Question Number: 17560

League Specific 10/28/2007

RE: level 7 Under 10

simon terry of birmingham, united kingdom asks...

can a manager of a small sided (mini soccer)team ask 2 different people to take charge of a half each or does the ref that starts the game finish the game

Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

Hi Simon,
If a referee is assigned the match the teams have no say. If two kiddie teams have no referee, each team could take responsibility for a half although this is ususally in the 4, 5,6,7,8, year old catagory where coaches are allowd on the field and referees are not always available. The manager cannot decided who referees, the league must have policy to be followed. Check what that policy is!
Cheers

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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

If the manager is assigning people to act as referees he may do as his league allows. We can't keep up with all the leagues in the world think up. Ref Dawson offers some speculation.

Regards,

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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

Check local policies on this.

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