Well. . .here in Columbus, we have a late-Fall session of Buckeye Premier for the U15-U18s which runs until mid-December. As you can imagine, it can get a bit chilly. Today was no exception. During the three U18B matches I did today, the high temp was about 35. Most of the time, it wasn’t bad […]
Well. . .I’ve been away for a while. This fall, I’ve intentionally taken fewer matches. After Regionals, I felt like in prepping for Regionals I was neglecting my consulting business (I own a Mac-based support consultancy) and needed to focus on that. I also have a 2 year old at home, so I’m never hurting […]
Today I was the CR for a U13G match with Blue & White. The ball was down in the White end. White player has her arms out away from her body and the cross comes in and strikes her arm. I really didn’t hesitate to blow the whistle and point to the spot (player was […]
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Sorry to everyone. I’d been meaning to blog about my Regionals experiences on a more ongoing basis, but really haven’t been able to work it in. Some of the reasons will be clear in the review.
Day 1 - continued from last post.
Check-in was smooth for everyone. Then we all went to dinner, hosted by the […]
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This year is the first time I’ve been invited to Regionals and have been looking forward to it for a while. I was planning to give updates of my experiences each day, if nothing else by using my iPhone. But fortunately our rooms have WiFi acces, so each night I’ll be able to fire up […]
Back on May 27, I posted my review of the Spring Best Of The Midwest tournament which was hosted by the Chicago Magic. At the time, I ranted about a tournament that didn’t pay their referees at the field at the time of the match and promised to post an update to the situation.
Well. . […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]