Questions & Answers for "Character"

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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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Character, Attitude and Control 11/1/2009

brian hannington of stevenage, herts england asks...

can the manager enter the field of play when the ball is dead and have words with the referee about the opposition team and not tell the opposition manager what is happening?...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/26/2009

Brian of Ellicott City, MD Howard asks...

I coach a Boys U-14 rec team. Yesterday there was a strange chain of events which ended with me getting a red card which was obviously very embarrassing. I really have three questions:
First, to preface, the head referee has been reffing for a l...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/25/2009

Jake Royd of Toronto, Ontario Canada asks...

Hello fellow referees,

My question concerns the concept of 'Fair Play'. By this, I mean the general sportsmanship of players.

In recent years, this has become synonymous with the practice of clearing the ball out of play when a pla...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/22/2009

Harry Harris of Douglasville, Georgia USA asks...

I play for WGFC 96 Black. We were playing GSA Phoenix when i lost the ball in the attacking third. I was sprinting back to defend and i tugged on the players jersey. He turned around and hit me in the face on purpose. The referee said it was unintent...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/11/2009

Parent/Coach of Middle, Tn US asks...

Ref Dawson makes an interesting statement. While obviously the ref controls the game, at the same time, the refs for many youth rec games are in fact still children themselves, only a couple of years older than the players. At what point does adult...

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