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This page provides access to various referee documents which can be read, printed or downloaded. The documents are provided in Adobe Acrobat (aka pdf). All Adobe PDF files created on this web site are made with Adobe Acrobat 7.0. Adobe readers prior to version 7 may not correctly read the new files. Get your free new version of the adobe reader. Standard version is 13.1 Mb; full version is 20.3 Mb. Pdf is a compressed format, so the documents are not offered in a zipped form. To save these documents to your disk, right click on the link to bring up a context menu and then
The principle document is the FIFA Laws of the Game (2009) (pdf, 1.9 mB). The AYSO 2009 Laws of the Game is not available electronically. Here is a link to the AYSO Laws of the Game (2008) (pdf, 4.3 mB), which is the FIFA Laws modified for AYSO. This document covers Laws 1 - 17, the 4th Official, the Referee's and Assistant Referee's signals, presents illustration of game situations, and provides additional instructions for the Referee, Assistant Referee and 4th Official. USSF has published a document (69kB) discussing the seven actions which result in a caution. Previous versions are available:
USSF has published the 2009 7+7 memo
( USSF has published a short guide of misconduct to watch for in
free kick
( As they do every year, FIFA met and made some changes to the Laws of the Game. The changes for 2009 are:
Thanks to Dennis Wickham for this advance information. When the FIFA memoramdum is published it will be made available. FIFA has issued a new interpretation in 2005 of the Offside law.(23 kB). This interpretation in accompanied by a Flash animation (29 kB) demonstrating the salient points. The significant change in interpretation is that a player in an offside position, not interferring with an opponent, may not be sanctioned for an offside infraction until he touches the ball. Double click on the previous link and your browser will show the animation. If Flash is not loaded onto your system, your browser will ask your permission to load it. You may download the animation to your local disk and then present it by opening it with your browser. FIFA has issued a clarification (20 kB)
USSF has issued a position paper (27 Kb)
AYSO has published concurrance with th USSF position paper on 26 Aug. 05: AYSO follows the directives of USSF, our National Governing body, and this is just a clarification of the way offside should have been taught in the past and should continue to be taught. The attachment (the above USSF psoition paper ed) is from Alfred Kleinaitis, USSF Manager of Referee Development and Education. USSF has published an offside PowerPoint presentation that is available for download. "Life as we know it has not changed." -- Gil Weber If you do not have power point, a free viewer (windows only) is available (not tried ed). If you do not care for microsoft products, try open office. You get word and excel also. (not tried ed) (offside used to be simple, ed) In 1903 the FA council (England) published: It is not a breach of Law for a player simply to be in an off-side position, but only when in that position he causes the play to be affected. Thanks to Ferenc & Sandy Korompai <korompai*nospam*@MSN.COM> for the quote. There has been a recent (April 2006) flurry of discussion on offside on the referee mail server.
Jim Gorden, a referee from many parts of the world (my last contact with him was in Maryland), has written an interesting
essay on the topic
Tom Marlin (Area 11/K Referee Administrator) and Wayne Merrick (Area 11/Q Director of Assessment) made a presentation at the Tri-Section conference held in San Diego in April 06 on "Offside Interpretation -, What's New?" The presentation in zipped power point is available (60 Kb). The presentation includes a brief history of offside, a review of the offside law, and the clarifications issued by FIFA in 2005. A reference to the FIFA flash and the USSF power point presentations (described above) is made. FIFA has published (2009) an interactive presentation on Offside. It is very good. A significant point about the Offside Position is not mentioned in the video: When is the offside position judged? At the time a teammate plays or touches the ball. There is one subtle error in the presentation: on the last picture of demonstrating interferring with play, B is in fact in an offside position. Ignore this and assume he is not in an offside position. The presentation does not end well; after the demonstration of the corner kick, the video does not end. The viewer is left with the impression that there is more to come, maybe there is???, but there isn't. Enjoy this video. You have to click on a few message boxes to have the video advance. When the FIFA web site opens click in the blue box with the text "Interactive Guide to Offside Law 11." The United States Soccer Federation has published its latest Guide to Procedures (pdf, 1.5 Mb). For 2009, USSF published a one page update to the Guide to Procedures.Dennis Wickham (Wickham*nospam* at SCMV*no spam*.COM) provides the following comments on the new Guide:
The United States Soccer Federation has published a Revised Procedure (pdf, 78 kB) concering flag signals for penalties occuring inside the penalty area. There has been a new interpretation of the mehods a referee may use to enforce the required distance on free kicks. Read this article to find out how referees are to enforce the required distance. The laws can be open to interpretation. USSF has published the 2009 Advice to Referees. The Document is approximately 6.3 MB in size. You need Adobe Reader 6.0 or better to view the document. Different from previous version, one can print this document and cut and past from it. The USSF publishes memoranda and position papers on various topics of interest to referees, including:
Additional papers may be found on the USSF web site. On the home page, click Laws of the Game (found in the left side menu); then click Position Papers. AYSO has published the Rules and Regulations (2.3 Mb)
Injuries and Substitutions AYSO has published a Guidance for Referees and Coaches. From page 59 and the Q & A section are the rules governing injured players and substitutions: If the referee allows a coach, parent, or other responsible adult to enter the field to assess an injured player, must that player leave the field and, if so, when may the player reenter? Law 5 requires the referee to stop the match if, in his or her opinion, a player is seriously injured. Law 5 also requires the referee to ensure that the player leaves the field of play. The determination of what constitutes a ‘serious injury’ should take into account the player’s age. The younger the player, the quicker the referee’s whistle to stop the game. The referee should then beckon the coach to come assess the injured player. If the referee believes the player is only slightly injured, play should be allowed to continue until the ball is out of play. In this case the injured player is not required to leave the field of play unless someone has entered to assess the injury. As soon as it is safe to do so, the person responsible for checking the injured player’s condition must escort the player off the field of play. This allows time for determination of the player’s ability to safely continue playing. If a goalkeeper is injured but not being substituted, he or she may be treated on the field of play and is not required to leave. Injuries involving a goalkeeper and another player and any severe injury to a player such as a concussion, broken leg, swallowed tongue, etc., may also be treated on the field of play. Before an injured player may return to the field of play, the match must have restarted and the referee signaled permission for the player to return. If the ball is in play, entry must be from a touch line; if the ball is not in play entry may be from a goal line or a touch line. It is important that the referee remain alert as to when the player is ready to return and give permission at the earliest opportunity so that the player’s team is returned to full strength. Section 11 and Area K stand behind the above policy. Various summaries for referee students are available:
As a student, you will be interested in any information concerning the written test. Here are sample tests. Not the real test, but similar questions, style and format.
Basic Referee Instructor Course Material
Referee Education Region 5 has acquired vhs tapes of the World Cup 2002 showing all misconduct and all goals. Entertaining and educational. Talk with the Region 5 Referee Administrator to check out the tapes. Area K has acquired the following training tapes/cds/dvds Talk with the Area Referee Adminstrator to check out the information.
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This page last updated on Monday, 05-Oct-2009 13:55:00 MDT © 2010 T. J. Marlin