USSF POSITION PAPERS
Below you can find a table of the latest USSF Position Papers and Memos as released by the USSF.
| Title | Description | Download PDF File |
|---|---|---|
| Second Caution | Send-Offs for receiving a second caution |  |
| AR Mechanics | Standard Signals and Procedure for ARs | |
| Misconduct by Attackers at a Free Kick | How to manage misconduct by attackers at a Free Kick | |
| Cardable Offenses and the Restart of Play | Advice on how to balance cautions and quick restarts | |
| 7 + 7 Cautionable and Send-off Offenses | Advice when to caution and when to send off a player | |
| DOGSO Guidelines | Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity Denied (The 4 Ds) | |
| Free Kick Positioning | Guidelines about where the Referee should be at Free Kicks | |
| Resolutions Affecting Team Coaches and Players | Instructions for Referees and Resolutions Affecting Team Coaches and Players | |
| Player Hydration | Availability of Water During a Match | |
| Removing Jersey | Advice about jersey removal during goal celebrations | |
| Misconduct Involving Language and/or Gestures | Management according to the Spirit Of The Game | |
| Managing Match Time | USSF Memo on how to manage match time (accounting for wasted time during a match) | |
| Mass Confrontations | Advice on how to manage mass confrontations by players | |
| A Matter of Time | Time management and fair play | |
| Medical Alert Jewelry | Medical Alert Jewelry and Law 4 | |
| Non-compulsory Equipment | Players wearing non complulsory equipment - how to manage the situation | |
| Number of Players | Abandoning a Match Due to Insufficient Number of Players | |
| Law 11: Offside | Interfering with Play and Interfering with an Opponent | |
| Player Dress | Guidelines about players' dress | |
| Reduce To Equate | These guidelines are to be used in implementing the principle of "reduce to equate" in those matches for which the rules of competition mandate the taking of kicks from the penalty mark | |
| The Officiating Team | Increasing Communication Effectiveness | |
| Send Off before a game has started | Players sent off before the game has started can be replaced | |
| Sent Off | The Status of Players Who Are Sent Off | |
| Sequential Infringement | Guidelines on how managing sequential infringements on the Laws of the Game | |
| Severe Weather | Dealing with sever weather | |
| Shinguards | Shinguards Stuff | |
| Striking Throwing Spitting | Restarts after Striking, Throwing or Spitting | |
| Automatic Suspension Following an Expulsion from a Match | How should Suspensions be handled if a player has been ejected from a match | |
| Technical Area | Management of Behavior in the Technical Area | |
| Players Temporarily Off the Field | Involvement of the Fourth Official, Bleeding | |
| Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity Denied | Guidelines to help the Referee determine whether an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity has been denied | |
| Regarding Law 15 (Throw-In) | Enforcing the Minimum Distance | |
| Officiating Team Communication | Memo from USSF on how communication between the officiating crew members can prevent problems and keep the game under control. | |