As an observer of girls' high school soccer for a number of years now, I have seen the quality of play greatly improve. However, at least to my estimation, it seems that the level of officiating has not kept pace with the level of play. I know that for basketball (and probably football) officials there are raters who sit in the stands and rate the officials in actual game situations for their quality of officiating; is this true for soccer officials as well? Particularly with the two officials system often used in high school play, I have seen officials make calls that could/do affect the outcome of the game from halfway across the field. I think that the players deserve better or am I just off track here?
