Archive for March, 2009

First Matches of the Season - and - The Strangest Of Cautions

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Well, this past weekend were my first matches of the season.  For mid-March in Columbus, the weather was unbelievable.  Sunny with highs in the upper 50s.
In my first match, I was in the middle for a U19B match.  I’d been fighting a chest cold for a few days and was concerned about how it would […]

Something sort of new - and very important - for the new season

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

At a referee meeting yesterday, we were briefed on one of the new directives from US Soccer.  Last year in the MLS “Week in Review” series, US Soccer looked much more closely at the use of elbows in general as well as contact that takes place above the shoulders.  This year, US Soccer has released […]