NY Metro ISOA News

2010-2011 NCAA Soccer Rules Changes

NISOA and the NCAA published a summary of the 2010-2011 NCAA Men's and Women's Soccer Rules changes.

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NY Metro ISOA Uniform Policy

The NISOA Executive Board modified the Dress Code policy at their January 2010 meeting to allow officials to wear white striped socks with all current referee shirt colors. Consequently, our chapter's executive board has established a chapter policy that for all intercollegiate soccer games where all members of the officiating crew are NY Metro ISOA members, all officials shall be dressed alike and wear black socks with three white stripes.

Members must be prepared to have all required uniform items (including socks with colored stripes) when they are officiating with members of other NISOA chapters since this uniform policy is limited to just the New York Metro ISOA chapter.

ECAC Match Fees for 2010

ECAC has extended their memorandum of understanding with the northeastern NISOA chapters for an additional year. ECAC game fees for the 2010 season will be as indicated in the memorandum of understanding for the calendar year 2009 (Division III referee fee will be $185 and Division III AR will be $130).

In 2009, ECAC kept the match fees at the 2008 rates. While our chapter executive board did not endorse ECAC's decision last year, we believe this extension and the match fees are a good thing for our officials and the conference.

Dr. Don Wilbur Named First NCAA National Soccer Assignor

From the NCAA:

Longtime soccer referee and coach Donald Wilbur will serve as the NCAA’s first national assignor of soccer officials in all divisions. Wilbur will be charged with evaluating officials throughout the season and coordinating their assignment to men’s and women’s soccer championship games. In the past, individual sport committees handled the selection of officials.

NCAA Press Release.

New Assessment Forms for 2010

NISOA has provided new assessment forms for 2010. Old versions are obsolete. You can download the new forms from our web site.

Change to the NISOA Fitness Test

Starting in 2010, NISOA has made a change to the third event of the NISOA fitness test. The revised event is now called the "AR 50 Meter" test. The revised event includes several changes in direction whereas the old "Brazilian AR 50 Meter" test did not include any changes in direction. The new event and the revised scoring criteria are available in our web site's library section.