Pele Says World Cup Games Should Have 5 Officials
by Martha Mendoza (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - February 22)
Pele says FIFA should field a match official behind each goal to assist the referee at the World Cup and avoid scandals like Diego Maradona’s infamous handball at the 1986 tournament. more details | go to article

Top Soccer League To Use Extra Referee Behind Goal
by Associated Press (Analysis | Yahoo - February 28)
International soccer officials agreed on Saturday to have one of the world’s top leagues experiment with having an extra assistant referee behind each goal beginning next season. more details | go to article

FIFA Rule Makers Back Extra Referees, Reject Sin-Bin
by Darren Ennis (Analysis | Yahoo - February 28)
FIFA’s rule makers proposed on Saturday to experiment with extra match officials to monitor the penalty box in one of Europe’s top leagues next season but ditched the idea of a sin-bin for yellow card offenders. more details | go to article

Platini Says Forget Video, Add Refs Instead
by Jack Bell (Analysis | New York Times - February 19)
The two most influential soccer institutions — FIFA and UEFA – have no official presence on Facebook and just try to “follow” the FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter or the leader of UEFA Michel Platini on Twitter. more details | go to article