USSF OFFICIALS NEEDED

Matches begin at 8:10 AM on Saturday, August 30th in Bay Village, Ohio.   Assignors for this Tournament will be Jon Loufman and Ron Galauner.  You can contact them at the email address listed below or check the League Assignors tab to the left for their phone contacts.

Ron Galauner at rgalauner@msn.com       

Jon Loufman  at jonloufman@hotmail.com

Referee Fees
$18 for ARs and singles,                            $20 for centers on 8v8 and                       $22 for centers on 11v11.              Championship matches on Monday pay a little more.

2008 MANDATORY OHSAA STATE RULES MEETING

WILL BE HELD AT VERMILION HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AUDITORIUM ON MONDAY AUGUST 4TH, 2008 AT 7:15pm.  THEIR WILL BE A LOCAL RULES MEETING HELD AFTER THE STATE MEETING

 Referee Night at the CREW

Thursday July 17th, 2008

The enclosed link is for the Referee Night with the Crew at the Crew Stadium in Columbus.  There will be a Pre-Game discussion period and a Post Game Discussion period.  USSF will give one hour credit for each the Pre and Post game discussion periods.  OHSAA will give credit for one Local Rules session for each discussion period attended.  Please refer to the link below for further information.

 Referee Night at the CREW

2007

Congratulations to the following officials who have been selected for the OHSAA tournament in their respective groupings.  The order is alphabetical and does not reflect their vote totals and does not guarantee they will receive a contract for their respective pools.

STATE   (Boys)     

Tim Church, Joe Blackham, Brad Dolan and Steve Zeise

Regional  (Boys)

Byran Asp, Duane Beach, Mike Dean, Ron Galauner, Matt Livingston, Ben Manlou, Nick Maric, Hank Proctor and George Werling

Sectionsl / District  (Boys)

John Baloun, Bill Brutsche, Rogelio DelRosario, James Farley, Gary Galauner, Tony Gura, Pat King, Dave Rolland, John Sheppard, Ron Thompson and Brian Zeise

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State  (Girls)

Brad Dolan

Regionals   (Girls)

Bryan Asp, Tim Church, Gary Galauner, Ron Galauner, Nick Maric, Jim Rouhier, Moxie Sumislawski and Steve Zeise

Sectional / District   (Girls)

Ken Allen, John Baloun, Duane Beach, Joe Blackham, Bill Brutsche, Liam Carroll, Jim Farley, Tony Gura, John Hill, Pat King, Matt Livingston, Ben Manlou, Dave Rolland, Mark Rosemark, Tom Spiroff, Ron Thompson, Don Turacy and Brian Zeise

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+++ATTENTION OHSAA OFFICIALS+++

All High School Officials Please check your MyOHSAA profile for game assignments.  Some schools have already posted assignments and are awaiting acceptance.  All schools are required to have their assignments online by September 17, 2007

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Please update your email address with Joe Blackham and Steve Zeise for High School and Tim Church for USSF. 

The MyOHSAA website is progressing slowly.  Please review your profile to check that you are receiving credit for your local rules meetings.  If you attended a local rules meeting at another association please verify that the meeting shows up on your listing.  We cannot make any corrections for another associations errors.  Only the secretary of that association sponsoring that rules session can make those adjustments.

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The Ohio High School Athletic Association has terminated the OHSAAnet software on their website.  All officials will need to access MyOHSAA (link is on the right side Link Bar).  Individual referees will not have to input their matches as in the old system.  Assignors will do the input of games.  Officials will have to monitor their MyOHSAA page to verify any assignments that have been added by the assignors.  There is a time limit for an official to accept an assignment before it is revoked and given to an other official.  More information about this system will be available at the State Rule meetings during the Local Rules Session.

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TOURNAMENT AVAILABILITY REQUEST

The NE District Athletic Board has requested all eligible class one Soccer Officials who meet eligibility requirements complete the necessary form for the 2007 / 2008 season.  Please click on the link below for the necessary instructions.

 FSRA Tournament availability

2007 OHSAA Rule Changes

 2007 NF Rule Changes

The 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Elections are now history.  Reports of officers were given and accepted by the membership present.  Election of Officers for 2008 was conducted with the following results;

President  - Fred Kelly

Vice President  -  Tony Gura

USSF Secretary - Tim Church

Treasurer  -  Ron Galauner

OHSAA Secretary -  Steve Zeise

OHSAA Assignor  -  Joe Blackham

Trustees  -  Tom Spiroff     1 year Trustee

                 Robin Sabbarese    2 year Trustee

                 George Ralhfs     3 year Trustee*

* =  Newly elected for a three year term

All Officers were elected by Unanimous vote.

FSRA Annual Business Meeting

The FSRA  Annual Business Meeting will be Thursday November 8^th starting at 7:00 P.M.  The meeting will be held at LCCC room CC227.

Election of Officers will be conducted at the Annual Business Meeting with the following being selected by the President's nominating committee.

President  -  Fred Kelley (Brad Dolan has chosen not to run)

Vice President  -  Anthony Gura (Jim Rouhier has chosen not to run)

USSF Secretary  -  Tim Church

Treasurer  -  Ron Galauner

OHSAA Secretary  -  Steve Zeise

OHSAA Assigner  -  Joe Blackham

Trustee -  Robin Sabbarese

There will be open nominations from the floor at the meeting per the bylaws of our organization. 

Registration renewal will follow the ABM. ONLY THOSE officials who have attended all of the 2007 In-Service meetings that were held in January, February, March and April of 2007 are eligible to renew as they have met the Annual Renewal Requirements of five hours during the preceding 12 months. Contact Pat King if you have any questions concerning your hours.  We are currently planning a five hour in-service training clinic to be held in January and February of 2008 for the officials who haven’t met their Annual Requirement. One of these clinics’ will be held on a Saturday and one on a Sunday.

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+++ATTENTION OHSAA OFFICIALS+++

All High School Officials Please check your MyOHSAA profile for game assignments.  Some schools have already posted assignments and are awaiting acceptance.  All schools are required to have their assignments online by September 17, 2007

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The FSRA Constitution and Operating Procedures has been made available to the members of this Association.  You can click on the link to the left to get to this page.  We hope this file is beneficial to the membership.

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2007 In Service meetings are the second Thursday of Jan, Feb, Mar & Apr.
Location: LCCC, room 228
Time: 7:00 PM.
Re-registration to follow. No re-registration in April

New referee clinics will be taking place in Strongsville, Avon Lake, North Olmsted & Oberlin. Pre-registration is required. Please contact Pat King at plking5@buckeye-express.com for more information.

The Cleveland City Stars (a new professional soccer team) has been established. Try outs are currently being held. See their web site at http://www.clevelandcitystars.com/pro_try_out.php

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Referees Day at the Crew - Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 6:00pm, at Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH.  This was a very successful activity in '06.  Attendance is not mandatory, but is a great way to obtain 2 hrs each of USSF (in-service) and high school (local rules) training. Assessors will be given an opportunity to ask questions to the mentor or the stadium observer.  Pre-game seminar will commence at 6:00pm, the match is at 7:30pm, with post-match Q&A to follow.  Tickets can be obtained by contacting Brad Kessler (614-447-4152, bkessler@thecrew.com), or Jim Martella (513-576-9555).

Referee Day at the Crew Flyer