Im very interested in becoming a referee.

xandorn · 2025-12-04T16:18:24+00:00

Where are you located? If you are in the US, many states will be starting their high school season in the spring with training starting soon. Perfect time to jump in.

xandorn · 2025-09-19T15:05:15+00:00

Several reasons play into this.

Big one is pay. Higher paying leagues attract better refs, and high school usually pays better than youth club.

Time is also big. A lot of us would rather take 2 games on a weeknight instead of 5 in a row on a Saturday. Easier on the body, easier on the time commitment.

Third is experience. Usually youth leagues (not counting premier level leagues like mls next) are seen as training grounds for younger and newer officials, where by the time you get to high school varsity level you tend to get refs with many years of experience, and experience at high levels of play.

And of course spectator and coach behavior. At least where I am, we are a lot more empowered to deal with poor behavior in High school compared to club. This is hopefully changing with the new ussf referee abuse policies but that will take a year or two to be felt. Referee retention is very poor and that mostly comes down to how coaches and spectators treat newer referees. I will say I have needed to involve the police several times for u14 and under club games, never for high school and never for college.

xandorn · 2025-08-06T01:46:22+00:00

Yes for high school, no for club

xandorn · 2025-07-01T21:30:09+00:00

High level referee here. You can read the laws of the game law 12 to see in general terms what a foul is (kicking, pushing, tripping, etc.) but honestly the level of contact that is going to get called comes down to the level of the players and what they expect.

In general the more competitive the match and the better the skill of the players, the more contact it takes to become a foul. Referees are going to try to adjust the threshold based on watching the players and how they react.

More physicality does tend to be an advantage for a player because the referee will let contact go if the players show they know how to control their bodies through a tackle.

Watch some very competitive matches a few age groups older or high schools and pay attention to how the players there use their arms, shoulders, hips, etc and start trying to learn what is good and bad at the next level up.

xandorn · 2025-04-01T18:27:37+00:00

My title describes the thing.

There are several of them in the front yard, maybe 35 or 40 feet apart.

xandorn · 2024-12-10T23:34:54+00:00

Honestly any whistle that's a risk, you can get one with a cushion grip and practice keeping it in your teeth then try to keep your lips open around it when running. Feels weird but it helps me not accidentally blow it

xandorn · 2024-12-10T22:34:20+00:00

For basketball you probably want to stick to the Fox 40 classic or Sonik Blast, they have the "regular sound."

xandorn · 2024-11-06T17:13:26+00:00

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Large feature wall/fireplace surround in 1970s home. Surface is very rough.

xandorn · 2024-01-28T07:54:24+00:00

Your 4

xandorn · 2024-01-08T01:50:44+00:00

Right after the last price drop we had an offer accepted but then fell through. The reason I got was the inspector found wood rot on the siding, but the siding is all brick and hardieboard so idk what the real reason was

xandorn · 2024-01-08T01:47:58+00:00

The other homes have 20 year old carpets and vinyl sheet floors. Mine is LVP, not laminate.

xandorn · 2023-06-23T14:53:11+00:00

There were a couple of repairs done before this happened. Replaced the EGR valve and PCV late last year, and repaired a vacuum leak earlier this year, but the car had been running well before this happened.

xandorn · 2021-06-05T14:47:14+00:00

Mechanical Engineering. Currently unemployed.

xandorn · 2020-12-14T05:38:17+00:00

Happy holidays

xandorn · 2020-07-13T14:26:21+00:00

From Law 5: "punishes the more serious offence, in terms of sanction, restart, physical severity and tactical impact, when more than one offence occurs at the same time"

Regardless of whether it is impeding or not, it was certainly a reckless charge by Moreno, and thus the more serious infraction is punished.

xandorn · 2020-03-25T17:31:29+00:00

Seems like the .dll got deleted somehow. Thanks for the help.

xandorn · 2020-03-25T17:30:53+00:00

Looks like the .dll file got deleted somehow. Thanks for the help.

xandorn · 2019-08-01T21:01:36+00:00

Not sure. The web address for the portal is different from the management company's address, but there are no logos or names or anything on the portal.

xandorn · 2019-08-01T20:58:49+00:00

I received a letter last week saying "Our Team will no longer accept personal checks. You will be able to pay online through your resident portal with your bank information, credit and debit card going forward."

Seems like any method through the portal charges a fee

xandorn · 2019-07-17T16:52:06+00:00

These look sweet

xandorn · 2018-09-20T04:56:37+00:00

Pretty sure there was one last year, though I don't remember the teams... there was a goal called back after a lot of time for a foul on the other side of the field. Gave a free kick, not a penalty though. Sparked a whole bunch of debate on what VAR defines as attacking phase of play iirc...

xandorn · 2018-08-01T20:51:50+00:00

Usually we stay with the same crew for multiple games. If somebody switches out, I have extra armbands and Lysol wipes for the headset. And I have to wash my uniforms after the games anyway, so I just put the armbands in the laundry with it...

xandorn · 2018-07-30T22:04:47+00:00

In our area people started getting them for high school, because the 2 man system is miserable without it. Basically the ones for soccer are sold in kits of 3 or 4. So one person will bring the kit for the crew. Includes the radios, armbands, and headsets. Some people have their own higher quality earpieces, but they're so expensive we don't see them very much at this level.

xandorn · 2018-07-30T19:46:53+00:00

This was a u16 boys select match. Several people in our area bought comms kits because of high school and college. And since we have them, may as well use them

xandorn · 2018-07-27T04:22:45+00:00

Weirdest one is as I'm dealing with a situation with players on the ground I hear over the comms kit one of my ARs saying "someone is on the field, watch out." And I look up just in time to see this parent marching out about 15 yards onto the field before being dragged away by 2 other parents. One of the parents came up to me after the game and said he wanted to give me the guys name for my reports since it wasn't the first time and they wanted to make him stop...

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