NY Metro ISOA News

Delaying Free Kicks

This is an excellent article with tips and techniques for dealing with players from the offending team who delay free kick restarts.

For the Integrity of Soccer: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE !

Match Preparation

Has this ever happened to you? You show up at a site for a scheduled match only to find neither team had the game scheduled. If this has never happened to you, you are either very lucky or you know how to properly prepare for the game assignment. Now that you are assigned games from several different assignors and their particular web site (or in the case of the ECAC, two assignment pages for a single game in the metro NY area), there are going to be conflicts.

I suggest you check the home institution’s athletic web page as well. Most schools have their schedule and athletic department contacts listed. If you have a scheduled match that is not shown on the host school’s web site, you should contact the athletic department to confirm the game site and time. If it’s a CUNYAC game, you should contact the athletic department in all cases since venues and times change frequently. This simple procedure takes only a couple of minutes. Verifying the game details and coordinating communication among the officiating crew is part of your professional responsibility. If you are too busy to do this or think it is not your responsibility, do not accept the assignment.

You can read more about referee match preparation in our Clinicians’ Corner.

Portable Goals

Another fatality from a portable goal. Many collegiate soccer facilities are multipurpose and have portable goals. Please make sure they are securely anchored to the ground as required by the rules.

Boy, 10, Killed By Soccer Goal Post – News Story – WRC | Washington

For the Integrity of Soccer

I was doing some research for an article I’m writing and I came across this great blog from NISOA National Instructor, Bob Evans. Worth a read.

For the Integrity of Soccer