed at my son’s High School match. I am a recreational referee, and realize that the high schools here in Texas play under UIL rules, not the LOTG. Nevertheless, the situation seems clear-cut. During the [...]
  • MINIMUM AGE FOR REFEREES
    Question: Can I get clarification for an ongoing question Assuming a game is with U15 Players, and the referee is a Grade 8 What is the minimum age requirement for the Center Referee and AR’s? Where can I find this information in the rules book? USSF answer (June 30, 2009): The USSF Referee Administrative Handbook tells us this: [...]
  • COACH’S RIGHTS
    Question: During a referee meeting we had a lengthy discussion about the right of a coach to address, discuss with and question the head referee during a game. In the opinion of the referee/coach (one party) the coach should be addressed and “catered” to by the head referee when he has an objection. In his logic the [...]
 

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