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Like everyone else, this is a matter of personal preference. I actually did try to use the full set of features - including recording goals and cards - in a pre-season tournament last year. Didn't like it at all, so I just use reusable write-on cards. However, I do like the timers, heat maps...

If an indirect free kick offense occurs in the goal area, then the IDFK occurs from the goal area (six-yard) line closest to where the offense occurred. I actually had to do this in a game this spring. Ball was deliberately kicked back to the keeper who picked it up inside of the goal area. The...

For what little it’s worth, our officials association made this a point of emphasis last year. We wanted to call the “undercut” a foul much more often. If nothing else, our region of then state wanted to be more consistent calling this a foul on the undercutter.

Thoughts on the four-match UEFA ban for Mourinho? I wish it would have been at least six, as that would have effectively been a ban for the entire group stage of the 2023-24 Europa League. Four is longer than I expected, but I still feel like this type of behavior that then contributed to the...

UEFA banned Mourinho for (only) four games for his behavior in the stadium car park toward Taylor.

I’ve never really understood why a referee wouldn’t stay on the FIFA list when moving like this. It isn’t like Jared Gillet suddenly became a worse referee because he moved from Australia to Liverpool. I said the same thing when Ali Faghani moved to Australia from Iran. The world is becoming a...

I think it's also important to realize that a match like this will be down the list in terms of who is officiating it. The really, really big matches will have a full crew of officials who are their respective UEFA "Elite" lists. I'm sure that one of the qualifications to be on that Elite list...

@socal lurker is correct-in the “Target score” time, an outfield player was removed every five minutes. In the final, the winning goal was scored when the teams were 5v5 (four outfield players and a keeper). Other rules of note : Kick-ins from the touchline 7v7 on a “cross field” sized field...

Basically the same as the previous Macron kit but with no zipper and the funky "eyebrows" along the pocket lines. The red in these photos looks more on the spectrum toward orange, but when I watched on TV I thought the color was very close to the red of the 2022-23 kit.

If the VAR team is doing that, it's a massive violation of VAR protocol. VARs are only supposed to be involved when there is an officially a check and then they start communicating with the on-field referee crew.

Trying to correct people on Twitter is absolutely pointless. It's the dregs of human existence.

I stopped right there. When it comes to officiating, comments on Twitter are the equivalent of soiled toilet paper in terms of usefulness.

Plenty of video to arrest people for assault (which doesn’t require any physical contact). Throw a few of these knuckle-draggers into prison for 3-6 months and let’s see what reaction comes from it.

Not really related, but I do have a story that does show what can happen if a teams think you're too friendly with the other team. In the US, we often use comms in high school and college matches. I'm working as the center for a high school boys varsity (basically U19) game. We are starting our...

From my personal experience . . . I passed the 17/20 fitness test, but barely. I never really ran the true fitness test. I had done some things close to it, but I relied on my own running and HIIT training along with my games. In my opinion, NOTHING is better than actually practicing the...

That's fair. Hooper's been particularly good the last couple of months or so. I can see your point on that.

I couldn't watch the video since it's geo-locked, and I don't like to make decisions based solely on a still. However, that particular type of contact (above the ankle, front or inside of the leg) should be red more often than not. That particular point of contact is a lot more dangerous than...

Unless you have Taylor and Oliver alternate the final every year right now, who else would you have picked? Tierney, in my opinion, has had a good season.

Here is a close up of the wristbands that are very common for US referees. I am currently wearing one at work today and answering questions about why I’m wearing it (which was exactly the goal for why I’m wearing it).

https://www.thegazette.com/soccer/terry-vaughn-former-fifa-and-mls-referee-from-eastern-iowa-dies-after-huntingtons-disease-battle/ If you have ever watched a MLS soccer game and wondered why referees wear blue wristbands, this is the reason why. Terry Vaughn passed away today from...