Welcome!! ALL Referee Spring Kickoff Mtg

Mon, Aug 19 7-8:30pm (Cascades Library)

1. Please sign in and indicate if you need a SINC Sports account

2. If you are new, fill out a New Referee form

3. Fill out a W-9 if you have not already done so, turn it in!

4. Meet and Greet! Say Hi to your fellow referees!! We are a TEAM!!

Version 5

1. Any new Referees? Welcome!!!2. Introductions of Referee Team (Assignor, Administrator, Board members)3. Coach’s Meeting Recap from Assignor4. SINC Sports Registration, Self-Assignment, Game Reporting (for reference only)5. Look at our www.sterlingsoccerclub.org website under Referee tab for most things we discuss6. Uniform Requirements - review7. Payment and Bonus Program - review8. New Laws review

✓ The REFEREES!! (~10 new RefITs + ~? new Certified Referees starting in the Fall 2019 season!)

✓ The Coaches and Parents!

✓ Dave Taylor – Referee Coordinator / Assignor → Can be found here: referee@sysa.net

• Our Referee Focus1. Ensure player safety, then enforce the laws & manage the game2. Entitled and encouraged by USSF to use the ‘Ask, Tell, Dismiss’ policy for the unruly!3. Entitled to show coaches cards (encouraged in Re-Certification due to abuse and loss of refs)

• Referee Option #1 - Referee In Training (RefIT) Program (In House)• Referee Option #2 - State Certified Referees

• Our challenge will be – book smart does not equate to field smart, we learn by doing!• Takes 1 full year (~25 games) to develop a referee – do games, ‘see stuff’, and learn! (yes, from mistakes)• PLEASE REPORT ANY REFEREE CONCERNS TO Dave Taylor, not the referee please!

✓ Tara Koehler– Club Administrator• administrator@sysa.net• Everything else

NEW RULE : NO HEADING: U11 AND YOUNGERIf a player heads a ball during a game it will be treated as a foul, similar to a handball.

U6 –U8 take the ball to the spot of the foul and have the other team take a kick in.

• Used for Self sign-up of games• Not a lot of system checks available, so be careful to sign up for the ‘RIGHT GAME’ for you!

• Please choose proper level based on your refereeing experience and our guidance• System allows RefITs to sign up for U19B games, recommend against this! ☺• ½ of my job is monitoring for proper game assignments, and switching if we see a better fit• We reserve the right to move you based on a variety of things ☺

• If we do this, we’ll definitely make every effort to inform you, but SINC will as well• It has lots of features we don’t use, you’ll get used to how to use it, trust me!• ALL referee emails from SINC, as well as game reminders a couple days prior to your

assignments• MONITOR YOUR EMAIL PLEASE, for lifting or adding of game limits (depends on ref availability)

- Be sure to choose Sterling Youth Spring League

- If Sterling Youth Fall League is available, click to the right of that row and remove it

- Don’t play around with features we don’t use

The Game Assignments link (wherever it might be) is where you can sign up for games!!

The ‘Show’ button will get you started seeing games choices by Date and Field

1. First choose the appropriate date from the date dropdown (all dates will eventually be visible)

2. Then Choose the Site:- Algonkian Elementary (U11/U12)- Hencken Fields (U13-U19)- NOVA (U6-U10)- Park View (U13-U19 makeups)

3. Then click View to see games

4. Then click Self Assignment

5. Once games are chosen, click Accept/Decline

6. You may see a ‘Save Assignments’ button, so be sure to click that too

7. You can also Print your Schedule

YOU’LL NEED TO PLAY WITH IT TO GET FAMILIAR WITH HOW IT WORKS!

For the first few times, once you think you’ve taken games, get out, then all the way back in to be sure you’ve saved your games and they appear as yours!!!

UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS (THIS IS RIGHT OFF THE WWW.STERLINGSOCCERCLUB.ORG WEBSITE)

Note: caps may be worn but must be solid black with no emblems

➢ U6-U8 Rec Game Referees:• Gold referee shirt• Black shorts• Official referee socks (all black or black with 3 white stripes)• Referee whistle (suggest having a spare in case one breaks or is lost)• A watch with Chronograph/Stopwatch feature to keep time (get used to a count up timer!)

➢ U9-U19 Rec Game Referees (and all Travel Game Referees)Above items plus

• Pair of referee flags• Set of red/yellow cards• Score keeping sheets• Flip coin

www.soccer.scoresports.com

https://scoresports.com/play-onr-match-3-piece-kit-no-2030.html

Older style shirt and socks above are fine for U6-U10, prefer new shirts, but not a must…(may find deals on this older shirt on some sites)

But this newer style shirt and socks are fine too…

➢ SINC Sports Match Cancellation policy:▪ SINC does not allow you to cannot cancel within 72 hours of match▪ If you need to cancel after that, please call or text, no emails

➢ SINC Sports Self Assignment Match Limits and Policy:▪ Matches may only be taken up to 2 weeks in advance (system restricts this)▪ Be on the lookout for any game limits on email or lifting of game limits on email

✓ RefITs: take a maximum of 2 back-to-back games to start with✓ U9+: take a maximum of 3 back-to-back games to start with

▪ Take games in ‘blocks’ please (2 or 3 depending on what’s permitted)▪ If you can only take one, take the first or last, not the middle games (single stranded games are hard to fill) ▪ Any match is ‘fair game’ to take on Thu and Fri before weekend of games▪ First weekend of games will come out on Apr 1 or Apr 2, watch your email for notice as to when

➢ If you are not finding matches that fit your schedule:▪ Let me know, I can work with you to pre-assign you to games that fit your schedule

➢ Inclement Weather Policy: ▪ At first sign of thunder or lightning, suspend the match, request all to take cover in a hurry▪ No returning to fields until 30mins after last thunder or lightning ▪ Judgement needed on whether to resume match because we can’t extend games due to field schedule▪ Rain alone is insufficient to suspend the match unless field deteriorates to unsafe playing conditions

• SYSA observes teams and spectators on separate sidelines – suggested at U9/U10, required at U11+• Payment (2 payouts – mid-season after first 3 weeks, post-season after last weekend of games) - mailed• Season Dates:

• Saturdays: 9/7(1), 9/14(2), 9/21(3), 9/28(4), 10/5(5), 10/19(6), 10/26(7), 11/2(8)• U6-U10: Rain Date, Sat Jun 8• SFL Tournament: Sat/Sun Nov 9/10 (pre-assignments to ensure optimal/best coverage)• No games Columbus Day weekend of October 12, 2019

• Bonus Program – point system• U6-U8: 0.5 points/match – 5 points gets you $50 bonus (10 games) – stops here• U9-U10: 0.75/match• U11-U14: 1.0/match• U15-U19: 1.25/match

5 points: $5010 points: $7515 points: $10020+ points: $125

• Mid season Pizza & Raffle meeting (TBD)• Referee feedback and discussion & Assignor feedback to referees• One or two focus areas / videos based on season experiences (new Laws review, how’s it going)

➢ U6/U7/U8 – Referee In Training level (simplified game and rules)• 4v4 (possibly 3v3, but not 5v5) - 4 quarters, 10 mins each• 4 groupings: U6B/U7B combined, U6G/U7G combined, U8G, U8B• SAFETY is primary responsibility – all metal goals must be anchored with sandbags, field must be safe to play on• Use Team Sportsmanship Liaison process if needed• Coaches most common comment – can’t hear the whistle! (but U11+ too!)• Game Reporting will be ONLINE this season: Report 0-0 score as proof of attendance, 1-0 for lopsided games

➢ U9/U10 – For new younger Certified Referees ages 12, 13, 14 (Full 3-Ref crew is used)• 7v7 with goalkeepers (U9G/10G combined, U9B, U10B)• A fuller set of Laws, but Local Laws of Competition are key as follows:

• (2) 25 minutes halves w/substitutions during any stoppage with permission of referee• No Heading (whistle and give IFK to opposing team where it occurs)• No Direct Kicks, therefore no Penalty Kicks (for fouls inside Penalty/Goal Areas, IFK on Penalty Area line)• Offside – yes, but only between Build-Out line and Goal Line• Speaking of the newer ‘Build Out Lines’ (line halfway between Goal Line and Halfway line)

1. When keeper takes possession, opposing team must retreat beyond build-out lines, keeper can wait2. Keeper must roll, throw, or pass the ball (if ball is punted, IFK to opposing team on penalty area line)3. When a goal kick is awarded, opposing team must retreat beyond build-out lines, kicker can wait

• PROTECT THE GOALKEEPERS – they are first timers! Whistle early, avoid player/keeper collisions at all cost!!• DO NOT USE Yellow or Red cards on players, use stern warnings and ‘cool-off’ periods

➢ Suburban Friendship League Guide for Game Officials (on our website, print a copy, and bring it with you!)• Center Referee must be Ux + 2 years minimum age (U11+2=13, so min is age 13, U14+2=16, so min is age 16, etc)

➢ U11 – No Heading! Blow whistle, award IFK to opposing team➢ Game Durations: U11/U12 (30 minutes halves), U13/U14 (35 minute halves), U15+ (40 minutes halves)

• Report Scores in SINC Sports after the game as confirmation of working game and in case of disputes➢ U11/U12: Games held at Algonkian Elementary on 2 fields (newer Certified ages 14, 15, 16 to start) ➢ U13+: Games held at Hencken Soccer Fields at Potomack Lakes Sportsplex (occasionally at Park View HS)➢ U11-U19: For newer older Certified Referees (ages 15 and up) and experienced Certified Referees

• Report Scores in SINC Sports after the game as confirmation of working game and in case of disputes• Record all Yellow and Red cards in SINC Sports at time of Score Reporting• Report all RED Cards in an email to administrator@sysa.net and referee@sysa.net and any game issues as well• See SFL Guide to Referees on our website for Local Laws of Competition (print it and take a copy with you):

• Know the Play Down Rule – team can play with no more than 2 more players than other team• Game Formats: U11/U12: 9v9, minimum of 6 players, U13+ : 11v11, minimum of 7 players• Either team substitutions: after a Goal, prior to Goal Kick, start of 2nd half• Specific team substitutions: team awarded with Throw-In (if throw-in team subs, opposing team may sub)• After an Injury (opposing team may also sub 1 for 1)• After a caution if requested by coach (no opposing sub for this)• Mercy Rule is now based on 4 goal differential (team winning by 4 must remove a player)

• For 5 goal differential, remove another player (for 6 goal differential, remove another player, etc)• If team losing scores a goal, winning team can add a removed player back• If team winning goes below bare minimum to play, game is terminated

1. Free Kicks: No attacking players in wall when defending wall has 3+ defenders2. Goal Kicks or Free Kicks in Penalty Area: Live when ball is kicked and moves3. Kick Off: Coin toss winner has choice4. Yellow and Red cards for coaches and team officials5. Penalty Kicks: Keeper must have at least one foot on the line, not moving, not touching goalposts6. Dropped-Ball: no longer competitive7. Ball Hits Referee: Dropped-Ball8. Handball: aye yai yai!!!!

The IFAB has attempted to provide more clarity on the handball offence for occasions when the offence is deemed to be 'non-deliberate'.

Essentially, the changes will mean that there will be no goal in cases where the ball accidentally strikes a player's hand before crossing over the line. (there are of course exceptions)

Similarly, if a player has accidentally handled the ball and created an advantage or subsequently scores, they will be penalized with a free kick.

Despite the IFAB's attempts, we reckon that this one will still cause plenty of debate and consternation.

Thank you for attending!

Now let’s go out and have some fun!!!

Any questions, please email Dave Taylor at referee@sysa.net