Thursday, August 27, 2009

Back to the field

It is that time again, when the pre-season tournaments abound and everyone is getting ready for some soccer. I received my assignments for this Saturday and Sunday, they are U14 boys and U14 and U19 girls. Eight matches in total, 5 as AR and 3 as center. No complaints there. I will only be able to see my son's first match unfortunately and if he gets to the final, perhaps see that one as well.

As for the matches and the team I am getting, I do not know them that well, so we will have to wait and see what we get. I am re-reading the USSF Laws of the Game as I normally do before the start of the season to make sure I have things down correctly.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Minor update

Nothing too insteresting this weekend, there was a Saturday set of friendlies my son was participating in, and they were using older kids as referees. I volunteered to help out but there was no need. The only thing I wish these kids would have done better is to stay closer to the play and to blow their whistle louder. No one was sure if the ball was out, or what the calls were. But in the end there was little else to tell them, if someone had asked. I am not sure that they were registered refs to begin with, but it was all for friendlies and in the end it was just a warm up for the season.

But next week is looking good, I have a bunch of ARs and centers coming up, 8 for this coming weekend. U19, U13 and U14. Should be a good time. More to come.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Away for a while

Not much to report on the refereeing front. To tell you the truth, I have not missed it that much. But in a couple of weeks, I return to the action with a tournament and that should be a good indication of how the season will go. I will fill you in as it happens. These last couple of months have been good though without soccer reffing to worry about, but the season is slowly approaching. My son plays in a couple of tournaments prior to the start of the regular season and the following weekend, I will get to see the matches and critique our fellow referees (hopefully on how well they did).