There is a shortage of good, qualified or experienced referees

#1 reason, abuse from parents and coaches

The refereeing problem in quality and quantity is 100% self inflicted by the people on sidelines and in forums complaining the most

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Anonymous wrote:Are slide tackles legal in your U10 league?!

No

Actually it may vary by state. Maryland allows it and Virginia does not.

It doesn’t vary by state, it varies by league. Illegal in MSI Rec and SAM, I believe.

Because most (not all) U10s don't know how to properly slide tackle and could hurt someone

Anonymous wrote:One thing that pisses me off is the excessive sliding tackle that starts at u10. Players on the ground left and right,.parents cheering, ankles at risk.. horrible. Refs usually not experienced enough to deal with. Some coaches think is cool.

But slide tackling is allowed in most leagues at that age.
I am biased because my U10 is a very strong slide tackler and parents from the opposing team who don't realize that it's allowed beg for the foul.
Why try to suppress skill?

Anonymous wrote:Slide tackling is not banned anywhere. There are no rules pertaining to slide tackles.

Slide tackling is banned in edp futures age groups.

I looked for a rule about this a couple years ago after a U10 game where one of our players got hurt ( just a sore ankle) and only could find that USYS recommends that slide tackles not be permitted at that age group but could not find anything about an outright ban. They Suggested that they not be used until u15.

Slide tackling is not banned anywhere. There are no rules pertaining to slide tackles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are slide tackles legal in your U10 league?!

No

Actually it may vary by state. Maryland allows it and Virginia does not.

I don’t think it’s supposed to, but it depends on the ref.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are slide tackles legal in your U10 league?!

No

Actually it may vary by state. Maryland allows it and Virginia does not.

Anonymous wrote:Are slide tackles legal in your U10 league?!

No

Are slide tackles legal in your U10 league?!

Just had a game today U10 9v9
Girls are nasty and very physical pushing left and right, The Ref did nothing about it.

Most disappointing red card I saw was at a u10 game when a keeper accidentally ran out of the box and picked up the ball. It might have prevented a goal scoring opportunity but a red card was not the right solution to that mistake (and the ensuing free kick resulted in a goal). Thank goodness the coaches talked the ref down and changed it to a yellow (shouldn't have been a card in my view at all, but yellow is better than red for this scenario). Poor keeper was in tears since they didn't even realize what they had done that was so terrible.

But the players who intentionally try to hurt other kids at u10 and below, that really gets me.. I rarely see a card for type of play. Even more so on the girls side as the refs seem to think that no u9 or u10 kid could intentionally try to hurt someone else, even twice in the same game.

Only predictable and appropriate red cards I've seen at the younger ages are when players retaliate after the foul was called. We have one player on our team that has ~4 red cards just from after the play red cards. Those are so easy for a ref to call

We had a kid out of control on our team and the ref came over to the coach and told him "take her out of the game and do not put her back in". Meaning that she would get a red card if she was put back in. This was a while back in 9v9. I thought it was nicely handled. She was fouled pretty badly in the beginning of the game and was not playing soccer after that

Anonymous wrote:When do the leagues that travel clubs play in around the DMV start to more consistently issue red and yellow cards to players for violent conduct?

While I certainly understand a particular level of forgiveness at the younger ages, it seems there are certain players even in the U10 top teams in the area who do things on the field that flat-out deserve cards, including at times, red cards. I have seen a child wrap arms around an opposing player and throw them to the ground, then once on the ground, fully swing to smack the player. Still, no red card... not even a yellow. At what point does this behavior stop being ignored?

There are other examples, like when a player on the opposing team is onsides and through on goal, before the last defender catches up from behind and literally jumps on the players back, wrapping their arms around the player and dragging them down to the ground. Still, no red card (not even a yellow in that instance). It seems this type of play will only continue (and potentially get worse) unless there are greater penalties for such behavior.

Sounds like you had a game against SYC ...