Red Card Rule

[huh?]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

The requirement to "set out" a game for being ejected is not in TLOG. It is found in the FIFA "discipline procedures" document found on the FIFA website.
USSF is an affiliate of FIFA. If your State soccer association which issues you your player pass is a USSF affiliate, then you are bound by the game suspension rules. If you had to show your "card" to play, no matter where you played you acknowledged that you were bound by the affiliation to the State, USSF & FIFA.

hmmm.......Kristine Lilly played in the final match of a recent tournament, after receiving a red card in the previous match - because the tournament rules did not call for a suspension for a red card.

it happens all the time all over the world, that a player will receive a red card, or otherwise earn a suspension in one event, but still be allowed to continue to participate in a different event with his team. Think Champions League and XXX League play, where XXX is the domestic league. Or FA Cup and EPL.

referees should worry about the game on the day, not about administrative issues. officials have enough to try to do well without giving themselves the chance to be wrong in other areas that are not part of their duty. This is said as an official, admin, and coach, btw, before some of you get your undies in a bunch