off topic- college soccer game

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by eg-italy

Actually, high level soccer has four officials: a referee, two linesmen and a third assistant who stands at the center of a side line, at least in Europe. I don't know what NCAA soccer does.

The two linesmen are in charge of the offside rule and may call the referee's attention to rough play. Of course, being along the side line (only half of the field), they cannot help very much in this respect.

There has been a test with two referees on the field, but it was wrong from the beginning: each one essentially covered half of the field. Useless. One of the objections was that two referees can't have the same way of judging the plays, go figure.

Ciao

NCAA uses four as well.

I have a question for you, eg-italy: UEFA is using two additional referees to watch the penalty areas in Europa League* matches, to watch for the ball crossing the goal line and fouls in the penalty area. Have those extra referees made any close calls yet? What do fans watching think of this experiment so far?

*Explanatory note for the confused: The Europa League is to the NIT what the Champions League is to the big dance.

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

NCAA uses four as well.

I have a question for you, eg-italy: UEFA is using two additional referees to watch the penalty areas in Europa League* matches, to watch for the ball crossing the goal line and fouls in the penalty area. Have those extra referees made any close calls yet? What do fans watching think of this experiment so far?

*Explanatory note for the confused: The Europa League is to the NIT what the Champions League is to the big dance.

I know of this experiment, but I don't follow soccer so much; and not Europa League, of course: just boring. No notice of close calls by the additional officials. I believe that the average soccer fan in Europe doesn't care about them.

Actually they might help in cleaning the play in the box, which is becoming more and more rough when waiting for a corner or penalty kick. A simple change in the rules would be much more effective, IMO: declaring that a foul can be called also when the ball is not in play.

Ciao

[deecee]

I understand missing one or two of these -- BUT ALL OF THEM -- and they werent even borderline these were as blatant as possible. The yellow card was a joke.