Red Card Rule

[Nevadaref]

If I am ever fortunate enough to work a FIFA match, I'm sure that I will learn a great deal of this.
Also, I finally found the document. It is called the FIFA Disciplinary Code and that is why the search engine on the site wouldn't locate it. They really do have a poor search engine.

I have yet to read through all of it, so I can't speak to the veracity of the earlier claim.

[huh?]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If I am ever fortunate enough to work a FIFA match, I'm sure that I will learn a great deal of this.
Also, I finally found the document. It is called the FIFA Disciplinary Code and that is why the search engine on the site wouldn't locate it. They really do have a poor search engine.

I have yet to read through all of it, so I can't speak to the veracity of the earlier claim.

use the link i gave above, and look at article 19 on page 21. there is some other info before and after that which you may find useful, too.

not sure i will ever need to become intimately familiar with this doc, either

[ref2coach]

Huh, please read article 7, page 16 upon following your link.

In addition to being a referee I am also Disciplinary Chairman for a Club in TN.
We had a coach who challenged us on a one-match ban after being ejected. I checked with the TN State Soccer Association, a USSF affiliate. According to TSSA, USSF has "adapted" as requested by FIFA. The result, as we are a Club who is an affiliate of TSSA and TSSA is an Affiliate of USSF and USSF is an affiliate of FIFA; YES all persons ejected from a sanctioned match shall serve at least a one-match suspension. It is not often that an organization is best served by "reinventing the wheel".

The answer given is correct for the original question asked.

I did not say I, when refereeing would ever get involved the administrative details outside my scope of authority? In a USSF/USYSA "approved" game I will require a roster and each player to present a current USSF/USYSA player card. Nothing more, nothing less.

Regarding US Club Soccer, the experience I have had with them in the State of TN they do not enforce anything. The more "rouge" the club the more likely they have affiliated with US Club Soccer rather than the State USSF association.

[huh?]

r2c - I disagree, your answer may not be correct.

For example, if one of my players is sent off in his/her last game at regionals, that player does not necessarily come back and serve a suspension in his/her next league or tournament game at home - it depends upon the rules of the competition. I can tell you for a fact that said player would not serve a league suspension in my area.

Another example -in at least one state, a player playing in an amatuer (adult) game on his USYS player (and appropriate forms filled out) pass does not serve a suspension earned in the adult league by sitting out in any youth games - the suspension is served in the competition in which it was earned.

I have already given you the example of Kristine Lilly in an international event - sanctioned through FIFA, but not organized by FIFA. Players earning a Champions League ejection would not serve a suspension in their domestic league. Players earning a domestic cup ejection would not serve a suspension in their league.

your state may have players serve suspensions earned in other events, but that is neither a FIFA nor a USSF mandate. In the case mentioned, and in all cases, the correct answer is to check the rules of the competiton in which the player next plays. I hope this makes sense.

Your assessment of USCS clubs is off the mark for what exists in many areas of the country, too. There are just as many blue teams as red (rouge). If you meant rogue , I would say the same thing. It may be that it is not very organized in your area, but you should know that there are many very good clubs that participate as USCS teams every year in leagues and tourneys.