Columbus Soccer Ref

If you’ve ever seen Ocean’s Eleven, you probably remember this quote.  Early in the film, Basher (played by Don Cheadle) is detonating a bank vault - only to be done in by the ineptitude of one of his accomplices.  While he’s being arrested, Rusty (Brad Pitt) manages to get him away from the police and […]

It’s been a while since I’d really posted anything, in large part because work has been sort of crazy.  It can get that way when you own your own business.  But I didn’t realize I haven’t posted in 2 months.  Wow does life get away.  Nothing earth-shattering this spring, so here are some snippets. . […]

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 […]

Well folks. . .we’re into the last week of February and just like last year, my 2009 calendar says that March is only a few days away.  And here in Columbus (Ohio South), that’s when the spring season gets underway.  So what’s on tap for 2009?

Well. . .first, is getting serious about fitness.  Over the […]

I’m currently a Grade 7, but for the last couple years I’ve elected to do my recertification during the Grade 6 makeup recert in the fall.  Because Ohio South is changing their recert procedures, I probably won’t be able to do that again.  But all the same, getting the instruction that the 6s get has […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]