Ref Base – Video Evaluations
Evaluator Email
jdvxc75@gmail.com
Date / Time of Match
04/25/2026 11:00 AM
Field Location of Match
SC 9
Evaluator Name
Jermey Vehar
Referee Name
Christopher Yao
Positioning/Movement
1 = Good
Decision Making/Rules Application
1 = Good
Interaction with Team
1 = Good
Signaling:
1 = Good
Positioning/Movement Comments
A few things to discuss here. Most of the game, positioning was not an issue, and your movement was appropriate for the level of play and speed of the game. However, there were a few, what I would definitly consider to be, "Game Critical" moments. Nothing really amounted to them today, but consider these situations in the context of what COULD happen in higher level, faster games.
30:16 - ball is crossed by white player into space just outside the penalty area. White player is able to make a touch to get past the defender and a second touch into space to create a 1v1 with the goal keeper. Goal keeper is well positioned and is able to challenge the attacker and get to the ball before a shot is taken.
This is a critical moment in this match. You could potentially have
>A goal
>A penalty kick
>Depending on the nature of the GK challenge, a red card
>A foul against the attacker on the GK, and a potential of a GK injury.
I expected to see you running onto the screen at any second to close the gap between you and the play, but I never did see you, even after the GK had clear possession. This is a play that could have completely changed the complexion of the game. The game up to that point was fairly low pace, mild challenges… things that make recognizing these moments in real time more difficult. That was definitely a “high pressure” moment, and you need to be sprinting in there.
37:53 - White player receives pass and dribbles into space and into the penalty area. She is able to square her hips and take a shot on goal. The goal keeper makes the save but is unable to hold on. The ball is cleared off the goal line by a red defender. The ball bounces around a bit inside the penalty area before red defense is able to clear the ball out.
This is another match critical moment, although not the same potential for penalty kick or red card. But you did have a potential for a goal, plus there was a goal line decision that had to be made, presumably the AR was in position to clearly indicate the ball did not cross. This time, the camera angle was a little further back, so I could see you pretty close to the entire attack. At exactly 37:53, you can see the white attacker has possession and a lot of space in front of her. She is at full sprint. At that moment, you need to be sprinting too. Get closer to, if not in, the penalty area. At 37:56, the shot is taken, and you took a couple steps but that was it. At 38:01, the ball has been cleared off the line, but the danger has not gone away. You are off camera right now, but at this point should easily be hanging around the top of the penalty area, right around the arc.
42:16 - Free kick for red. Ball is sent through and is a footrace between red attack, white defender, and white goal keeper. Ball rolls into the penalty area, and white goal keeper is able to gain control without a challenge.
Another example of that potential game critical moment that I’d like to see you running with the play. You are in a good position to see everything, but too far from things if you had to make a game changing call. After the goal keeper gains control, wait until “4” before giving a visual signal, and make sure you are verbalizing to the goal keeper to pay attention to the time.
1:13:35 - White attacker on the left touch line with possession, beats her defender and has space to dribble into the penalty area. She is able to get a shot off and the ball goes wide of the goal.
In this segment, we can see you on camera the entire time. Watch your movement as the play develops and moves into the penalty area. The most important thing here is that you are moving. In the previous clips I mention, you were fairly stationary. Use this clip as an example of what we want to see as that play moves into the penalty area.
1:14:33 - Goal keeper makes the save, runs to the top of the penalty area and punts.
On this one, the goal keeper actually holds on to the ball long enough to see you make the secondary signal with the count up high above your head. That’s fine, just get rid of the first 3 count visual signal. As you can see, most of the time, the goal keeper holding onto the ball too long is not going to be an issue, so no need to draw attention when they are getting rid of it in 3 seconds anyway. Just keep count in your head until you get to that 4, then give the visual. And as I mentioned, be proactive in notifying the keeper when you get up in that count. Again, we aren’t trying to catch them.
1:29:28 - Ball gets played through, Red attacker is able to run onto the ball and gain a 1v1 with the goal keeper.
Probably the first time in this game you needed to be at a full on sprint.
1:34:55 - Excellent build up play by red, starting in the defense and eventually getting the ball into opposing team’s penalty area and forcing a challenge between attacker and goal keeper.
Watch the build up, and watch your movement. Based on previous moments in the game that I reference, how would you analyze this play?
30:16 - ball is crossed by white player into space just outside the penalty area. White player is able to make a touch to get past the defender and a second touch into space to create a 1v1 with the goal keeper. Goal keeper is well positioned and is able to challenge the attacker and get to the ball before a shot is taken.
This is a critical moment in this match. You could potentially have
>A goal
>A penalty kick
>Depending on the nature of the GK challenge, a red card
>A foul against the attacker on the GK, and a potential of a GK injury.
I expected to see you running onto the screen at any second to close the gap between you and the play, but I never did see you, even after the GK had clear possession. This is a play that could have completely changed the complexion of the game. The game up to that point was fairly low pace, mild challenges… things that make recognizing these moments in real time more difficult. That was definitely a “high pressure” moment, and you need to be sprinting in there.
37:53 - White player receives pass and dribbles into space and into the penalty area. She is able to square her hips and take a shot on goal. The goal keeper makes the save but is unable to hold on. The ball is cleared off the goal line by a red defender. The ball bounces around a bit inside the penalty area before red defense is able to clear the ball out.
This is another match critical moment, although not the same potential for penalty kick or red card. But you did have a potential for a goal, plus there was a goal line decision that had to be made, presumably the AR was in position to clearly indicate the ball did not cross. This time, the camera angle was a little further back, so I could see you pretty close to the entire attack. At exactly 37:53, you can see the white attacker has possession and a lot of space in front of her. She is at full sprint. At that moment, you need to be sprinting too. Get closer to, if not in, the penalty area. At 37:56, the shot is taken, and you took a couple steps but that was it. At 38:01, the ball has been cleared off the line, but the danger has not gone away. You are off camera right now, but at this point should easily be hanging around the top of the penalty area, right around the arc.
42:16 - Free kick for red. Ball is sent through and is a footrace between red attack, white defender, and white goal keeper. Ball rolls into the penalty area, and white goal keeper is able to gain control without a challenge.
Another example of that potential game critical moment that I’d like to see you running with the play. You are in a good position to see everything, but too far from things if you had to make a game changing call. After the goal keeper gains control, wait until “4” before giving a visual signal, and make sure you are verbalizing to the goal keeper to pay attention to the time.
1:13:35 - White attacker on the left touch line with possession, beats her defender and has space to dribble into the penalty area. She is able to get a shot off and the ball goes wide of the goal.
In this segment, we can see you on camera the entire time. Watch your movement as the play develops and moves into the penalty area. The most important thing here is that you are moving. In the previous clips I mention, you were fairly stationary. Use this clip as an example of what we want to see as that play moves into the penalty area.
1:14:33 - Goal keeper makes the save, runs to the top of the penalty area and punts.
On this one, the goal keeper actually holds on to the ball long enough to see you make the secondary signal with the count up high above your head. That’s fine, just get rid of the first 3 count visual signal. As you can see, most of the time, the goal keeper holding onto the ball too long is not going to be an issue, so no need to draw attention when they are getting rid of it in 3 seconds anyway. Just keep count in your head until you get to that 4, then give the visual. And as I mentioned, be proactive in notifying the keeper when you get up in that count. Again, we aren’t trying to catch them.
1:29:28 - Ball gets played through, Red attacker is able to run onto the ball and gain a 1v1 with the goal keeper.
Probably the first time in this game you needed to be at a full on sprint.
1:34:55 - Excellent build up play by red, starting in the defense and eventually getting the ball into opposing team’s penalty area and forcing a challenge between attacker and goal keeper.
Watch the build up, and watch your movement. Based on previous moments in the game that I reference, how would you analyze this play?
Decision Making/Rules Application: Comments
I thought your foul recognition was excellent, and all your decisions (except for maybe one, when you can hear the groaning from the bench) were accepted by both players and coaches.
I thought you had excellent eye contact with your ARs, and did a really good job being aware of subs.
There was one situation early in the game that I wrote notes on. It had to do with the injury that occurred in the 11th minute. Everything was correct with the injury management, but just throwing this out there for discussion.
11:12 - player goes down with injury, you stop play with red in possession. Camera turns away so can’t see the interaction with the player. Play is properly restarted with dropped ball to red.
You are on the field with the pulse of the game and the players, so I will defer to you… but I did have a question to think about… When the red player goes to the ground hurt, a red teammate is running with pace in possession, starting to build an attack. Is this a moment where you can deem the player only slightly injured, and can wait until the attack is finished before stopping the play to attend to the injured player?
I thought you had excellent eye contact with your ARs, and did a really good job being aware of subs.
There was one situation early in the game that I wrote notes on. It had to do with the injury that occurred in the 11th minute. Everything was correct with the injury management, but just throwing this out there for discussion.
11:12 - player goes down with injury, you stop play with red in possession. Camera turns away so can’t see the interaction with the player. Play is properly restarted with dropped ball to red.
You are on the field with the pulse of the game and the players, so I will defer to you… but I did have a question to think about… When the red player goes to the ground hurt, a red teammate is running with pace in possession, starting to build an attack. Is this a moment where you can deem the player only slightly injured, and can wait until the attack is finished before stopping the play to attend to the injured player?
Signaling Coments
Only comments here are about the mechanics for the goal keeper holding the ball for more than 8 seconds.
24:15 - ball is crossed by red, goes straight to white goal keeper. She runs to the top of the penalty area and punts the ball past half field.
Looks to me like you start a visual countdown almost immediately (hand motion). The proper mechanics for this is to start counting in your head immediately, but you don’t start a visual countdown until after 3 seconds, then you show visual 4-5-6-7-8. And hopefully you are using your voice to let the goal keeper know she needs to hurry up and get the ball in play. Remember, you aren’t trying to catch the goal keeper holding on to the ball, you are trying to prevent time wasting. Do everything you can to speed the goal keeper up so you don’t have to give the corner if you can help it.
1:14:33 - Goal keeper makes the save, runs to the top of the penalty area and punts.
On this one, the goal keeper actually holds on to the ball long enough to see you make the secondary signal with the count up high above your head. That’s fine, just get rid of the first 3 count visual signal. As you can see, most of the time, the goal keeper holding onto the ball too long is not going to be an issue, so no need to draw attention when they are getting rid of it in 3 seconds anyway. Just keep count in your head until you get to that 4, then give the visual. And as I mentioned, be proactive in notifying the keeper when you get up in that count. Again, we aren’t trying to catch them.
24:15 - ball is crossed by red, goes straight to white goal keeper. She runs to the top of the penalty area and punts the ball past half field.
Looks to me like you start a visual countdown almost immediately (hand motion). The proper mechanics for this is to start counting in your head immediately, but you don’t start a visual countdown until after 3 seconds, then you show visual 4-5-6-7-8. And hopefully you are using your voice to let the goal keeper know she needs to hurry up and get the ball in play. Remember, you aren’t trying to catch the goal keeper holding on to the ball, you are trying to prevent time wasting. Do everything you can to speed the goal keeper up so you don’t have to give the corner if you can help it.
1:14:33 - Goal keeper makes the save, runs to the top of the penalty area and punts.
On this one, the goal keeper actually holds on to the ball long enough to see you make the secondary signal with the count up high above your head. That’s fine, just get rid of the first 3 count visual signal. As you can see, most of the time, the goal keeper holding onto the ball too long is not going to be an issue, so no need to draw attention when they are getting rid of it in 3 seconds anyway. Just keep count in your head until you get to that 4, then give the visual. And as I mentioned, be proactive in notifying the keeper when you get up in that count. Again, we aren’t trying to catch them.
Interaction with Team Comments
Didn't see any moments where you needed to have a conversation with a player. There may have been moments where you were having short and simple chats, but those are hard to pick up on the camera. For the most part, the players didn't seem to need to hear from you much, and you didn't unnecessarily insert yourself in the game. I don't know where else to put this, so I will add this comment in this section. It has to do with the time after the goal was scored, before the kickoff.
1:39:15 - White scores
After a goal gets scored, do not turn your back on the players. The entire white team is celebrating behind you as you are writing. Nothing happened today (and wouldn’t have expected anything to). This is more about creating habits for every game you do. All sorts of nonsense can be prevented if we stay focused and engaged with the play. A goal is often a major game changing event. Imagine a situation where the goal scoring team celebrates a bit too enthusiastically, and the other team does not like that. All of a sudden, we have a confrontation happening that we had no idea was going on, or how it started. There is plenty of time to write down the goal. Keep eyes on everyone, watch for attackers trying to go into the net to retrieve a ball. Once everyone is cleared away from each other, you can write. We are adding time anyway.
1:39:15 - White scores
After a goal gets scored, do not turn your back on the players. The entire white team is celebrating behind you as you are writing. Nothing happened today (and wouldn’t have expected anything to). This is more about creating habits for every game you do. All sorts of nonsense can be prevented if we stay focused and engaged with the play. A goal is often a major game changing event. Imagine a situation where the goal scoring team celebrates a bit too enthusiastically, and the other team does not like that. All of a sudden, we have a confrontation happening that we had no idea was going on, or how it started. There is plenty of time to write down the goal. Keep eyes on everyone, watch for attackers trying to go into the net to retrieve a ball. Once everyone is cleared away from each other, you can write. We are adding time anyway.
Comments for the Assignor (will not get sent to mentee)
I will allow Christopher to review my game notes, and then let me know if he wants to meet up online. It was a good game, not much happened, but there were some really good "game critical" moments (that didn't amount to anything in this game), but certainly worth discussing as part of a more wide view of officiating
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Positioning along touchline during active play and staying at the offside line
Position at corner for signaling GK or CK
Accuracy when signaling offside:
Comment on offside signaling
Correct mechanics when signaling for offside
Accuracy when signaling throw-ins
Correct mechanics when signaling throw-ins
Comment on throw-in signaling
Proper hand for carrying the flag when not signaling:
Accuracy and mechanics when signaling fouls in AR’s area:
Accuracy and mechanics when signaling GK and CK
Positioning for a Penalty Kick
4-PK Did Not Occur
Made eye contact with Referee/AR when needed:
1 = Good
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Yes
Did the referee wear black shorts
Yes
Did the referee wear black socks that were pulled up just below the knee
Yes
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Overall, I enjoyed your match. Your decisions, movement, and demeanor were very appropriate for the level and speed of the game. Please read my comments in the context of what we are looking for in higher level, more challenging games. I want you to start working on some habits now, so that in those tougher matches, certain things just are automatic.
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Please read my comments and game notes... but I am more than happy to discuss any of these situations with you. Just send me an email if you would like to set up a Zoom/Google Meet, and we can talk soccer.
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