ArbitroLaw5 Referee Development

07/09/2022

Great day today working with the next generation of Referees at the Youth Nations Cup.

Part 2 is being able to watch Mo Mohseni Referee his first CPL game at the same time.

Good Luck Mo

06/23/2022

As a person who has worked in Referee Development for many years we have people pass our paths that start out as students and soon become friends, Juan Marques you are one. We first met at UBC while I was assessing another game and said who is this person I don't know him. I talked to him about Refereeing better games and to come to the office during the week. He said he would love to but would need to after he returned from going the Mexico and watching the Gold Cup. I thought interesting, a few weeks later who is at the front desk???? Juan
Since that it has been a great ride to different matches, helping mentor, supporting in clinics, rehab training in the pool and many other things. Last night I was fortunate to assess you in your last game in the Semi Final of the Canadian Championship and you didn't disappoint. You and Rachel are driving across Canada to Nova Scotia to start a new page. I wish you both all the best and look forward to seeing you again soon.
From Student to Friend thanks for your commitment, hard work and being a great role model and an even greater person.
All the best

04/30/2022

Hi Everyone,
If you are interested in watching our BC Referee group in action.
David Schmidt-Schweda Referee
Eray Demirtas AR1
Theo Diederichsen AR2
Juan Marquez 4th
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02/07/2022

Respect / Respecter / Respeito

O Respeito é algo necessário e insubstituível. Respeitar é aceitar. É ver o outro como igual e viver em harmonia. Quando amas, respeitas. Nós amamos o jogo, ...

01/13/2022

Congrats to both Carly Shaw-Maclaren and Stefan Tanaka-Freundt for joining Chris Wattam to the 2022 FIFA List. It is great to see these officials rewarded for all the hard work put in over the years. Just like Chris they all started like many young BC Officials with a dream and now that dream is a reality. I know they will continue to work and refine skills. We look forward to the future for these 3 and the 2022 season.

Canada Soccer has announced that 17 of its National List of Referees have been named to the FIFA List for 2022 international appointments. In addition, two refe

11/02/2021

Congratulations to Michael Barwegen for being Assistant Referee 1 in the Concacaf Champions League Final.
No secrets just hard work.

10/19/2021

I want to thank all involved over the Thanksgiving Day weekend at the first ever Youth Nations Cup in Cloverdale Athletic Park in Surrey. The organizing committee lead by Ali Wilkinson & Jeff Clarke were amazing to work with and both were very supportive of the Referees and the work we are doing to develop them and improve the game.
There were 31 Referees involved and they all put in a great effort. The Referees did between 1 and for some a 2nd game but never back-to-back. All games were mentored with the mentors giving little tips at half-time to improve the Referees’ performances both in the middle and on the line. There were 10 Mentor/Coaches including myself for the 22 matches.
I need to thank these people for making the time to help this next crop of up-and-coming Referees improve their skills. The feedback from the Referees and all was great to hear.

Looking forward to the next opportunity to continue to develop and help Referees.

Quote Below:
Jose

The tournament went great but was also a lot of fun. The referees did an outstanding job and we were so appreciative of their contributions. Also seeing the ref development in between games and how important the refs felt is so important and meant a lot to me.

Looking forward to working on more great projects with you in the future. Keep advocating for refereeing!

Regards,
Jeff Clarke

10/01/2021

Hi Everyone,

So you may ask what have you been doing? Its been a busy few months, starting in late July with a National Assessor Session with the Canadian Soccer Association follow in August by helping run a FIFA Fitness test for some of the FIFA, National and Provincial Referees. We then did a few Assessments in the Canadian Premier League. September saw the begining of the outdoor season in BC and we started helping and working with the Grassroots Referees. I attended the SX Cup on all 3 days and we helped coach some Referee at the Youth and District level. I then joined the team at Ridge Meadows Soccer Club as one of two Mentors for the Club. It has been great to see the Referees in action that we were involved with from the Small-Sided clinic in June and helping them in their first matches.
Then we started working and preparing some of our higher level officials for matches. Voja, Joey, Rodrigo, Sydney and other.
Voja has now had his first Canadian Premier League match and it was great to go to Victoria and support him. Great performance and look forward to more to come.
Also a great set of officials were assigned to MLS Next matches U15 and U17. Rodrigo Zadunaisky, Laura Rincon, Timothy Ma in the U17 match and Theo Diederichsen, O-lin Metz and Garret Coombs. Both set of officials had great games.
I want to share some pics with all of you and we will be posting more educational material in the near future.

09/27/2021

Refereeing has so many health benefits but also provides a way to give back to your community.

“You don’t officiate to get in shape. You get in shape to officiate.” From the start, officials need to be able to keep up with the action in order to make the right rulings. But there are more health benefits than one may realize from spending time on the field or court.

09/27/2021

Welcome to our new page!

We are available to Referees for personalized coaching, mentoring, fitness checks, and training.

Clubs are welcome to engage us for consultation on programming within your organization and education sessions for Referees, players, coaches, and parents.

Reach out to us for more information.

09/27/2021