SAVE THE DATE -- This year’s tournament: October 11-13, 2008

TOURNAMENT RULES

U13 & U14 -- Preliminary and QF Games: 60 minutes
Semi-Final and Final Games: 70 minutes

All games will be played with a running clock. The referee may add time for serious injuries or other incidents, including, but not limited to, deliberate time wasting.

A team shall be allowed a ten (10) minute grace period after the scheduled kick-off time before the match is awarded to their opponent. A minimum of seven (7) players constitutes a team and if seven (7) players are present, the game will not be delayed.

The designated home team must provide the game ball provided by the tournament.

For elimination games, if tied at the end of regular time: Two overtime periods, five minutes each, with teams changing ends after the first period. If still tied, FIFA Kicks from the penalty marks will be taken to determine the winner. Only those players on the field at the end of the overtime period may compete.  NO GOLDEN GOAL / SUDDEN DEATH.

For all age groups, players and coaches will take one side of the pitch, and supporters will take the  other side of the pitch. No one will be allowed behind either end line.

SUBSTITUTIONS may be made, with the referee’s permission:
 1. After a goal
 2. At the beginning of the second half of play or prior to the beginning of an overtime period
 3. At a goal kick by either team
 4. At a throw-in by the team in possession (not for both teams as it is in WAGS league play)
 5. For an injured player (one-for-one basis for the injured player(s))

These are UNOFFICIAL. Should there be a conflict with the official WAGS rules, the WAGS rules will always take precedence.

The 32nd Annual Rael Vodicka Memorial Tournament (aka WAGS Tournament) will be held October 6-8, 2007. We are still in the process of determining our entire referee needs but believe we will be hosting finals on Monday October 8 along with preliminary games on October 6-7. We will host U13s at Hellwig and Howison and U14s at Chinn and Tyrrell.

 

 

 

We will need 500 referee games during this tournament. Your interest in assisting is greatly appreciated.

WAGS will pay WAGS scale for all the games. For the U14s, that is $45/$25, no matter the length of the match. For the U13s it is $40/$25. And should weather force cancellation of matches so that mini-matches are played instead, referees will be compensated for the full WAGS match.  In addition, we will have T-shirts and flip coins as referee gifts.

This is a premier, nationally recognized tournament. Even at U13 and U14, teams comes from all over the country to play. This tournament is deserving to have the best referees we can provide.

Referees are required to be in full uniform. Every ref must have the gold jersey and at least one other jersey. In addition, referees must have referee shorts -- not player shorts. A referee for this tournament must present a professional appearance and be prompt -- at least 30 minutes prior to the first assignment.
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If you are interested, you need to contact barry@pwsra.org,

Subject: WAGS Tournament.

Include in the body of the message:

• SECTION 1 - NAME
  • Name (First, Last)
  • Email Address: (if different than what you are using to reply)
• SECTION 2 - ADDRESS & PHONE
    Do you have an existing Arbiter.net account -- if YES, skip to SECTION 3, otherwise if NO, complete the following:
  • Street:
  • City:
  • State:
  • ZIP:
  • H-Phone (10 digits):
  • C-Phone (10 digits):
• SECTION 3 - EXPERIENCE
  • USSF Grade:
  • Position requested: REF/AR or AR ONLY
  • If Grade 8 or Grade 9:
    • Year first certified:
    • And/or Years’ Experience:
    • Reference: (Primary Assignor)
• SECTION 4 - AVAILABILITY
  • Saturday Oct 6 -- AM, PM, ALL DAY, or NONE
  • Sunday Oct 7 -- AM, PM, ALL DAY, or NONE
  • Monday Oct 8 -- AM, PM, ALL DAY, or NONE
  • Maximum Games per Day:
  • Comments (include conflicts with affiliated teams):
    
    

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We will try to acknowledge your application within 72 hours. If not, feel free to contact us again. Obviously, assignments cannot be made until about two weeks before the tournament.

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Sharon Deplitch (sharon.deplitch@verizon.net) is also assigning the WAGS Tournament. If you are interested in working 8v8 games (U11 and 12) at Bull Run, U12 (11v11) at Occoquan, or U15s at Episcopal HS, please contact Sharon. The U16s through U19s will be in Maryland at Muldoon/Summerhill Farms and Bretton Woods CC. Contact Hugh Blocker (hughblocker@aol.com) if you’d like to work there. It’s ok to work for multiple assignors on different days but please make yourself available for only one assignor per day.