Pierluigi's MLS Ref Training Camp! (not real)
Just a fantasy...
How can we get Collina (or any good referee, for that matter) to take a week out of his retirement to come over and put on a camp for MLS refs?
Letter writing campaign? Make a DVD compilation of egregious MLS calls, send it over with a proposal pleading for help?
Maybe I'm just being whiny, but I really feel the refereeing in our league could do with some international aid.
Last edited by Gobi; 08-22-2008 at 04:25 PM.
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i've thought about this as well... bring the guy over .. not even just for a camp, but sign him up for a whole year! he could do a game every other week, maybe be a consultant on weeks he's not reffing, watching over these other refs.
kinda like the new Adidas commercials where kids from small countries write for help from the stars??
"dear Mr. Kaka, the level of football where I am from is not that high. Do you have any advice on how to improve my technique??"
i love the collina action figure
Just think of all the "established" leagues in the world.
We get whatever is left over!
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Dude that is friggin freaky!Originally Posted by Kickit09
i love the collina action figure
Seriously though, how does one get involved in being a ref?
Contact your local soccer club. You have to start from the bottom so you'll have to be a level 4 ref for at least a year, getting that will be piss easy, you'll probably have to attend a couple of classes or something.
Level 4 referees can only do house leauge and similar level leagues. To get to level 3 you have to take an exam and get at least 75% on it. To get to Level 2 you have to be recommended and then evaluated and then you have take another exam I think and so on.
I am a referee and a Class 3 - Rep , and its very easy to get !
I think alot of the problems lie at the national associations.
The CSA assigns the referees for TFC games. Also they have very little training for referees.
Its basically do a game, get assigned on it and find out what you could do better.
Collina is still quite involved with officiating in Europe.
The lower levels of Italy no?
He's consultant for the referee *whatever you call it* in Italy. I think he's on board with UEFA too.
honestly, I have thought this exact same thing since the beginning of last year!
it really doesn't seem too far fetched. A little extra cash for a recently retired ref from a top league.
Lord knows, the MLS needs the help!
He's actually still involved with refereeing in Serie A as a consultant...and actually does run training camps for officials in Italy.
Would be great if we could have that here.
Howard Webb from the EPL did that Superliga final recently...
And that was the most in-control, logical, rational, and calmest game I've ever seen 2 MLS teams play from a reffing standpoint.
And given that it was Howard Webb, that's truly fucking amazing. How bad IS the officiating here?
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