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The other thing about doing a pregame like what's mentioned here is that it becomes part of your own pregame routine. Just like players go through the same warmup to get their minds in the right place before a game, we should also do that. I treat my pregame like I do my own warmup. I go through...

Oh my, that looks like mud volleyball, which is a very common fundraiser event in the States! Maybe we can create some sort of mud soccer event on this side of the Atlantic. :) Arena soccer really is a lot more like ice hockey than it is soccer, but I will say that as more players come up...

Since "Arena" soccer in the US is closest to futsal in the type of game, I figured I would post here. The semi-professional Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is currently experimenting with a pilot program to have three referees on the "pitch" with whistles instead of two referees. I won't go...

That’s fair, but I would imagine the phone number is not an open invitation to bash a referee following a game. If a high school or college coach did this to me, I would immediately call my assignor. The assignor would then likely call the school’s athletic director (the coach’s hiring manager)...

Through the magic of Google Docs, I send my assistants my "stock" pregame a day or two before the game. I ask them to take a look at it, and I tell them that I expect them to read this before we get to the field. That way, we can get the "basics" out of the way and we can spend the pregame at...

You call the appropriate people who can discipline the manager, give them the facts, and let them deal with it. I’d also ask how the manager got your personal phone number and decided it was a good idea to harass you after the game was over. I'd never call a coach after a game to say "Hey, your...

Here's my personal threshold. If you say something like "You need to shut up" or something that directly questions my authority in a match, that's going to be a caution (and a sin bin if the relevant rules of competition allow it). When an F-bomb enters the comment, it rises to a straight red...

It’s also fine to joke about a referee being killed by a coach. Just all part of the deal, right?

Quite a day for MLS discipline related to referee matters. MLS suspended FC Cincinnati defender (and MLS Defender of the Year) Matt Miazga three games, which would include the MLS Cup Final if FCC wins tomorrow, for illegally entering the referees locker room area. I have copied and pasted the...

To be fair, by “his terms” that may not necessarily mean an elite level match like a Bundesliga match. Maybe it’s just a low level cup match or something like that. But if it were me, I’d feel like I would do everything possible to come back for a decent level game. I do agree that he’s very...

Brych was officiating his 344th Bundesliga game, which tied a record. He was injured in the 33rd minute of the Eintracht Frankfurt-Stuttgart game, with 28 year old Patrick Schwengers stepping in at the start of the 2nd half in his Bundesliga debut. Best wishes to Dr. Brych on his recovery...

ANYTHING like what has been mentioned SHOULD always be a straight red sendoff. Imagine going to work on Monday and calling a coworker or a vendor one of these terms. You’d be walked out immediately. Yet it’s accepted in the Premier League. There’s your issue.

Is OFFINABUS a three match suspension? If it is, then the distinction between a 2CT and a straight red is significant. Good on Anthony Taylor for dealing with it in any case.

The 2CT was borderline. Most of us watching and commenting on a US based forum THINK it would have been a caution, but no way to really know if it WOULD have been a caution. At the end of the day, Mexico got the benefit of the play. They got a free kick 25 yards from goal and a Honduran player...

From the "something you don't see every day" file. Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals second leg between Mexico and Honduras. Denil Maldonado of Honduras is on a yellow at 94'. In the 115th minute, he commits a foul in the Mexican defending half of the field but advantage appears to be...

I'm just trying to understand how someone would think that people who publicly admit they don't understand the most basic of the Laws would suddenly be able to successfully adjudicate plays on the field. As others have said, then you have the idiots on social media who think they are right and...

The most egregious example of burying the lede I’ve seen in a long time. Talk about sweeping it under the rug. Shameful.

We’ll see if this has any more success than the Respect the Ref campaign has had in curbing abuse toward referees. I think my prediction on this is pretty obvious.

From grassroots to the elite level, the belief of fans that they can have a go at officials with impunity is getting worse. Example from last night. I’m mentoring a young crew on a U19 friendly. AR2 correctly keeps the flag down on a possible offside because the attacker in an offside position...

I’ve said it before-a few of these people who post about being corrupt should be sued for defamation. Accounts are tied to emails, so it would be easy to tie back to a person. Get a few people liable for damages, publicize it, and we’ll see how tough people are to accuse corruption behind a...