Whoa!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Made it to the high school match 30 minutes prior to
game time, and the other two referees were already
there. All three of us there 30 minutes before game
time - something I have never seen in a HS match yet!
Turns out I wish one of them would have shown up
late.
One of the referees I knew from a previous game where he was the CR. Nice guy with a lot of experience and does a great job. The other referee neither of us knew, but I think he was more local than us. The referee I knew immediately came up to greet me and we briefly talked non-soccer. The local referee joined in and we poked a little fun at his collegiate logo hat (which he wore during the match). I briefly discussed centering with the familiar referee, but I knew he would want to center since I've never seen him do therwise. The other referee got very upset that he didn't discuss centering with him as well. At first I thought he was jokingly being sarcastic, but I was dead wrong. He ended up letting him center, but he nagged the center about all the pre-game activities that he should have done, and I think even made up some that I had never heard. Once we decide on a center, the ARs need to shut up during the pregame conferences with the players/teams. I got bad enought that I thought this referee and the center were going to have a physical confrontation. I changed the subject and it seemed to help. We started the game at least!
The match went well with minimal interference from coaches/fans. The winning team won 4-0 so there wasn't much we could do to affect that outcome. However, the other AR tried to control the game from the side - calling fouls, warning players, etc. Luckily, the field was designed with teams and fans on all on the same side (opposite to him). So he was too far away for the fans to really see what he was doing.
The JV match was after the Varsity match, and I was sure the local referee wanted to center. Wierd though, he told me to center. Go figure... maybe he was just pouting. Everything went well in that match, and it was probably good that we ended on a JV match at least for the referees' sake. These two referees have to work together again this weekend. I won't be there, but I'm thinking about coming to watch!
One of the referees I knew from a previous game where he was the CR. Nice guy with a lot of experience and does a great job. The other referee neither of us knew, but I think he was more local than us. The referee I knew immediately came up to greet me and we briefly talked non-soccer. The local referee joined in and we poked a little fun at his collegiate logo hat (which he wore during the match). I briefly discussed centering with the familiar referee, but I knew he would want to center since I've never seen him do therwise. The other referee got very upset that he didn't discuss centering with him as well. At first I thought he was jokingly being sarcastic, but I was dead wrong. He ended up letting him center, but he nagged the center about all the pre-game activities that he should have done, and I think even made up some that I had never heard. Once we decide on a center, the ARs need to shut up during the pregame conferences with the players/teams. I got bad enought that I thought this referee and the center were going to have a physical confrontation. I changed the subject and it seemed to help. We started the game at least!
The match went well with minimal interference from coaches/fans. The winning team won 4-0 so there wasn't much we could do to affect that outcome. However, the other AR tried to control the game from the side - calling fouls, warning players, etc. Luckily, the field was designed with teams and fans on all on the same side (opposite to him). So he was too far away for the fans to really see what he was doing.
The JV match was after the Varsity match, and I was sure the local referee wanted to center. Wierd though, he told me to center. Go figure... maybe he was just pouting. Everything went well in that match, and it was probably good that we ended on a JV match at least for the referees' sake. These two referees have to work together again this weekend. I won't be there, but I'm thinking about coming to watch!