From the NCAA Press Release:
Kenneth G. Andres has been named the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Secretary-Rules Editor. Andres will officially replace long-time rules editor C. Cliff McCrath when his term expires in September of 2011.
Andres currently serves as the National Rules Interpreter for the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA) and as an ex-officio member of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee, both of which he has held since 1995. In addition, he has served as president of NISOA in 2003 and as the interim executive director in 2008-09.
The NY Metro ISOA chapter wishes Ken all the best in his new assignment with the NCAA.
The 2011 NY Metro ISOA meeting schedule is now available. Get the dates, times and locations for the NISOA fitness test, the annual mandatory rules clinic, awards dinner and business meetings. Read the rest of this article »
The New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA) is made up of nearly 100 college soccer referees in New York City, Long Island and Westchester. Every November, its annual Awards Dinner at The Sterling in Bethpage, Long Island honors those individuals who have particularly distinguished themselves during the college soccer season. The awards are based on voting by NYMISOA’s members. Read the rest of this article »
For most officials, the intercollegiate soccer season is just about over. However, for clinicians and assessors, continuing education is a year round requirement. Our web site collects quite a bit of information from news sources, message board and blogs. One recent entry from a personal favorite included a link to an article by Canadian and World Cup veteran assistant referee Hector Vergara. The article included personal observations as well as refereeing tips and techniques taught at the 2010 World Cup that merit further discussion. Read the rest of this article »
A consistent point of emphasis during our chapter business meetings has been dealing with misconduct from the coaching and team area. It’s one thing to hear a clinician talk about generalities but I wanted to share this report from one of the match officials for a local intercollegiate match (details redacted since they are not really important). Read the rest of this article »
Jack Sweeney has provided the following guidance describing the differences between the NJCAA and the NCAA rules:
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We received the following message from NISOA President, Joe Miller:
I am pleased to announce that the contracts with the NCAA and Arbitersports have been finalized. A new web site has been launched by Arbitersports that includes on-line training for all NISOA members. This is being done with no additional cost to the membership. The dues currently being paid will cover the costs of the contract agreement. Approximately 4,000 of our members have already received an invitation to the site. These are the individuals that have up-to-date email addresses within our records. Many were obtained from the recent request that was sent to all chapter contacts. Unfortunately only approximately 35% of the chapters responded.
Please notify all your members that the new web site is now operating. They should log into ncaasoccer.arbitersports.com and register so they can begin benefiting from the training that will be posted.
