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Old Fri May 25, 2012, 05:28pm
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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
In high/middle school, two person is very frequent. Most high school games I work are two person, so I'm pretty much used to it. The NFHS has two official mechanics.

USSF is a different story. There is a modified/hybrid two-person set-up (that you probably saw) with two whistles, but generally, USSF/FIFA pushes a one-whistle system. If you must have two officials, it's preferred the other has a flag.
NFHS (high school) recognizes the 2-person system while the USSF does NOT. It is actually prohibited to assign games that way for a USSF affiliated league or tournament.

My state does about 20% of our HS games as 2-person. The rest are 3.
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