Year End Review and what is new for 2012

Dear Referees, I hope all is well and wish you the very BEST in the year 2012.  We had an amazing year and like to share our success with you. We started 2011 with being the assignor for Nor Cal State Cup (U14-U18).  This took place in mid March of last year in Turlock and we had some of the best games, referees and teams in Northern California for this event.  This year this event is scheduled for the end of March through first week of May. I had the honor and privilege to assign San Francisco Cup last year thanks to Mr. Alvarez and Rich Fern.  This was always my dream tournament to assign and I am thankful to all of you for it’s success. In early February of last year, I was asked by the US Club event coordinator to provide 20 referees from Northern California for their National Cup Event in Boise Idaho.  We created competitions that took three and half months and with over 47 applicants.  19 referees were chosen and we made a road trip to Boise Idaho.  US Club, Nor Cal League and Assignor.com sponsored the trip. This by far was one of my best memories of soccer that I will always cherish.  We met Alfred Kleinaitis from USSF in Boise and it was an honor for our referees to be mentored by the MASTER.  Before Alfred headed for the airport, he took me to the side and said that you got some of the best officials in this event.  Words cannot explain how proud I was of our referees and I will always be thankful for all their hard work and professionalism.  California referees truly shined in this event and it was furthermore reinforced by the comments of Idaho’s SRA to Mr. Jones.   Great job. Assignor.com was once again chosen as the sole assignor for Both US Club Regionals in Modesto California. Nor Cal League established and streamlined their Send Off and Incidence reports by introducing:http://www.norcalreferees.com/  We will be adding more referee related items to this site in the year 2012. We also started to assign for the first Regional Academy League College Showcase, which was a huge success, and with many compliments from college scouts and recruiters. The year 2011 was also a great year for the recognition and accomplishments of our female referees.  Our dream team (Kari, Veronica and Marlene) in FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany made all of us proud by their amazing performance. USSF just announced Kari, Veronica and Marlene are also on the FIFA panel.  Once again we are grateful for all their efforts and passion for the game. We also had 7 female referees chosen by Kari for their performance and skills to attend Disney Soccer Showcase.  Our State referees were Samantha Moos, Deleana Quan and Allyse Cope.  We also had a great performance by our up and coming referees Marilu Borges, Angela Nunez, Sarah Cortez and Leticia Malavasi.  Almost all of these ladies had their games televised in ESPN and I had the pleasure of watching both games with Angela in the center and also Sarah as AR1.  Fantastic job. The year 2011 also was a great year of accomplishments for many of our referees in their quest for their upgrade.  I am almost certain that I may forget some names so please forgive me if I do so. Congratulations to Alberto Azpeitia, Darren Bandy, Jose Chavez, Rolando Diaz,  Leandro Villarreal, Francisco Armenta, Efren Ramos, Shawn Darmousseh, Ramiro Cruz, Richard Hall, Garrett Everts, Steven Culberson, Scotty Cunningham and Harry Doherty for their accomplishments. Congratulations are also in order to Maarten Van Otterloo for being the new Director of Referees for Mustang Club. So what is new for 2012? The Assignor.com has chosen the 2011 referees of the year.  Marilu Borges and Victor Rivas have shown what it takes to be the top referee of the year.  Congratulations! We have added a new section on our website so take a look at some of the USSF Videos at:http://www.theassignor.com/video-resource-center CCSRA AGM is scheduled for tomorrow night in Loomis.  Please see their site for more information at:http://www.ccsra.net/ Please make the time to come to this meeting. Assignor.com will be going checkless which means that I will start paying you via Game Official’s GoPay payment system.  I should have more information on this feature within the next two weeks.  I will implement this feature for the CCSL payments for the month of January. Thanks for your time. Moe Shafai