Recent content by RefIADad

For items like this, it would be nice if FIFA had some transparency about the reasons for the extra games. For example, if FIFA said something to the effect of one game for the standard sendoff penalty, one game for the aggravated nature of the onfield contact, and one game for failing to leave...

I'm glad I was able to spur some discussion on this topic. Trying to summarize everything, it appears I should have given a caution for USB-reckless challenge. However, at least I called the foul and indicated that this type of challenge doesn't have a place in the game. This gives me some...

Appreciate that. I thought about cautioning, but figured calling the foul was likely enough to make it clear you can't go into any challenge like that. For me, I at least wanted to make sure I was in the right to call some sort of foul.

I'll add my own best wishes to you and my personal story as another data point (and recognizing this is a dead thread, so I'll keep it quick). I had a cyst on my foot last spring. Went in to get the cyst removed, and the cyst was actually growing out of the nerve on the outside of my foot. The...

I spent a few minutes trying to write a good title, but couldn't. I'll just explain the play and ask for advice from the board. High school "junior varsity 2" match, which is the third tier of teams for the schools. Many of these players are either multi-sport athletes playing to stay in shape...

Both sendoffs were very good calls. First one is a clear DOGSO. Second one is a foul that sometimes isn't sanctioned as SFP in the professional game, but should be. Really liked seeing both sendoffs correctly called on the field instead of needing to utilize VAR to overturn the onfield call.

I know it's been mentioned by others, but it's important to remember that the bolded part has zero relevance to whether a potential offense is handling or not. The ONLY two instances where "accidental" handling (I know that's not officially a term in Law, but I'll use it here for brevity) is...

Jon Champion was the play by play commentator on the US NBC broadcast, and about 27 minutes in he had the perfectly understated assessment of the referee crew’s performance. “(He) has a light hand on the tiller.”

That last paragraph is so bad. Not that you posted it, but that the board reduced the penalty based on the guilty party saying, “sorry won’t happen again”. Of course it will happen again! You know what will keep it from happening again? Making the guilty party serve the full suspension.

That was my thought. This has all of the makings of a social media smear campaign. Even if allegations are true, the method and regular timing of the allegations is much more about clicks than an investigation.

So to add onto the HIIT discussion, what are some low-impact HIIT exercises people are doing? I had foot surgery to remove a cyst back in May. That cyst ended up being in a nerve, so the surgery cut into the nerve. I made it through this season, but had to deal with numbness on the outside of my...

In addition to the great advice provided by @Big Cat , I also think you need to add some "next level" types of work to make the test seem a little easier. Here's one example to help illustrate the point. For our college officiating association (NISOA) in the United States, they still have the...

I don't disagree with this point. In the US, we have a "compare and contrast" with an infamous event from 2014 involving former US captain Clint Dempsey (part of a lengthier article). https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/roger-levesque-red-card-wedding-history-sounders-timbers-open-cup What Dempsey...

An update - Houston Dynamo has decided to not offer a new contract to Hector Herrera. Based on the comments from general manager/sporting director Pat Onstad, this incident had some impact on that decision. Also, no word on any sort of official MLS suspension from its disciplinary committee...

Update on this - I was observing a State Cup (state's club championship - I'm guessing similar to a county cup competition in the UK) a couple of weeks ago. Saw another "ball just over the line" situation where the AR was at the corner flag, put the flag up in the right hand, waited for the...