By: Rodney Kenney, NISOA National Assessor The dictionary defines consistency as “marked by harmony, regulatory or steady continuity: free from variation or contradiction.” Given that definition, how can we expect a soccer referee to be consistent? The difficulty results from the game being so dynamic that it is unlikely a situation will ever present itself […]
by Mike Oliver, NISOA National Referee, Illinois Anyone who has been a member of a referee crew that has worked soccer games at any level knows that in most games a critical incident occurs that tends to have a direct effect on the outcome of the match. Typically, the referee and/or the other members of […]
“What Type of Referee Are You?” By: Austin M. Gomez, NISOA National Assessor, Missouri. We in NISOA have all watched soccer games on television, or have gone to either college or high school soccer games, where we have said to ourselves that we hoped that we could learn to officiate like that Referee who we […]
“Assessing – The Referee Team Approach”, By: Ed Michaud, NISOA National Assessor, Oklahoma As veteran Referees, Assessors, and experienced Referees, most of us can reflect on earlier days when the traditional assessment was a more formal and limited visit or discussion. During this discussion the great majority of conversation, at the Assessor’s direction, was between […]
By: Bill Wagner, National Clinician; National Assessor (Editor’s note: This article also appears in our column “For the Intercollegiate Referee,” since the DSC is used in both high school and college soccer games and the information herein is pertinent to both games.) Every NISOA official has learned of the need for teamwork among the members […]
by: John Van de Vaarst, National Director of Instruction, NISOA Early in a referee career, everyone was taught that providing 10 yards to an offended team on a free kick was a right not a privilege. The only exception to this requirement is when a team elects to take a quick free kick and not […]
By: Bob Sumpter, NISOA (Note: This article also appears in this month’s “For the Interscholastic Referee” column, as it applies to both columns.) The latest uproar in soccer has been about a world cup qualifying game between Ireland and France, wherein a player for France committed two quick hand balls and passed the ball to […]
By: Ed Rae, NISOA National Assessor, Massachusetts Some years ago in a Division I Men’s game, it was a ‘go-through’–conference match. If the Don team lost or tied they would NOT make the post season, conference playoffs. If the Dons won, they would go. The Dons had six (6) exchange players from Argentina & Brazil. […]
By: Austin M. Gomez, NISOA National Assessor, Missouri While watching a collegiate match at a nearby soccer stadium, I noticed that during the early part of this game tat the NISOA Referee had justly given a Caution for a “reckless” foul, and then a few minutes later the same player committed an even worse type […]
By Georges-Frantz Louis, NISOA National Assessor, North Carolina and Arkansas The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts […]
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