Saturday, April 11, 2009

US Soccer Week in Review for MLS Season

US Soccer appears to have connected its weekly posting of Referee Week in Review to the US Soccer site. It's a valuable review for all referees, where they can look at clips from the week's MLS matches and read interpretations from USSF's top trainers and assessors.



Look on the right column of this blog to find the links. I'll add new links each week.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Penalty Kick and Kicks from the Mark

Here's a challenge for all of you:

Respond to this challenge in a comment and come up two ways that PKs are SIMILAR to KFTM and two ways that PKs are DIFFERENT than KFTM. There are several for both. Let's see how many we can find. Here's one as an example:

Similar: All players must remain on the field of play for KFTM and PK.

Different: Players may gather in vicinity of penalty
area during PK, while abiding by Law 14 provisions, while in KFTM, all players are located in center circle, except for kicker and the two goalkeepers.


How many more can you find? Limit your responses to no more than two comparison/contrast so everyone has a chance to respond.

Meanwhile, look over to the right and see links to memos on PKs and KFTM.