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Character, Attitude and Control 2/25/2010

Broward of Yokosuka, Japan asks...

I both coach and play in our various base leagues here in Japan, and our selection of officials is exceptionally thin. While we have several qualified officials, there are several who have no idea what they are doing on a pitch, and are always follo...

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Character, Attitude and Control 1/24/2010

Adam Wolstneholme of manchester, England asks...

What is the correct action if, a corner ball is given, a player goes to retrieve the ball and kicks it to the taker, the taker then takes the corner whilst the player is off the field of play. Are you supposed to wait for the player to re enter the f...

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Character, Attitude and Control 12/9/2009

alex of richmond hill, ontario canada asks...

I can understand the theory behind the answers provided here, but I have to admit that I find it difficult to apply in practise in many instances. The problem is the referee is paying attention to the play which is where the action is, and it is diff...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/16/2009

Scott Lusk of Roseville, CA US asks...

We had a Ref yell out of control at a player and when the coach told him that he was a little to passionate he screamed out of control at the coach and told him to sit down for the rest of te game. Then the head coch came out to talk to the ref and h...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/16/2009

Dave of Des Moines, IA US asks...

When you see two opponents going at each other and it is above your 'physical play' meter but you just can't make out who is the worst offender, is it OK to go ahead and call a foul on one of them and then make sure that you have a word with both of ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/16/2009

Jack Kapp of Philadelphia, PA USA asks...

This is a perfect example of why the flag and the use of A/Rs instead of officials with whistles doesn't make sense as we talked about when you (Larry Kapp) 1st told me about this situation. How do you think your team of officials was perceived by t...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/9/2009

gab of sherbrooke, Québec Canada asks...

The striker and the keeper were both going for the loose ball at the top of the box. The striker touched the ball before the keeper, but the players collided. I think there was no foul on the play, but the keeper stayed down. The ball went to a pl...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/8/2009

Bewildered of Issaquah, Wash USA asks...

Elizabeth Lambert actions, tactics at New Mexico vs BYU game November 5th...How does she not get cautioned or send off???

The referee did a disservice to her, NMU and the game in general. An early caution or even send off would have either ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/4/2009

Erik of Arlington, TX USA asks...

Some of your responses to my question were not nice. :-(

Today, instead of working on my English assignment in class, I spent over an hour reading all of your super secret referee documents on the referee link from the ussoccer.com web page....

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Character, Attitude and Control 11/3/2009

Dave of Clarkston, Washington USA asks...

Sideline Behavior

I have been the center referee working with several new ARs this season. We get most of the calls right, but we miss a few calls each match.

Several coaches, along with many parents, have given expected perfection ...

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