What is Football Video Support (FVS)?
FVS is a simplified, lower-cost video-review system designed to give referees a way to review “clear and obvious” match-deciding incidents without the full technical, staffing and camera requirements of a traditional VAR center. It is not VAR with a different name — it’s a different operating model intended mostly for competitions that can’t run full…
Subbing strategies in football
Throughout the years, I have witnessed nearly every type of substitution strategy there is in the book of football (aka soccer). One doesn’t have to be a referee to experience these ceremonial, sometimes odd, events. I am sure others, who have been around the game in other capacities (ex. fans, pundits), have observed similar strategic…
FC Dallas former academy player reunion pro-game?
It has been a while since I last posted, and I will keep this one brief. After having watched the 2nd group game of Chile’s U20 Men’s World Cup tonight, I was still craving an additional football fix when I suddenly stumbled upon a mid-week USL Championship match between Birmingham Legion vs North Carolina FC.…
Beyond talent: A parent’s guide to helping your child become a professional football player
As the parent of two young Mexican-American football players competing professionally in Europe. We have walked the winding, often unpredictable road of raising aspiring athletes. We have watched two boys -and a girl- chase a shared dream across cities, states, and continents. And, if there’s one truth we have learned along the way, it is…
2024 in hindsight for the Gómez’s
And just like that, the first quarter of this century has banished and we start the next one..as anticipated in the 2023 in hindsight for the Gomez’s publication, this year needed to have a decreased emphasis on traveling and a pronounced focus on health and that’s what we did. In the process, we managed to…
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