For those of you who may not have noticed, there is a clear trend taking place which will impact your being assigned to post season tournament play. In 1999, the North MIAA sectional soccer semifinals and finals were played with a three referee (DSC) system of control. In 2000 this was expanded to include all MIAA sections. In years to come, you can expect this to become the system of choice in all post season soccer play. EMSOA does not currently offer training in the DSC, but if you wish to gain training and experience in this system, please consider looking into the USSF training. If you go to the referees' web page for the Massachusetts affiliate of USSF, you can get a sense of what is involved. It will enhance your chances of being considered for tournament play and enable you to be comfortable when that happens. Contact Bill Carey for more details.
Also, you might consider getting the book Linesmanship by D. C. Emerson Mathurin (1995) available from Reedswain.
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