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BEGINNING SPRING 2011
THE SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE FOR ALL GVSA SELECT GAMES U13 AND ABOVE (11v11) HAS CHANGED.
When the referee stops play for a substitution, the substitute is no longer allowed to enter the field of play before the player has left the field of play.
The AR must get to the midline to supervise the procedure, and return to the second-to-last defender prior to the restart.
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Game Day Procedures
The link below is to the suggested game day procedures you should follow in order to minimize pregame problems. It also contains the modifications for the age groups in the Grand Valley Soccer Association. Keep your most challenging situations for the game- don't get exasperated before the game! Some of this information is also available at the league website: www.gvsoccer.org. If you have any suggestions, contact John Corbett or Jack Wolf.
BEGINNING SPRING 2011
THE SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE FOR ALL GVSA SELECT GAMES U13 AND ABOVE (11v11) HAS CHANGED.
When the referee stops play for a substitution, the substitute is no longer allowed to enter the field of play before the player has left the field of play.
The AR must get to the midline to supervise the procedure, and return to the second-to-last defender prior to the restart.
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Game Day Procedures
The link below is to the suggested game day procedures you should follow in order to minimize pregame problems. It also contains the modifications for the age groups in the Grand Valley Soccer Association. Keep your most challenging situations for the game- don't get exasperated before the game! Some of this information is also available at the league website: www.gvsoccer.org. If you have any suggestions, contact John Corbett or Jack Wolf.
| gvsoa_referee_game_day_procedures.pdf |
Quoted from www.ussoccer.com -> laws of the game -> you make the call -> #7.
Answer posted 12-18-08.
“REFEREE DISCRETION
Question:
What discretion, if any, does the referee have in deciding to call a foul as a dangerous play, which results in an indirect free kick, versus a reckless/careless foul, which results in a direct free kick. For example, a player carelessly raises his cleat too high, interfering with an opponent, versus the cleat making the slightest contact with an opponent, versus the cleat making solid contact with an opponent. What about a slide tackle that is whistled because it was careless under the circumstances, but not so dangerous as to warrant a direct free kick, according to the referee? Is there discretion under all circumstances of dangerous play and fouls/misconduct?
Answer (December 17, 2008):
We always encourage referees to use their discretion in making any call, based on the factors that went into making the decision in the first place. However, too many referees blur the lines between the various fouls, particularly the clear difference between playing dangerously and committing a direct-free-kick foul. In most cases this is done because the referee doesn't want to appear too harsh or, much worse, because the referee is afraid to call a foul a foul. How many referees have you seen who say that the same foul they would have called a direct-free-kick foul at midfield is not a penalty-kick-foul when committed in the penalty area? They then chicken out and call it dangerous play, depriving the offended team of a fully justified penalty kick.
You have to make the decision and stick with it. The offense in this case is not simply against the Laws of the Game, but against the whole tradition and spirit of the game. “
Click on the following link for the newest position paper from USSF for the restart with an extra person on the field of play.
| extra_persons_on_the_field_position_paper.pdf |
Click on this link for the 7+7 Offenses (caution + ejection)
| 77_memo_2010.pdf |
This link is to the Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game.
| advice_to_referees_on_the_laws_of_the_game.pdf |
