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Now The Real Work Begins

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

This weekend, I received an e-mail inviting me to represent OH South at this year’s Youth Regionals (Region II). This will be my first time at Regionals, and I’m thrilled and honored. As the title says - now the real work begins.
 
“I feel ready, and yet unprepared”
– Garbage from “The World Is Not […]

CSR’s Referee Match Log

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Official Sports and lots of others sell the match logs, report forms, and such. Forget that. I just made my own using MS Excel and print them using my color laser printer, though an inkjet would work just fine. Here’s a picture -

I’ve added a link in the “Referee Gear” section to […]

The Moment Of Truth

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

The wisest referee I know is now retired, but I still call him often to draw on his experience and insight.  A few years ago, he taught me about the Moment Of Truth.  Basically, the Moment Of Truth (MOT) is an incident - usually a hard foul, physical play, etc - where how you handle […]

Welcome!

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Welcome to the Columbus Soccer Ref site. The goal is to provide opinion, commentary & discussion on refereeing The Beautiful Game.
It should be noted that the posts are strictly my opinion and don’t necessarily reflect the views of USSF, the leagues in which I referee, or anyone by me. By the same […]