SC Soccer Forums SCSoccer.com Forums Boys Varsity Soccer Any good refs out there?

I can understand some refs may not do a very good job. But there has to be some refs that have done a good job at some of your games. Why don't you use this topic to let them know they did a good job. I'm sure it would make them feel a little better if they knew that some people thought they did a good job at a game or games. Thanks.

I AGREE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GOOD GAMES CALLED
WE NEED SOME WAY TO RATE THE REF'S.

I would like to thank ONE of the Lancaster Referees. There was one guy who apparently did NOT know what offsides was, he just kept calling it on both sides simply because the attacker was faster than the defenders. Well during one of the several break aways i had, this guy called me offsides, from the completely OPPOSITE side of the field, when there was a ref just 10 yards behind me. Well he KNEW i was not offsides and gave us the benefit of the doubt and overruled the call and gave us a free kick from where we were. We gave the WRONG ref a hard time about it during the game since we thought he stopped play to make us take a kick from much farther back when i was on a break away. But i found out we were wrong about that, SO THANK YOU TO THE REF WHO HELPED US OUT ON THAT, I heard comments from my team saying YOU were the best Lancaster Ref they'd ever seen, you called a good game, however i wouldnt say the other guy did, SO THANK YOU.

While it is certainly true that some speedy players may be called offsides (especially if they have been caught offsides a few times previously), the two man system must live with those mistakes; the angles are going to be wrong most of the time. I've watched it both ways (a man offsides is not called for it and scores) in last night's game. BTW, the correct restart is a dropped ball.

According to FIFA Law 8 Page 20, Dropped ball

"A dropped ball is the way of restarting the match after a temporary stoppage which becomes necessary, while the ball is in play, for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of the Game."

Most often used for injuries and accidental whistles.

If the offsides was waived off by the other official, there can be no free kick (no infraction of the laws), cannot be a throw in, ball not out of bounds; must be a dropped ball.

NOTE: A dropped ball does not require players from both sides to be present even though the book shows two players.

The correct restart is a drop ball for what call?

Stoppage of play is never a dropped ball unless neither team had clear possession. Teams with class will not take advantage of this situation by taking the indirect kick (which could be very close to the goal); they instead pass the ball back to their own side of the field and restart the attack.

As a referee, we should wait until the possession is in the middle of the field before stopping play unless an injury, etc. prevents this.

The refs that do a good job know who they are. They hustle to try and get in position and call a clean fair game. The ones that are slackers usually get caught out of position and miss important calls. To the hustlers out there.....thanks. Let's don't let a few slackers ruin what is for the most part a good group. We need to be able to weed these people out. Is there a rating system somewhere?

In all my soccer career i have seen maybe 5 good refs. there are so many refs who dont understand the rules or the game itself. the refs need to shape up.

Thats kinda wild how the rules say there can be no free kick if an offsides is waived by the official who didnt call it.......cause that's EXACTLY what happened for us.

What rule says there can be no free kick when an offside call is waved off? Rule 9-3-1 says in case of a temporary suspension due to .. an unusual situation, if one team is clearly in possession of the ball, the game shall be restarted by an indirect free kick by the team in possession of the ball at the point where the ball was when play was suspended.