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Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 14th, 2006
It was England's Graham Poll in the middle for what would turn out to be the most compelling match of the day as $380/capita debutants ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
Everything seemed to be going smoothly for the most part in Italy's 2 - nil victory over debutants Ghana, but then things got a little ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
The only the impact that Paraguayan official Carlos Amarilla had in this match was to set the tone early that he would not allow either ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
With less than ten minutes to go it looked like Japan would win a match with a goal they never deserved. Essam Abd El ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
It was Germany's own Markus Merk in the middle for an all-European clash between Holland and Serbia and Montenegro. As one might've expected, he ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 11th, 2006
While I was out refereeing some high level youth matches, you were most likely watching some of the world's best footballers. I did a ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 10th, 2006
Well, it wasn't pretty, but England managed to take all three points in their opener as the 4th minute own-goal by Paraguay was all that ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 9th, 2006
The second match of the tournament, like the first, was virtually free of controversy as Japanese referee Toru Kamikawa officiated Ecuador's solid 2 - nil ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 9th, 2006
It was a perfect start to the planet's most popular quadrennial spectacle as the home side scored a couple of spectacular goals on their way ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 8th, 2006
On this, the eve of the start of the World Cup, I am hopeful that for the next month the diverse people of this planet ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 7th, 2006
My colleague and caretaker of this website, Bob Kellett, recently wrote an interesting piece entitled "Referees vs. The Devil". Interesting timing in light of ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 2nd, 2006
Less than two hours before kickoff last night, I was assigned to a Boys U-14 match just a few miles from where I live. ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 31st, 2006
I just read on the BBC's website that there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the penalty kick awarded to Steven Gerrard during ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 30th, 2006
Like many of my colleagues around the country, I spent the Memorial Day weekend on the pitch. I was up by 5am on Saturday ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 18th, 2006
Watching Barca’s captain Carles Puyol – the pride of Catalunya – hold the UEFA Champions League trophy aloft, it was clear that justice had been ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 17th, 2006
I'd been feeling a little down lately; not just because of the ceaseless rains here in the Northeast, but for a number of other factors ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 15th, 2006
The timing couldn't have been worse. Less than a month before the World Cup is set to kick off in Munich, Italy has been ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 3rd, 2006
As a referee, I often find myself reminding players that the game is supposed to be for fun. After all, I'm usually the only ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 2nd, 2006
With the World Cup now little more than a month away, many of us are finalizing our travel plans for what we are all hoping ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 26th, 2006
By the time Arsenal had wrapped up their trip to next month's Champions League final (their first ever) in Paris, I'm sure you'd forgotten all ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 24th, 2006
I saw the yellow DHL delivery van in the driveway this morning as it was about to take off. "Hey, DHL!", I yelled out ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 21st, 2006
Yesterday I harped about the ill-informed soccer-playing soccer mom who harped at me the night before. Today I do a 180 and toot my ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 20th, 2006
It was a big day in the world of football and the way things went for me in the evening, you'd think I was the ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 17th, 2006
As a firm believer that the survival of our species on this planet depends on us all learning to live together (as well as finding ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 13th, 2006
As usual, it's been a busy week for me on the pitch and what I'm about to discuss may have more relevance to you than ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 7th, 2006
Looks like Germany's coach/former captain/resident of the Golden State has been reading my posts to this website, because just yesterday I predicted that Arsenal netminder ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 6th, 2006
I hope Bruce Arena and members of his World Cup squad were watching Arsenal's historic victory over Juventus in their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second-leg ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 29th, 2006
Is this really the network that will be showing us World Cup matches here in America this summer? I mean, it's bad enough that ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 29th, 2006
Perhaps you've seen the stylish Nike ad touting Joga Bonit0, which I believe translates to "Play Beautiful" in Portuguese. Eric Cantona - Manchester United's ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 27th, 2006
In the run-up to this summer's World Cup, England coach Sven Goran-Erikson will be keeping close track of two-dozen or so key players who he ...
