1) Big changes coming to officiating system. #MLS has proposed using foreign referees, one source tells me.
2) #MLS ref Terry Vaughn dismissed from USSF full-time program. Performance based. Only Salazar, Toledo remain. Vaughn still in general pool
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider
Steven Goff reports the shake-up VIA twitter
6 months ago
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There isn't an article
It was just a tweet from Goff.
Great news, though. I look forward to hearing more about it.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 1, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
My bad
Meant to put the tweets up as the link but posted his blog instead.
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Can someone clarify the difference between full time and pool?
I was pumped to see Vaughn get dropped but I don’t know what that actually means. He’s probably top three worst in the league.
by chrisperry1983 on Dec 1, 2011 9:55 PM PST via mobile reply actions
He now has to work for a living
Full time= They only Referee
Pool= Referees that may ref part time and have other full time jobs and are therefore assigned to games through USSF.
What I love is that “foreign” referees being brought in is being looked at. I can see Howard Webb to the MLS rumors now!
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I thought some FIFA sanction limited us to US referees?
Or if not FIFA, USSF or some governing body. Good news for everyone except Houston.
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by almost awesome on Dec 1, 2011 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
All referees need to come from the USSF and CSA
But that does not preclude them from hiring people from overseas to work for the federation.
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by William Conwell on Dec 2, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks
Makes sense. At least this means less games he will being effing up.
by chrisperry1983 on Dec 2, 2011 9:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yes
I am thinking it will most likely mean he will be on the line or the 4th official….
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Was Vaughn the guy who gave Kalif the red card in NY?
I love Portland because everyone here takes things so seriously, sort of.
That was Alex Prus
I’m not sure which of our games involved Terry Vaughn…
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 4, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
This is not all of them
They only have about half of the games listed.
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