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I for one would like to thank the referees at St. Louis for doing a great job. I referee soccer myself, and I understand the pressures involved in refereeing. I had a couple incidents where I had to speak with the head ref, and he was very understanding, and agreeable. There was another instance where I had to talk to another ref, and once again, the communication was there, and we were able to work through it.

Advice for talking to referees: Be patient, and agreeable. You arguing will never get them to change a call, and in all instances whats done is done. The only thing you can hope for is that in the future the refs will call it your way, or you can avoid whatever the situation was that initiated the call.

Also, know the rules. What eats me alive is when someone argues with a ref, but has absolutely no clue what the rules are.