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From 1988 to 1992, Evans served as National Director of Referee Instruction for U.S. Soccer, during which time he designed the curriculum for the first national assessor's course and created the instructor and assessor grades that are still used by U.S. Soccer today. In 1992, he became the first American to be appointed a FIFA referee instructor.
In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches ...
A pair of officials at a Maryland high school football game in September 2008. White knickers used to be worn by officials; black trousers are now standard.. For ease of recognition, officials are usually clad in a black-and-white vertically striped shirt and black trousers with a thin white stripe down the side (this was formerly white knickers with black/white striped stirrup stockings or ...
The Professional Soccer Referees Association referred both incidents to MLS, calling Sartini’s comments “disgusting” and Miazga’s actions “unprecedented” and “unacceptable.” The ...
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Mark William Geiger (born August 25, 1974) is an American sports administrator and former soccer referee.He is the senior director of match officials at the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), which oversees domestic referees in Major League Soccer (MLS).
Assistant referee signalling that an offside offence has occurred. In association football, an assistant referee (previously known as a linesman) is an official who assists the referee in administering the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the Laws, at most organised levels of football the match ...
As part of the course, trainee referees must officiate games and they do so at this level. Upon successful completion of the course, a referee will move up to either level 8 or level 7 depending on their age. If the referees are aged under 16, they become level 8 referees; if they are 16 or over, they automatically become level 7 referees.