Archive for March, 2008

Position Paper: Padded Goalposts

This position paper explains why padded goalposts are not allowed. Despite these understandable concerns and good intentions, U.S. Soccer cannot approve the use of padding on goalposts or crossbars in affiliated matches http://images.ussoccer.com/Documents/cms/ussf/Padded%20Goal%20Structures%20_2_.pdf

Welcome Soccer Refs

In trying to become a better referee, I have found that there isn’t a central location that will tell me all I need to know about refereeing. Over the next few weeks, I will be updating this site with information that soccer referees (both new and experienced) will find useful. This will include how to [...]