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Here is how things would go. Fans - "Call sucked! Ref's a w***er!" Referee - "Here is why I made the call and the Law supporting the decision." Fans - "Call sucked, and the explanation sucked! Ref's an even bigger w***er!" Unfortunately, the theory of referees giving interviews after a game...

I almost always bring my gear to any soccer match I attend. Whether it’s been for no shows, injury, or lack of scheduled officials, I’m generally called into service 2-3 times a year. I also have my gear with me on days I’m not scheduled to officiate, as I never know when I may get a 3 PM call...

I’m just firmly convinced that FIFA doesn’t want something like that as a 2CT in a major tournament knockout game. We can debate all day about whether that’s right. I don’t think it is, but we see this all the time at the elite professional/senior international level. We have to remember that...

I do agree with you on this, and I think it’s why you hardly ever see it. The last time I remember it happening in a major event was 2016, when Clattenberg had (I believe) a semifinal Champions League 1st leg and then the final. All of this continues to be speculation, but on a similar US-based...

Also some rumors flying around that perhaps Jacewicz was in consideration for the final after Australia lost, but was injured. I do not know if this is true. There was a late switch of fourth officials taking Yamashita off of the AUS-ENG semi, but who knows what drove that. Obviously, the US...

Did not see this one coming - at all. So based on what I have seen in another forum, there is a lot of history in this appointment. First Americans to be onfield officials (referee, AR1, AR2) for a senior World Cup final Back to back World Cup finals with American officials on the crew...

Thought penalty in real time, thought penalty in slow motion, thought penalty during the VAR check. I thought it was a brave and 100% correct call on the field, and that VAR overturned it was wrong and a bad use of VAR to re-referee the game. We have to remember once again that it doesn’t have...

I'm going to test this on some of my old college soccer shirts. Our college governing organization has moved to a standard uniform after a couple of years of the two different assigning organizations having unique uniforms (please don't ask - we do some dumb things on this side of the Atlantic...

(Ignorant fans or pundits) x the Internet = blatantly incorrect information being presented as fact.

I fully realize that this situation was a first (at least that I've seen) in an event like this with GLT. But I have to think that, in theory at least, you should have the following sequence of events. In the absence of any clear evidence to the contrary, the onfield call is goal if the GLT...

This is the ultimate question. What will happen in the Premier League or the Championship when a big-name player already on a caution should be cautioned again based on what is in these edicts? Will the referees issue the second caution, and will they be backed by the league and PGMOL? That's...

EDIT - Nevermind. I found you've all discussed at this link - https://refchat.co.uk/threads/instructions-to-match-officials-for-the-2023-24-season.21903/ As opposed to starting a new thread, I figured this wouid fit in this thread...

The biggest thing I see with the "arc vs box" comparison for the penalty area is the nature of the punishment for a foul in the upper corners of the penalty area compared to the fouls that happen there. In my opinion, these are the two most common types of fouls that happen in the corners around...

https://theathletic.com/4690849/2023/07/25/should-football-pitch-markings-change/ (subscription required) I don't foresee any of these changes happening anytime soon - if ever - but the article and proposed pitch markings from Michael Cox (shared below with an explicit credit to his article...

Which is why these announcements are so pointless. This was a perfect time to say something like, “the yellow card will still apply because the goalkeeper’s challenge was deemed reckless”. Everyone can see that the penalty isn’t awarded. FIFA can’t get out of its own way at times.

Section 4 of the VAR protocol portion of the Laws: For decisions/incidents relating to goals, penalty/no penalty and red cards for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO), it may be necessary to review the attacking phase of play which led directly to the decision/incident; this...

Yes it is!!! :D And of course, the greatest argument of all time.

https://q30.com It’s very likely a device to help prevent concussions. From a referee perspective, not a strong performance. Two cautionable offenses-one a borderline SFP red-called as simple fouls early under the FIFA “management directive”. From there, the temperature of the game went up. A...

It really doesn't matter what Mike Dean says - he'll get roasted on social media. Referees just can never get a reasonable shake in the media and social media. Some of the stuff I saw in the comments of The Athletic article was shocking, but far from surprising. The trolls were out in full...

I realize that things are different, but the US has several specialist VARs for the professional ranks. However, I think the big difference is that nearly all of these PRO/MLS specialists still work on-field in lower-level games like college games. For example, Sorin Stoica is a specialist VAR...