Proper Side Line Etiquette For Soccer Parents?

Mystery Train said:
What league? I'm pretty sure most leagues have individual rules on this. SCDSL says parents on the end across from their team bench, divided by the halfway line. I've never heard a ref say "first come first served" and yes, the ref is supposed to know the rule and enforce it as necessary.
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CSL Premier, the ref are suppose to know a lot of rules. never better said.
 
Toch said:
The Refs will never ever know the rules better than the coaches or the fans.
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nope. then you get the "im a AYSO ref" parent. You also get the "i played pro in my country" grandparent/parent. You also get the ref who forgets sub rules from one half to another and says "i never did that the first half". some parents need some sedatives before they go watch their kids play. also a free country, sit where you want, just dont be an ahole.
 
Not_that_Serious said:
nope. then you get the "im a AYSO ref" parent. You also get the "i played pro in my country" grandparent/parent. You also get the ref who forgets sub rules from one half to another and says "i never did that the first half". some parents need some sedatives before they go watch their kids play. also a free country, sit where you want, just dont be an ahole.
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Think you are being a little unfair to AYSO refs here. AYSO's ref training (like their coach training) is actually, IMO, one of the things they do better than CalSouth. For my 8, at CalSouth it's just 4 hours of field training and an online module. My AYSO U8s was more rigorous than that, let alone the Regional License which goes all day. Where AYSO and CalSouth differ is that CalSouth is able to draw more experienced people because of the $ and because an AYSO ref might be intimidated by the intensity of the competition, particularly when they are just starting out.
 
charlie murphy said:
what is the Etiquette for spectators when both teams sit across the field . I always thought each team took half the field opposite the bench of their team. today we faced a team that the "home " team took the entire center to the top of the circle on both sides and then to the top of the 6 on one side line. our spectator were from the top of the back of the circle to the back line. Then the ref came over to our side line and told us we needed to move to the top of the 18. We asked if we could get the opposing team to move to their side of the field and were told by the ref "It is first come first served". ( but we have to sit double stacked between the 18 and back to the circle) Never had this explanation before. I would call this "etiquette" classless for the home team side. I thought the ref did have some control over the positioning of the spectators and if doesn't who does?
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BS move by the other team’s spectators and the ref.
 
espola said:
Football and basketball get big enough crowds in high school that they can charge admission and cover expenses. At soccer games, you get parents and friends, even in playoff games.
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Caesar Chavez HS in Logan Heights (San Diego) regularly has 200-300+ spectators at their games. Almost all of the student body and people from the surrounding neighborhood come out for the games especially on Friday nights. Crappy field, but great energy from the spectators since most grew up playing soccer. The sideline energy spills onto the field and energizes the players. Really fun to referee their games.
 
Surfref said:
Caesar Chavez HS in Logan Heights (San Diego) regularly has 200-300+ spectators at their games. Almost all of the student body and people from the surrounding neighborhood come out for the games especially on Friday nights. Crappy field, but great energy from the spectators since most grew up playing soccer. The sideline energy spills onto the field and energizes the players. Really fun to referee their games.
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This is the future for soccer in the USA. Girls don't play football, but they do grow up to have children that they drive to practice. Guess which sport female soccer players sign their kids up for? Due to football ignoring half the population (actually it treats them merely lowly paid eye candy) and the concussion issue, American football will decline in popularity in the USA and soccer will become the most popular sport. It is already happening. Next time you are at the mall, pay attention to how many kids are wearing soccer jerseys of some kind.
 
outside! said:
This is the future for soccer in the USA. Girls don't play football, but they do grow up to have children that they drive to practice. Guess which sport female soccer players sign their kids up for? Due to football ignoring half the population (actually it treats them merely lowly paid eye candy) and the concussion issue, American football will decline in popularity in the USA and soccer will become the most popular sport. It is already happening. Next time you are at the mall, pay attention to how many kids are wearing soccer jerseys of some kind.
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What’s a mall? I buy almost everything including groceries on Amazon.
 
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