[ayso45-refs] Question about U7 refereeing

[Steve Blunt (sblunt)]

I think the bigger issue is with coaches and parents getting upset with the officials period when a lot of them have their own interpretaions of the rules or no idea at all. Not the first time this season we've seen a note like this and as volunteers themselves why should the the refs have to? This is a friendly soccer league not the World Cup and a few people could do with taking a good look in the mirror.

Steve



Steve Blunt

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Global Strategy & Operations
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Beau James [mailto:b_james at pacbell.net]
Sent:	Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:54 AM China Standard Time
To:	Daniel Edelson
Cc:	AYSO Region 45 U7B Division Coordinator; Randy Harr,AYSO Los Altos; ayso45-refs at ayso45.org
Subject:	Re: [ayso45-refs] Question about U7 refereeing

Daniel Edelson wrote:
> I was ref'ing a U7 Boys game this morning and one of the teams had a 
> defender hanging out to defend his goal. This was quite effective at 
> preventing goals. According to his coach, the defender wasn't 
> instructed to hang-out in the goal, but just naturally decided that 
> was how he wanted to play.
>  
> The opposing coach got extremely upset. He said that in U7 "we" are 
> instructed not to allow players to hang out either in their own goal 
> on defense, nor in the opponents goal on offense where they can "poach".

"No goalkeeper" in U7 means that there is no player with the special 
privilege of using his or her hands to play the ball while inside his or 
her own penalty area.  Nothing more or less.

It certainly does not mean "leave the goal undefended".

> He became angry at me for now doing anything about the player 
> defending in his goal.

And what exactly did he expect you to do?  Send off the player for being 
a smart stopper?

> What should I have done? Should I have taken some action to prevent 
> the U7B defender from hanging out in his own goal?

No.

But please do include in your game comments, a description of how this 
coach's anger manifested itself.

Beau
>  
> Thanks,
> daniel
>  

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