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Welcome to the NSC Soccer Referee Newsletter. You're receiving this email because you've refereed or expressed interest in refereeing our soccer events or programs. We invite to see what else is happening at our facility. |
| NSC CUP Referees Needed |
 The NSC CUP, May 25-28, 2007, is only four weeks away and the tournament is still looking for more quality referees. If you are already registered to referee this tournament, encourage your fellow referees to sign up. The NSC CUP will host boys and girls teams U09-U19. In addition to youth teams, NSC CUP will also host an adult component.
This new location is more centrally located on campus. Additionally, this location is more easily accessible for referees commuting to the facility. Other benefits include access to the Schwan Center terrace for referees between games, and windows to the outside world. This move will tie together all tournament operations in one central location.
To apply for the NSC CUP or any of our other tournaments, please visit our website at here. |
| NSC Summer Adult Coed League Seeking Referees |
The NSC is now accepting applications for referees interested in officiating our Adult Coed Summer League. The league begins June 3. All games are played on Sundays at 5:00 PM and 6:45 PM and referees are scheduled for double headers.
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| Referee Pay Increase |
The National Sports Center is happy to announce increased referee pay for 2007. In an effort to attract additional quality referees, the NSC has increased referee fees for 2007. This is the third consecutive year of referee pay increases at the NSC.
View the compensation details for each tournament here. Referees interested in officiating at any of our summer soccer tournaments, should visit our website here. |
| Schwan's USA CUP Referee Headquarters Move |
The Schwan's USA CUP and Schwan's USA CUP Weekend referee headquarters will have a new home in 2007! The Schwan's USA CUP is happy to announce that the referee headquarters will be located in the Gold Room B of the Schwan Center.
This new location is more centrally located on campus. Additionally, this location is more easily accessible for referees commuting to the facility. Other benefits include access to the Schwan Center terrace for referees between games, and windows to the outside world. This move will tie together all tournament operations in one central location. This new location is a welcome change that will bring the referee headquarters out into the light! |
| Who's Coming to Schwan's USA CUP |
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Here's an abbreviated list of who is coming to Schwan's USA CUP 2007:
- A Whole Group From Jamaica: Kevin Thomas, Keble Williams, Dexter Hamilton, Valery Murphy, Raymond Bogle, Mark Sullivan, Karl Tyrell, Dave Peterkin, Garnet Page, Kevin Morrison, Dwight Royal, & Aldin Plummer
- Still More First Timers: John Dooley (North Carolina), Rachid Lachhab (New Jersey)
- Another National: Shane Butler (Missouri - 14th Year)
- Even More First Timers: Edward Munday (Connecticut), Mark Hoof (Pennsylvania), Robert Gottschlich (Wisonsin), & Collin Kosiba (Wyoming)
- FIFA Referees: Eleni Kiriou (Greece) & Diana Junia (Uganda)
- First Time Brits: Ewin Barratt (England), Rob Cook (England), Paul Day (England), Matthew Donohue (England), Roderick Ellis (England), Neal Gaylor (England), Frank Meilack (England), Nigel Miller (England), Christopher Myatt (England), Neil Pratt (England), Henry Raistrick (England), Thomas Ramsey (England), Steven Reid (England), Olly Spillett (England), & David Webb (England)
- Couldn't Stay Away Part 4: Peter Angelo (Tennessee - Returns for the first time since 2003)
- Award Winner: John Martin (Texas - 2006 Schwan's USA CUP Youth Male Referee of the Year)
- More First Timers: Loui Moreno (Texas)
- Assessor: Tony Leake (England - Retired FIFA AR)
- Assessor: Dave McKee (National Director of Assessment, National Assessor/Instructor)
- Assessor: Herb Silva (MISL Director of Officials, National Assessor/Instructor)
- Assessor: Angelo Bratsis (Retired FIFA, National Assessor/Instructor)
- Assessor: George Cain (England - Retired National)
- 19th Year: Jim Moraga (California)
- 15th Year: Dana Reinhart (Washington) & Ray Hamdorf (Minnesota)
- 14th Year: Ernest Barker (England), Kevin Legget (England), & Timon Luesink (Netherlands - Super Volunteer)
- 13th Year: John Brilla (Michigan)
- 12th Year: Robert Clapshoe (England), James Livingston (Massachusetts)
- 11th Year: Pat Thompson (California) & Roy Bedier (England)
- 10th Year: Ian Campbell (Minnesota)
- 9th Year: John Novak (Maryland), Brian Bohne (Minnesota) & Ingham De Freitas (Maryland)
- 8th Year: Jim Chalmers (England), Larry Wolff (Kansas), Vince Defranco (Illinois) & Maria-Elena Kadala (Massachusetts)
- 7th Year: Ryan Ellis (England), Wayne Grundle (Iowa), Stephen Mahan (Florida), Jonathon Cooksey (Minnesota), Eric Wood (Minnesota)
- 6th Year: Arthur Iwanicki (Maryland), Geoff Eltringham (England - 2006 Schwan's USA CUP Out of Country Referee of the Year), Steve Larson (Minnesota), John Paisley (Minnesota), Sean McCarthy (Tennessee), Jon Bodner (Virginia), & John Paisley (Minnesota)
- 5th Year: Al Tillery (New Mexico), Barry Ault (Canada), Rory Merlino (Minnesota) & Thomas Leeper (Minnesota)
- 4th Year: Alan McIntosh (Minnesota formerly of Pennsylvania), Ian Berry (England), Matthew Enfield (Minnesota), Steve Enfield (Minnesota), Ian Gordon (England), James Madine (England), Charles Ramsay (Iowa), Jack Houston (New Mexico), Steve Muscanto (Minnesota), Steve Freitag (Minnesota), & Charles Ramsey (Iowa)
- Couldn't Stay Away Part 3: Jordan Gray (Maryland - Returns after last attending in 2003)
- Lead Assessor: Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada - Retired FIFA)
- Assessor: Steve Mortimer (Canada - Retired FIFA)
- Another Assessor: Peter Small (Wales)
- Yet Another Assessor: Mike Gerkin (Minnesota)
- Another National Referee: Ramon Rodrigues (Brazil)
- Mr. Longevity: Forster Davis (Minnesota - Attending for the 23rd time in the tournament's 23rd year)
- First Timer: Alexandre Cezar (Brazil)
- Couldn't Stay Away: Donald MacKinnon (Scotland - 2nd time in 3 years)
- Couldn't Stay Away Part 2: Jennifer Haney (England - Back after last attending in 2002)
- Mr. Resilience: Robert Davidson (Canada - Bouncing back after a 2006 set back)
- Another First Timer: Dario Rassmussen (Denmark)
- More First Timers: Julien Doria (Canada) and Jim Lucania (California)
- East Coast Supporter: Barry Brown (Virginia)
- Couldn't Stay Away Part 3: Monte McBride (Minnesota - returns after a short hiatus)
- First Referee to Register for 2007: Bill Allen (Minnesota)
- First Foreign Referee to Register for 2007: Simone Lini (Italy)
- First US-non-MN Referee to Register for 2007: John Landes (California)
- First National Referees To Register for 2007: Kyle Borne (Texas) and Anthony Vasoli (Illinois)
- Plenty Of Others That We Appreciate: Sorry we can't list you all!
Keep reading future newsletters to see who else is coming! |
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| Meet the Schwan's USA Cup Committee |
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Watch this space in each edition to meet the NSC and Schwan's USA CUP Referee Committee and Tournament Staff.
Who: Don and Linda Lockwood
Role: Schwan's USA CUP Referee Committee
Duties: Don and Linda will be organizing the Schwan's USA CUP special shoot-out areas in 2007. This was an area identified as needing special attention last year. Don will also be assisting with the Referee State Academies. Additionally, Linda will be helping with field managing.
Resides: Circle Pines, MN
How Long: Don and Linda have been involved in USA CUP for 21 years.
Other Roles: In addition to their current roles, Don and Linda have served as referee assignors and refereed. |
| Who's Playing at Schwan's USA CUP 2007 |
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Have you been wondering who will be playing in Schwan's USA CUP 2007? Following is a list of areas represented by teams who have already registered:
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Australia: All the way from the Land Down Under!
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Bermuda
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Brazil
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Denmark
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England
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Ghana
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Ireland
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Mexico
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Iceland
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Maryland
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Virginia
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Washington
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Connecticut
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Iowa
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Kansas
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North Dakota: 57 Teams!
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South Dakota: 16 Teams already registered
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Estonia: First time this country is represented
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Alaska: Already have 6 teams registered
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Utah
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Missouri: 5 teams registered
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Canada: 27 teams already registered to attend in 2007
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Costa Rica: A Schwan's USA CUP regular
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Wisconsin: Our neighbors to the east
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New York: 5 teams registered
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Illinois: Consistently the most represented visiting state
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Columbia: Another Schwan's USA CUP regular
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Michigan: 5 teams registered
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Scotland
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Colorado
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Minnesota: Of course |
| All Tournaments Seeking Referees |
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The following National Sports Center soccer tournaments are now seeking quality referees for the summer of 2007:
All tournaments will host boys and girls teams U09-U19. In addition to youth teams, NSC CUP will also host an adult component. To apply for any or all of our tournaments, please visit the referee section of our website. |
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