After the ‘Hand of Henry’ Debacle, FIFA Considers Goal-Line Video; a Debate Set for March.
After opposing new technologies in soccer, Sepp Blatter has apparently had a change of heart.
When David Beckham gets booked in the first five minutes, you just know there’s going to be trouble.
Standard Liege’s Alex Witsel faces a two-game suspension for a red card against local rivals Anderlecht.
The pay for MLS referees is low, and though the job is the same, WPS referees are paid less.
MLS and the US Soccer Federation are working to improve the quality of referees and the quality of soccer.
There is a shortage of highly qualified referees in the US. USSF is making changes to annual requirements.
Despite all the teeth-gnashing complaints and blogger treatises in 2009 about MLS referees, never did someone ask, “Where do I sign up?”
Early this year there was an online campaign demanding that MLS Commissioner Don Garber provide better referees. But the answer is a little more complicated than, “they’re on backorder at LL Bean.”
Sometimes as I slouch down in my lawn chair watching my grandchildren’s soccer games, I indulge in wishful thinking. Only skillful, focused players on the field. Only knowledgeable, supportive parents on the sidelines. Only coaches who remember the bottom line is character development and not just winning games. Only top-notch officials running the lines and the field. Never going to happen. Like I said – wishful thinking.
Not that I’m an expert on the soccer subject. But I have spent 32 years immersed in youth soccer. As the chauffer. As the team mom. As the team grandmother. And any other position that needed a warm body. Some knowledge of the game is bound to rub off after awhile.
France advances to the World Cup finals in South Africa next year; Ireland is eliminated.