⟳ Репост от Nick Hune-Brown
Local soccer officials expect the World Cup to bring a surge of interest in the sport. But that growth can’t happen without training, and retaining, a new generation of refs—the perpetually ignored, often abused officials who make the games work. thelocal.to/soccer-refer...
The Grand Ambitions and Grubby Indignities of the Aspiring Soccer Referee | The LocalMaking it pro as a referee in Canada is in many ways harder than making it pro as a player. That doesn’t stop this corps of exacting, self-serious officials from trying.thelocal.to