Archive for May, 2008

The 10-yard Myth & The Divine Right To Delay The Restart

Friday, May 30th, 2008

I was recently pointed to Robert Evans’ excellent blog “For the Integrity of Soccer” where I was reading about an incident in Dallas. While it was often referred to, the video of the incident was never linked to. After doing some digging, I was was able to find it on YouTube - FC […]

And Don’t Let The Door Hit You In The Butt On The Way Out

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I’ve been a referee for a while now, and recently came across a situation where for the first I sent a player off after the match had ended.  It was a U14B match at the Best Of The Midwest tournament.  The match was pretty typical of a higher-level U14 boys match in terms of aggressiveness […]

Review of Best Of The Midwest Tournament

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

At least once a year I try to do some games outside the Columbus/Ohio South area. I like to see styles and levels of play I can’t necessarily see in Columbus. Since I have family in the Chicagoland area, I usually find a tournament in that area and try to work some games. […]

State Cup 2008 Observations

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Well. . .the Ohio South State Cup 2008 is now in the books.
Apparently, Ohio South does State Cup differently than the other states in Region 2. In OH South, we have preliminary matches throughout April and then have the Round Of 16/8 the first weekend in May and then Semis & Finals happen the […]

Whining About Law 15

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I did a tournament recently and was definitely surprised at how much whining there was over throw-ins. In the matches I did, most of the complaints came from teams east of Columbus - notably from PA and Ontario, Canada. The majority of the time, their complaints were centered on how much spin was […]