Referee autobiography

In my thirties and early forties, I was a soccer referee, working my way up from kids games until I was head referee for a large AYSO organization and certified as a FIFA referee that got me doing many college games (always welcome because they paid a lot more and added travel expenses.

This was around 1978-83. In today's dollars, around $500, pretty good for a young man raising a family. High school games were about a fifth of that.)

I played soccer in high school, was mediocre at best, but really got into refereeing.

I loved it.

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This was at a time when we used the two-man system rather than a ref and two linesmen. It’s a system that I still think has some advantages, but requires much training and teamwork on the part of the two on-the-field officials.

(Remember this was some 35 years ago. That system no longer exists.) I did in fact get FIFA certified, passed all the tests, etc., etc., b