Congratulations TUSC
referee Wade Beall
Wade Beall
one of Tulsa United
youth referee has
been named the
Oklahoma Soccer
Association Youth
Referee for 2012.
Wade will be
presented the award
at the OSA Workshop
on Feb. 1-2, 2013 at
the Double Tree
hotel in downtown
Tulsa at the awards
luncheon. Wade is 17
years old and is
currently enrolled
at Broken Arrow
Senior High. He has
played soccer almost
ever since he could
walk. Since he no
longer play's soccer
and wanted to stay
in the game he has
dedicated his time
to being a better
referee. He has
officiated for 3
complete years now
and thoroughly
enjoys officiating.
He has attended two
Oklahoma Player
Development
(selected by top
officials in the
state) camps as a
referee in Alabama,
Plano, Texas' Labor
Day tournament, and
he went to South
Carolina this past
year for US Region
III tournament. Wade
plans on staying in
Oklahoma and
continue to grow and
improve for the next
couple years. Join
us in congratulating
Wade in this
outstanding award.
Referee Class times:
Referee
Classes being held by Tulsa United
09 Class
January 4-5,
2013 This is for
the beginning
referee. It is a
9 hour class, 3
hrs on Friday
and 6 hrs on
Saturday. Cost
is $60.00
08 Class
January 25-27,
2013 we will
host an 08
class. This for
the 09 referee
who would like
to "step" up to
a higher level
of matched. Cost
is also $ 60.00
Seating is
limited to 20
people for each
class. If you
are a coach let
your team know
or if you are
interested we
can always use
adult referee's.
Anyone that
has questions can email -
acessoccer@cox.net or call 918-805-6994
The
cost for the class can be recover quickly by refereeing games at TUSC.
Plus, Tulsa United will pay you an additional $25.00 when you pass the
test and ref 5 games for the club. To find out more about ref pay for the
different age groups or to get on the schedule, contact John at
acessoccer@cox.net
Fred C. Reid got his start in soccer in 1977 as
an Under-8 player in the
Northeast Tulsa Soccer
Club. He came home with
a flyer from school
announcing fall
registration and, before
that first season was
complete, he was hooked
for life. He grew up
playing in the NETS club
mostly under the
coaching of his father,
Fred W. Reid, who,
incidentally, also
caught the addiction.
Fred also played for
Will Rogers High School
(his high school coach,
Brad Camp is also a
Tulsa United coach), and
became a referee in
1988. He eventually
served as both Area
Referee and Referee
Assignor for the NETS
club until the club
merged with Tulsa United
Soccer Club in 2005. He
then began refereeing
for TUSC as well as
coaching alongside his
father. Diagnosed with
cancer in 2009, Fred was
forced to take a year
off of playing and
coaching, but still put
in some time behind the
whistle when able
between treatments and
surgeries, and in the
fall of 2010, was back
to 100 per cent and
resumed a full
refereeing schedule. He
has also resumed playing
with his men's over-40
team and has no plans to
retire from playing or
refereeing anytime
soon. He enjoys helping
mentor new referees and
is regularly found at
the TUSC complex most of
the day every Saturday,
even when not scheduled
to officiate. He lives
in Jenks with his wife
Sherrie and their two
canine "children,"
Barkley and Betsy.
John Evans, TUSC
referee assignor says
"Fred is an outstanding
referee and really helps
mentoring to the younger
refs, he will oftentimes
asked referees situation
questions. Fred is a
great asset to our
club"
