NY Metro ISOA News

Randy Vogt featured in the NY Times Sports Section

George Vecsey writes a nice article about Randy Vogt even though it has nothing to do with his soccer officiating prowess.

Sports of The Times – Grandpa Loved Horses, or How a Filly Got Her Name – NYTimes.com.

2009 Chapter Award Winners

Since 1964, the New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA) has been providing the officials for college and junior college games in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. This year’s four referee award winners were honored at the NYMISOA Dinner on November 16, 2009 at The Sterling in Bethpage. The awards were selected by balloting from the general membership.

Lou Minutoli received the NYMISOA Service Award. Lou has served on the NYMISOA Board of Directors for nearly a decade and also schedules referees as the assignor for the vast number of ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) games in the New York City metro area. “Lou has done an excellent job and handles his challenging role as an assignor with grace,” commented NYMISOA Executive Vice President Steve Lewin.

Paul Yonick, in his second year in the chapter, was voted as the NYMISOA New Official of the Year. Rich Gramolini, also in just his second year in the chapter, was selected by his peers as the NYMISOA Assistant Referee of the Year.

Minutoli, Yonick and Gramolini all serve as New York City firemen. “Both Paul and Rich are officials who have done a great job,” Minutoli said. “I am also proud that they are New York City firemen.”

The Official of the Year is not a fireman but his “real job” is in the elevator business. Lee Suckle was selected as the top official. “You look forward to officiating with Lee. He is immaculately prepared for each game and does a wonderful job,” commented NYMISOA President John Puglisi.

Conference and NCAA Playoffs

As the regular season is drawing to a close, conference and NCAA playoffs are approaching. Please take a minute or two to familiarize yourself with the special requirements of the NCAA Rules Book regarding playoffs. Specifically,

• Tiebreaker Procedure of Penalty Kicks (Rule 7.1.2)
• • Coin toss determines who kicks first or second. We recommend the referee chooses which goal the kicks will be taken at before the game with the governing sports authority.
  • 10 different kickers are selected. If all 10 kickers take kicks, the order of taking kicks must be repeated.
  • The goalkeeper may not be replaced during the taking of kicks unless injured. The injury must be verified by an attending physician or certified trainer with approval from the governing sports authority.
• Accumulated Cautions (Rule 12.18)
• • Player eligibility is to be determined by the governing sports authority. In some cases, coaches will ask the referee team whether a player is eligible to play because of their accumulated cautions. Please review the referenced rule and be prepared to advise the governing sports authority representative accordingly. If there’s any doubt or question about a player’s eligibility, allow the player to participate and file a report with the governing sports authority.

2010 NISOA National Referee Program Clinic

The 2010 NISOA National Referee Program Clinic has been scheduled for July 9-11, 2010 at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Other clinic dates are June 4-6, 2010 at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California and June 18-20, 2010 at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Interested NISOA soccer officials should begin by downloading the appropriate documents, completing as directed, and forwarding them to their correct Regional Area Coordinator (Mark Butler is our Region II coordinator) by March 1, 2010.

Violence and Safety in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference

We received this email from Nick Cinquanto, Supervisor of Soccer Officials for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Soccer Conference. Local conference teams include Concordia College, Nyack College, and Dominican College. Read the rest of this entry »

NAIA – Conduct in Competition

We received this email from the NAIA via NISOA:

This email is to inform you that the NAIA approved new standards for behavior during all NAIA competition. To address an officials’ role in these standards, we have developed an explanation document and an online ejection reporting system to facilitate the filing of those incidents.

Game official’s communication – This document explains to officials how important their role is to the NAIA and conduct in competition. We are asking every game official to assist the NAIA in its mission to change the culture of sports and ensure a better game through better sportsmanship.

Online ejection report form – The NAIA has set up one central location through NAIAHelp where a game official can fill out the ejection form online. The report will then be forwarded to the appropriate conference commissioner.

We need your help! Please communicate this information to all officials who are involved in NAIA competition. The NAIA has communicated with all NAIA conference commissioners and athletics directors regarding the new standards and the ejection reporting system.

There are few, if any, NAIA institutions in the metropolitan New York area but if you are assigned an NAIA match elsewhere, please conform to their requirements.

C. Cliff McCrath Named New NISOA Executive Director

The NISOA Executive Board unanimously approved the decision by President Joe Miller to appoint C. Cliff McCrath as the new Executive Director of NISOA effective September 1, 2009. This decision was made at the annual convention. Cliff has an outstanding history as a coach at Seattle Pacific University and member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). In addition, Cliff currently serves as the soccer rules editor for the NCAA and is responsible to both coaches and officials on rules interpretations and protests. Cliff has been inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame by both NISOA and the NSCAA.

The following message from Cliff is reproduced from the NISOA web site:

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