Hi referees! I thought that I'd toss this out there as an example for this forum's purpose. feel free to join in and respond with your opinion! So I had a situation in a 12U boys game. Purple player carelessly charged an orange defender and before I could blow my whistle, orange retaliated with a r

I really like this video and it has quickly become a favorite of mine. https://streamable.com/wrxi7 Would you call the offside or not? The player who shoots the ball was in an onside position before the pass. The player who was in an offside position does not try to play the ball, thus does not b

Consider a 14U match... Blue 2 is a defender who is crossing the ball to Blue 3. Blue 1, the keeper, steps forward and picks up the ball. You blew the whistle when Blue 1 touched the ball. Blue 1 glares over to you: "Incredible! Red 3 was all over me, I couldn't see anything and couldn't move. N

So how would you determine if a goal has been scored on this field? Yes, it was out at Tuma, and no it was impossible to move the goal it was so securely anchored into the ground. (In other words - it was safe!)