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June 29th, 2010
From: U.S. Soccer Referee Department
U.S. Soccer is saddened to report the passing of Jack McCabe, of Charlotte , North Carolina on June 28, 2010.
Born June 13, 1935, Jack, a long time member of the U.S. Soccer referee program, was formerly Chair of the USSF Referee Committee,
State Referee Administrator of Eastern New York, and National Instructor and National Assessor. He also represented the USYS referee
program on the U. S. Soccer Referee Committee. He received the Eddie Pearson Award for distinguished service in 1996.
Jack is survived by his wife, Jeanie, his daughter, Carol Hintze (Robert), and grandchildren.
U.S. Soccer Federation, 1801 S. Prairie Ave, Chicago IL 60616
June 24th, 2010
Another fine showing by our STSR / STYSA Referees…long HOT days, very little sleep, games on one day, because of weather,
there was a 12:00 Midnight KO…yes 12:00 Midnight…
Randy Francis
Our STSR/STYSA 2010 Regional Referees: Left to Right Front Row: Adam Finney, Bruno Miauro, Jennifer Miatech, Marco Vega, Bobak Tehrany, Brandon Ward, Alex Cantu Let to Right Back Row: Teddy Leonard, Kyle Phillips, Will Mejia, Christina Hutchinson, Kyle Carter, Kyle Couture, Chris Mercado, Chris Gordon Top 25 Referees Top AR’s Bob Wertz Award Nationals as Referee Nationals as AR
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2010 Regional "Rookies" Hmmm, I wonder what their "rookie" nicknames are? Sorry to say, what happens during rookie initiation night, stays at rookie initiation ! (Or at least mostly) |
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May 11th, 2010
An excellent USSF Instructor, Jozsef Michna, will be teaching this year's Advanced Referee clinic at the Sugar Land Community Center
in Sugar Land, Texas on Saturday June 12th, 2010 from 9am-6pm. We have an STSR rate of $79.00 for single and $83.00
for double rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sugar Land. Reservations must be made by May 28th. To reserve
a room contact the hotel at 281-491-7777 or 1-866-577-1278 and specify the STSR Group. The hotel is:
Hilton Garden Inn Sugarland
722 Bonaventure Way
Sugar Land, TX 77479
281-491-7777
This clinic can be used for Advanced officiating instruction, or can be used for Grade 8 and Grade 7 Referee
recertification (clinic hours and test) for the 2011 Badge. It can also be used as a LAST CHANCE recertification
for Grade 8 Referees that have yet to recertify for their 2010 badge. Please note it cannot be used for both a
2010 and 2011 certification. Note, there will not be a Fitness test conducted at the clinic.
To sign up, Register online at www.stsr.org , sign-in to your account, use Fee Based Services to Add Registrations: Referee,
and if Recertifying as a Grade 8 for 2010,Select 2010 registration. If using it as a 2011 Recertification, select 2011 Recertification.
If using it as Advanced Training, select 2011 and "Advanced and Physical Test".
Then reserve the clinic, and pay your associated fees.
See you in Sugar Land !
May 5th, 2010
The 2010 Assessor and Instructor In-Service clinic (for the 2011 badge year) will be held at the Sugar Land Community Center
in Sugar Land, Texas on Sunday June 13th, 2010 from 9am-6pm. USSF Instructor, Jozsef Michna will be a guest instructor.
We have an STSR rate of $79.00 for single and $83.00 for double rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sugar Land.
Reservations must be made by May 28th. To reserve a room contact the hotel at 281-491-7777 or 1-866-577-1278
and specify the STSR Group. The hotel is:
Hilton Garden Inn Sugarland
722 Bonaventure Way
Sugar Land, TX 77479
281-491-7777
To sign up, Register online at www.stsr.org , sign-in to your account, use Fee Based Services to Add Registrations, add your 2011
Instructor and/or Assessor Registration, and Reserve the clinics, and pay your associated fees. Note if you are both an instructor
and assessor, you MUST register for both, and reserve both clinics. Since they are combined, you will only be charged for one of them.
If you plan to use this for your Referee Recertification hours, also Add Registration for your Referee Recert, and select the Instructor/Assessors
Only paper clinic 06-06-0311-R78 .
April 16th, 2010
The Dynamo and STSR will host 4 Referee Question and Answer sessions after the following home games this season - May 1 st 7:30pm KC If you already have tickets for all or one of the above games, then join us after the game. You will have the opportunity to ask the referee crew questions about calls they made …..or calls they didn’t make….. in the game. If you don’t have tickets, see the Dynamo web site and come to one of the games. ( http://www.houstondynamo.com/tickets ). The Dynamo have also put together a 5 pack for referees…..the 4 Q&A sessions and the MLS ALL-Star Game (no Q&A after the ALL- Star game). See flyer below with details and contact for tickets. We will meet in Section 133 (near gate 1) about 30 minutes after the end of the match. NOTE: Any ticket purchase is between the Referee and the Houston Dynamo. STSR is not responsible for Dynamo ticket sales. Q&A sessions will not be used as credit this year towards re-certification for 2011. See you at the game! -- Anthony Amore |
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March 30th, 2010
South Texas congratulates our Referees attending the Dallas 2010 Regional Training Camp (RTC) . STSR also proudly congratulations our newest National Referees: Pedro Trejo, Jr. |
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March 4th, 2010
STSR Referee Filtzpatrick Francis badly injured in car accident
Recently a South Texas referee, Fitzpatrick Francis, was injured in a car wreck returning home after a high school game. He was struck by
another driver who apparently ran a red light. Mr. Francis has had to undergo a number of operations, and in an effort to help, the
Bay Area referees have opened an account to accept donations to help with expenses. An update we received March 3 reported
“ his spirits are many times improved with the fever gone and starting his first rehab procedure. He is in a more talkative mode and really
enjoys his visitors- his wife also enjoys visitors - she can just relax knowing others are interacting with Fitzie. He has moved to a rehabilitation
facility within the Texas Medical Center. He is now staying at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Room 506A. TIRR is located on Moursund between
Lamar Flemming and MD Anderson Blvd. Parking is available in the front of the facility or you can park in TMC Parking Garage No. 6 located next door”
For anyone interested in making a donation, a special account for the benefit of Fitzpatrick Francis is established through Chase Bank.
Deposits may be made at any Chase Bank branch. The checking account is styled: SHASR For the benefit of Fitzpatrick Francis
The checking account number is: 871725065
January 19th, 2010
Appointment of new National Provisional Assessors from STSR
Regarding the subject, effective January 15, 2010, Gibby Widner, Jeff Kattawar and Rudy Nino have been appointed as
National Provisional Assessors…each Assessor attended the “Winter Show Case” in Phoenix and reportedly from
Brian Hall, had a great camp…please join me in welcoming each one of these gentlemen, to the beginning of a long career
at the National Level, as an Assessor…
Best regards,
Randy Francis
SDA – South Texas
December 21st, 2009
A Referee doing his part in "Keeping Austin Weird" - Cold weather gear used at Recent Austin Soccer Tournament at Williamson County Park Some Equipment Correction was Required Picture furnished by Master Assignor - wait for it .... John Jones The Referee shall remain anonymous ... |
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December 16th, 2009
Please welcome nine new ITIP Referee Instructors into our ranks. The successful clinic was taught by George Drugovich,
Tim Sonnier and Sam Ghalayini. As you can see from the photos, the students studied hard and were very pleased with their success at graduation.
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| Instructors: George Drugovich, Sam Ghalayini, Tim Sonnier |
Students hard at work in the ITIP class, and can you find Waldo? (Hint the non-conforming SDI in their midst) |
December 16th, 2009
EL PASO , TX . – Soccer Referee Association of El Paso had its annual Awards Ceremony last night at Burritos Tony.
Over 95 referees and their supporters attended the three hour event to celebrate a successful year on the pitch. Several
local league officials attended the yearly event. This year marks the 29 th year of the Soccer Referee Association of El Paso
with President - Sergio Vega at the helm, followed by Youth Vice President - Harry Stone, Adult Vice President - Bruce Spitz,
Secretary - Chris Lopez and Treasurer - Jair Marrufo. The following awards were given out last night:
Service Award – 5 Year Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marco Vega
Service Award – 20 Year Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Romero
Iron Man Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eduardo Luna
Most Reliable Referee Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luis Garcia
Assistant Referee of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oscar Vasquez
Rookie of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jose Alfredo Hernandez
Ken May Youth Male Referee of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marco Vega
Shiny Shoe Best Dressed Referee Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luis Garcia
Best Fitness Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luis Garcia
Patrick Shields Most Improved Referee of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramon Espinoza
Antonio Marrufo Distinguished Service Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Ryan
Come Back of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raul Flores
Javier Matamoros Mentor Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cruz Esparza
Anthony Hughes Referee of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jair Marrufo
© 2009 Soccer Referee Association of El Paso
November 3rd, 2009
Semi-Annual State Referee Committee Meeting Held in San Antonio on October 17th, 2009
Meeting minutes can be found here.
October 27th, 2009
We mourn the loss of our friend and fellow official, Earl Pierce
We in the soccer officiating community have lost a great friend and fellow official. Earl Pierce from Houston passed away on Monday
morning October 26th, while getting ready for work. Earl was one of those people that "never met a stranger". He was a fellow referee,
assessor, instructor and assignor. Any time you would ever see Earl, he would always greet you as if you were a long lost friend. He was
always extremely kind and loved the sport of soccer. We will really miss him here in South Texas.
Earl and his wife Ruth(who passed away about 3 years ago) were very active with First Baptist Church of Houston. One of the projects
with the church they worked on was traveling to Romania in the summer to help build homes for families (this was after the fall of the
Soviet Union and they pulled support for the country). It was much like what Habitat for Humanity does here in the states.They were both
very proud of this work and the fact they were helping people.
Some folks have been asking if there was any fund that Earl would have liked people to make a donation.
Here is the information on the work they did in Romania
Romanian Christian Enterprises
21058 Unison Road
Middleburg, VA 20017
RCE is a non-profit organization. They also help abandoned children in Romania, trying to find families to adopt these children.
Anthony Amore
October 14th, 2009
A new South Texas Assignors and associated Soccer Associations directory has been added to help referees find games and assignors. The new directory
can be found by signing to your STSR account and clicking on "Assignor Directory" in the Member Services box at the top of your home page.
If you do not see your assignor or soccer association listed, contact your assignor or association and tell them to have their assignor(s)
add their associations to the directory.
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