What do the referee badges mean?
Soccer referees in every league come to the game with differing degrees of training and experience. The badges represent the level of training the referee has accomplished. Ask a referee what his badge represents to him! [Please click here to go back to the top of this page] What should I do if a referee makes a terrible call? As upsetting as it may be, the best course is to try to forget about the call or non-call and get back into the game. The referees are human, so they will make mistakes just like everyone else. Put yourself in their shoes and think how you would like people to respond if you made a mistake. Also, please keep in mind that the referee is on the field and is usually seeing the game from a closer location and completely different angle than you. Accordingly, his interpretation and application of the laws may differ from yours. Referees have spent hours in training and studying the Laws of the Game. Often spectators who are irate, actually do not have a correct unders
