[ayso45-refs] Goal Area

[Robert L. Henderson]

As Beau as stated on a number of times recently,   it is NOT the 
responsibility or the duty of the Referee to tell a Coach who to play or 
where to play.   If there is a situation where one team is dominating 
the game, the Referee may (I repeat may) suggest to the Coach that he or 
she may wish to take some action to keep the game "fun" for both 
teams.   Making that reminder is the only thing that a Referee should do.

If a team is not meeting the 3/4 playing time and certainly if they are 
not playing a player at least 1/2 of the time the player is present at 
the game,  the Referee again may politely point that out to the Coach.   
If the situation is not corrected,  the Referee should record it in the 
"comment" section when the game results are recorded on Web Youth Soccer.

A Referee SHOULD NEVER insist that a player be moved or taken out of a 
game for any reason other than the SAFETY of that player or the other 
players.  Certainly it should not be done because of unbalanced playing 
skill.

Bob Henderson
Region 45 Director of Referee Instruction

The Lillie Family wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Quick question: in a U7 game yesterday, I got into a conversation with 
> a referee about what to do if you have a player scoring too many 
> goals. I said that if I have a player dominating, I put them in goal. 
> The ref told me that I must take them off the field to "level the 
> playing field." As I am keeping track of playing time to ensure all of 
> my boys play an equal number of quarters, I don't want to take them 
> off the field but I move them to goalie or sweeper so they are in no 
> way going to score. He reiterated that I have to take them out of the 
> game as "that is the rule." I was a ref in previous years and I can't 
> remember that rule, and I asked my team ref from this year and he 
> doesn't recall that being the rule either. Can you clarify/comment?
>
> Thanks
>
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