Click Here to go to the Referee Registration Website for the Needham Memorial Day Tournament & MPS College Showcase
To all Referees,
The largest and the most prestigious tournament in New England the Needham Invitational Soccer Tournament which is held Memorial Day weekend May 27, 28, 29 and 301.
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Over 580 teams
- Over 55 fields
- Over 400 referees
- The player participation includes teams from throughout the United States, Canada and England.
- Referees are drawn throughout United States including Virginia, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, and this year we will have referees from Switzerland, England, Canada.
Aside from the fields and the players, the success of any tournament is measured by quality and commitment of referees. Last year over 70% of Massachusetts grades seven and under referees were at this tournament. I
ncluding assessors from all over New England, Baltimore and Washington DC.
The Needham tournament committee is also announcing we will Continue the mentoring program throughout the tournament special referee and assistant referee clinics will be added to the program .
Additionally the Needham referee committee this year has added several new features to its program.
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Centralized assigning with objective the assignments given ahead of time to the referees. All Referees will be assigned out of two locations Waltham, Medfield.
- Each site will have assigned referee Marshall to help support every referee
- Food and water will be provided on every main site
- We will implement a bonus program not only for high school students but also college students.
- We will provide tournament T-shirts and other memorabilia.
- One of the most competitive payment structure for referees and ARs in Massachusetts
Our objective is not only to appropriately covered the games but to use the tournament to develop referees to their highest level possible, by appropriately assigning them with other experience referees that could mentor and develop the individual.
Reminder: you must be certified referee in order to referee in Needham tournament if you are out of state referee please send me your reference’s lakoghlanian@fgxicom
Please go to the website below and sign in.
http://www.needhamtournamentreferees.org
Respectfully
Needham referee committee
Levon Akoghlanian
Derek Ambrozaitis
Paul Athanasiadis
Curtis Brothers
Cliff Cloutier
Ron DeFronzo
Colm Desmond
Ken Moore
ED Rae
Peter Shepherd
Gregor TrinkausRandall
Rich Yavarow
Kellee Walsh
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