Fall
River Youth Soccer Association 
At Fall River Youth Soccer we follow a Zero Tolerance Policy. Please review the policies below:
All persons responsible for a team and all the spectators shall support the
referee. Failure to do so will undermine the referee's authority and has the
potential of creating a hostile environment for players, the referee and all
the other participants and spectators.
No one is to address the referee during the game except as allowed below.
Coaches
& Managers 
During the game:
-- May respond
to a referee initiating a communication
-- Making substitutions
-- May point
out emergencies or safety issues
At halftime or at the end
of the game:
-- May ask a
referee to explain a rule(s) in a polite and constructive way
-- May give
polite and friendly feedback to the referee
-- Absolutely
no sarcasm, harassment or intimidation is allowed in any conversation with
the referee
Penalties
1st Minor
Infraction - Referee should ignore
1st Serious
Infraction - Caution or ejection depending on the seriousness of the infraction
(FIFA)
2nd Minor
Infraction - A verbal warning.
3rd Infraction
- Caution
4th Infraction
- Ejection
Spectators
During
the Game:
-- May respond
to a referee initiating a communication
-- May point
out emergencies or safety issues
Penalties
1st Infraction
-- The referee should stop the game and ask the coach to quiet the offending
spectator.
2nd Infraction
-- A verbal warning. The referee should stop the game and ask the coach to
warn the spectator that the next infraction will be an ejection or the referee
will abandon the game.
3rd Infraction
-- The referee should instruct the coach to direct the spectator to leave
the field. The referee should abandon the game if the spectator does not leave
the field.
If the referee
abandons the game, the referee shall file a report and the SCSL may impose
a forfeit on the spectator's team.