AR advantage?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by AlaRef

Can you please show me where that Guide is. I don't remember seeing it in the laws of the game.

Sure, here is where you will find that Guide:

http://images.ussoccer.com/Documents...ToProc0607.pdf

What ref47 posted is a direct quote from page 30 of the USSF Guide to Procedures. If you have never read it, you need to do so. His point is that the AR needs to heed the words, "the referee would likely have stopped play for." If the belief is that the referee would have allowed advantage instead of stopping play, then the AR should keep the flag down. (See the awkwardly worded passage on page 36.)



Part of the foreword to this document is:
"Alternate signals, procedures, and methods of communication within the officiating team are not authorized for games under the jurisdiction of the United States Soccer Federation using the diagonal system of control. Other signals or methods of communication intended to supplement those described here are permitted only if they do not conflict with established procedures and only if they do not intrude on the game, are not distracting, are limited in number and purpose and are carefully discussed within the officiating team prior to the commencement of the match."


The additional signal that ref2coach and I have been discussing would have to pass those requirements. I believe that an AR silently extending an open hand towards the goalline would qualify, but in my opinion having an AR call out "play on, advantage" would not, as it is both distracting and an intrusion upon the game, plus conflicts with the already established procedures. Of course, even what I have advocated borders on breaking what it says on page 36 -- "keeps flag down and does not use the verbal/hand signal for advantage." So the hand signal must be subtle.