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Topic of the Month - Game Assignments

April 1, 2008

To all Colorado Referees, Assignors and Soccer Administrators:

After receiving several information requests, it appears that we have a misunderstanding regarding the USSF Policy of Game Priority in Referee Appointments.
I spoke with the previous Colorado SRA as well as have corresponded with the Federation office in Chicago and have determined that, in Colorado, no specific policy has been put into place other than both the adult and youth leagues worked together to ensure the best referees possible for the games. With that being said, we will follow the directives from the Federation.
Regarding the policy of the Game Priority in Referee Appointments, please refer to these comments received today from Julie Ilaqua. (italicized for easy reference) included in this letter after the information from page 41 of the Referee Administrative Handbook:

Policy: (From page 41 of the Referee Administrative Handbook)
Game Priority in Referee Appointments
Each registered U.S. Soccer Federation referee is expected to abide by and respect the Code of Ethics and keep all assignments that are accepted. However, there are certain occasions when a referee has duty to the referee program to release a lower level appointment and accept a higher level one in the interest of the U. S. Soccer Federation.
Therefore, the U.S. Soccer Referee Committee declares that the following National and International appointments have precedence or priority over all other matches:
1. All FIFA Appointments
2. All CONCACAF Appointments
3. International A Matches
4. Any U. S. National Team Matches
5. Professional Division 1 League Matches (MLS)
6. Foreign Pro Club vs Foreign Pro Club
7. National Cup Finals (all matches)
8. All Regional Cup Finals
9. Other Professional League Matches (A-League, D3 Pro)
10. National Tournaments (Adult and Youth matches –must be 90 minutes in length)
11. Interstate National Cup Competitions (Adult)
12. National Adult Leagues
13. Intrastate National Cup Competitions (Adult)
14. State Cup Competitions (Adult and Youth matches – must be 90 minutes in length)
No other match (with the exception of the above) has appointment priority or precedence over any
other match within the state.

In my electronic correspondence with Julie, she reiterated the following:
After the initial listing of the 14 game priority designations, all leagues are equal.  Amateur leagues do not take precedence over youth games. (Page 41 of the RAH, right under the listing of the 14 categories.)  The regular amateur league does not have precedence over any other game. All league games are equal – youth and adult.
If you have submitted your availability to do State Cup Games and have been assigned to them, I would ask that you honor your assignments.

Sincerely,

Kevin S. Yant
Colorado State Referee Administrator
Colorado State Youth Referee Administrator