Topics for this week \* Losing games at 9 tonight! \* Now That's Hot! \* More Badges \* Our Goal is Goal Safety \* Oh to be young again! \* Repo

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Fall 2014 Referee News
All Hands On Deck

We have to have all games covered with a Neutral Referee Crew by 9pm on the Thursday before a Saturday game (and Friday @ 9pm for a Sunday game.) What does that mean to you? It means that if by 9pm your team doesn't have a Ref on their game, you can take the spot. But, let's make this the exception and not the norm... it's only week 2 of Fall.
Games in jeopardy of cancellation at 9pm -
R889 - Sat
* 10am GU8 Game 8183 @ Foxborough2 Meeker vs. Cowdrey
* 4pm GU9 Game 2936 @ ACCP1 - vanHoften vs. Gunderson (need to replace Ref.)
* Assistant Refs Spots Open on games: 1075, 8306, 2760 (Intermediates), & 2936
R889 - Sun
* 3pm BU9 Game 1076 @ AVCP 1 - Wanderling vs Blaser
* Assistant Ref Spots on games: 1271, 2607, 3099 & 1076
R41 - Sat
* 10:15am GU10 Game 6591 @ Rancho Niguel - Sanford vs Jenkins
* 11:15 am GU8 Game 6606 @ Niguel Hills Middle School3 - Sparacino vs Medina
* Assistant Ref Spots Open on Games: 4447, 6590, 6568, 1072

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Referees,

Part of the Referee's job is to keep all players and their referee team SAFE. Given the projected high temperatures again this weekend your Area Board, Coaching Staff and Referee Staff are very strongly recommending that you consider frequent water breaks at ALL levels of play. But keep the clock running on the game - the game cannot take longer, but water breaks can at your discretion. Allow kids to hydrate from the sideline as needed.

If you are covering matches this weekend a few things to remember.

• Start Hydrating 48 hours before your first match time
• Pack extra fluids, a snack and include a wet/cool cloth
• Pack a large Zip-Lock bag with ice (keeps everything cool, great cooling source for the back of neck and is a ready ice pack for injuries)
• Plan on water breaks once the heat gets above 80º
• For U16/U19 ask the teams if they want to play Shorter matches (U16 = 35s / U19 = 40s)

Have the entire referee team watch for signs of heat stroke and dehydration. Signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion often begin suddenly, sometimes after excessive exercise, heavy perspiration, and inadequate fluid or salt intake. Signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include:

• Feeling faint or dizzy
• Nausea
• Heavy sweating
• Rapid, weak heartbeat
• Low blood pressure
• Cool, moist, pale skin
• Low-grade fever
• Heat cramps
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Dark-colored urine

If you suspect heat exhaustion:
• Get the person out of the sun and into a shady or air-conditioned location.
• Lay the person down and elevate the legs and feet slightly.
• Loosen or remove the person's clothing.
• Have the person drink cool water or other nonalcoholic beverage without caffeine.
• Cool the person by spraying or sponging him or her with cool water and fanning.
• Monitor the person carefully. Heat exhaustion can quickly become heatstroke.
• If fever greater than 102 F (38.9 C), fainting, confusion or seizures occur, call 911 or emergency medical help.

Stinkin Badge

While Region 889 provides badges for all their coaches, Region 41 does not. ALL coaches u14 and up regardless of Region will have a badge. ALL coaches of Extra teams will have badges. Still confused? ask for help

goal anchor

Every year, children are injured (often seriously, some fatally) playing on and around soccer goals. There are a couple things we can do to prevent such an injury.

First, make sure no one is using the goals as jungle gyms! The purpose of a soccer goal is for use while playing soccer. While it seems really obvious to most of us, kids don't always see what is obvious to us, and go for the obvious to them. That is, "Look! Something cool to climb on!" If you see kid(s) playing on the goals, STOP IT! Even if it's not "your field", say something.

Second, make sure they are secure. Our field guru, Perry, has purchased additional stakes for our U-8 goals. These are the only relatively light goals that we have. Make certain the goals are staked down and secure. Otherwise, NO PLAY! Do NOT allow a game to start/continue at U-8 without secure goals.

With your help, we can make certain all our kids are safe.

Youth Ref Club Logo

A HUGE thank you to our youth referees! They are starting the fall season right where they left off at the end of the spring, working truckloads of games!

The youth refs here are incredible and are doing a great job covering games. If you see a youth ref at your field, or a nearby field, take a moment and say thanks to them. Ask them if there is anything you can do to help them. And watch out for those pesky coaches and parents. Protect our youth refs! I believe that children are our future... And all that stuff.

If you are one of our amazing youth refs, THANK YOU! Please let us know what we can do to make your games even better.

cards

Ok, we're not talking about school here. We're talking about Match Reports. If you issue a card, report it in a Match Report. They are so easy, even a caveman can do it! Just click the link in MatchTrak and type away. Not sure how to do that??? watch the MatchTrak video!

Match reports aren't only for cards. You can tell us about anything that was unusual about the match that we might need to know. Got an overly "enthusiastic" coach or sidelines? Please let us know. Got a player, team, coach, and/or spectator(s) that deserve kudos for sportsmanship or just went above and beyond to make the game better, we WANT to know! Did someone on your ref team do something great that we should recognize? We WANT to know!

checkyoself art char

New season means all sorts of things. In soccer, it means time for new cleats, shinguards, new haircuts.

And for some reason, to many it means "get your ears pierced". Remember, NO jewelry. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Zippo. Big Zero. No, even as cute as she is, little Suzie can't tape or put bandaids over those new adorable earring studs. Same goes for metal hair clips, and nose piercings, and...

And while you're at it, make sure that their cleats are safe. There is no law about what kind of cleats they have to wear, or that they even have to wear them. But there must be footwear and it must be safe. Toe cleats (often found on baseball cleats) MIGHT not be safe. with all the kicking at the ball, that toe cleat might pose a threat to someone else's shins. Same with casts and splints. Is this game REALLY so important that Tommy needs to play with a cast on his arm? "Oh, but we covered it in bubble wrap!". Oh, that fixed it! Please think safety first, everything else a distant second.

"Coach, line them up alphabetically by height." :)

Free Upgrade

Who doesn't like a free upgrade? Like when you order a Grande, and they give you a Venti. Or when they tell you that you're the 1,000th customer this month, and you're getting the leather package for free. Or "I'm sorry, we over sold this section. Would you mind sitting right here in the front row for the game next to the players' bench?"

If you've been a Regional ref for a year (or more), how about a FREE UPGRADE? That's right, we will get you into the next Intermediate ref class for FREE! Not only will you get a chance to improve your skills, you'll get a really cool ref badge that tells the world, you got a free upgrade! This opens up more of the older games for you that are worth MORE REF POINTS for your team. How awesome is that?!?!?

Now, where did I put that latte... Ask Pete for help

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