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WITH KRIS BAILEY…
 Where do you
currently work or where do you go to school and what class?
Pine Bluff Arsenal, General Physics Corporation
What are your outside interests (hobbies, etc)?
Gardening, reading, running, my children, traveling, etc.
How long have you
been a referee? 20 years
What changes have you seen (good and bad) in Arkansas soccer
(officiating or the game)?
An incredible movement toward higher level referees who
are recognized not only in the state but regionally and now nationally.
How has being a referee (or soccer) helped you in your
outside life?
Soccer refereeing has helped me in learning how to manage
different interpersonal relationships. The interaction with the
refereeing team as well as learning how to deal with players gave me a
lot of skill in my workplace as well.
If you could change anything about soccer in Arkansas, what
would it be?
I would love to see a higher-level game played in the
state. I think the referees are phenomenal in this state and would be
even better if the competition helped them move to higher levels.
When you think of Arkansas
soccer, what is your best memory?
Southern Regionals with Steve Harvey; laughing until my
sides hurt; watching Gabe/Matt receive the Scoffield Award.
What is your most memorable on field experience?
Sorry – this is an experience from Georgia. I was nominated to
the Center of the 5A Girls High School Semi-Final march or when I was the
first Center of an all woman crew on a boy’s game at Southeast Regionals.
Has anyone helped you achieve any goals or given you any
direction in soccer (role model, mentor, etc)?
So many people I cannot name them all – however, in this
state, Steve Harvey, Mark Wagner, Bill Nelson, Vince Henderson, Brett
Henderson, George Anderson, Will Maffitt, and a
whole host of Young Gunz like Matt Foerster, Darren Bauer, Jared Peeler,
Kyle Troutman, Gabe McNatt,
Rebecca Maffitt, Delilah Goodwin, etc., etc.,
etc.
If you walked away from soccer today, what would you miss?
The phone calls from Steve Harvey.
If soccer were taken from you today, how would you want to
be remembered?
As someone who truly cared about the game and put the
overall game first without regard to what I personally wanted. I want the
young people to have every opportunity I was too old to achieve. I would
want people to remember me as someone who encouraged them and helped them
reach their very best.
Sound off. This is your chance to write a short paragraph
about anything soccer related; funny stories, instrumental people, places
you’ve been, things you’d like fixed, etc.
I moved here five years ago figuring I could never have as
good an experience as I had in Georgia by serving as the SYRA and a State
Instructor/Assessor. I was so wrong. The referees in Arkansas warmly and openly received
me. I have enjoyed every day of instruction, assessment, and just plain
relationship-building with so many of the soccer lovers in this state. I
am so blessed to have gotten to know Steve Harvey and cannot thank him
enough for making sure I stayed in the “game” here. I was ready to retire
from soccer when I got here and he has kept me in the mainstream. I am so
honored to have received the Instructor and Assessor of the Year awards.
They mean so very much to me. I thank each and every referee in this
state that I have had the opportunity to meet because I truly believe you
are the best and you are the best because your SRC cares more than any
group of administrators I have ever seen! You are very fortunate and do
not ever take that for granted! Thank you – if I walked away tomorrow,
these would be the best memories of soccer I would carry with me!
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WITH KOREY CLARK…
 Where do you currently work or where do
you go to school and what class?
I am currently self employed. I
do construction, everything from house building to cabinets and
furniture.
What are your outside interests (hobbies, etc)?
The only hobby I have is soccer. I coach my sons rec team, my daughters rec team, and am starting a U-10 girls rec 2 team. When I am not on the field refereeing, I
am having practice or at a game.
How long have you
been a referee?
I am currently working on my fifth year.
What changes have you seen (good and bad) in Arkansas soccer
(officiating or the game)?
For me, the good that I have seen has been the growth and
knowledge of the game. The game of soccer in the public schools in our
area has boosted the amount of people that have wanted to play. This has
allowed opportunity for the players to be able to go further in soccer
and be in school to do it. This brings me to my only little complaint, I wish the rules were the same all the way
around. It is the same game in high school as it is in FIFA.
How has being a referee (or soccer) helped you in your
outside life?
The most important things that I have received from being
a referee and soccer in general are the new friends that I have gained
from being involved in soccer. My soccer friends have helped me out and I
appreciate them for everything they do.
If you could change anything about soccer in Arkansas, what
would it be?
I would love to have adult soccer in or closer to Harrison.
When you think of Arkansas
soccer, what is your best memory?
So far, being invited and going to the regional tournament
in Little Rock.
Meeting all the people from the other states and talking with all the
different people throughout the event was the coolest thing so far.
What is your most memorable on field experience?
In the recent past there have been a few but, I think I
will say when I was being assessed in a Mex-Ark
match I had 12 yellows,1 red, and almost a fight
at half time, not to mention a lot of sweat coming from my side.
Has anyone helped you achieve any goals or given you any
direction in soccer (role model, mentor, etc)?
I think that everybody has helped me out along the way.
Willie Whitescarver was the one who got me
started and along with Steve, Mark, Joel, Bill and Rigo,
I could probably fill a page with names of people who have given their
share of help, whether it was support or some advice during a game.
If you walked away from soccer today, what would you miss?
I would miss every little thing about soccer. At the
present, soccer takes up about fifty percent of my time but I would not
and do not want it to be that way. I think having to walk away would
almost be impossible.
If soccer were taken from you today, how would you want to
be remembered?
As someone who cared for the game as much as he cared for
all the great people who are involved in soccer and our state
association. Someone who always went out and did every thing at one
hundred percent and loved soccer.
Sound off. This is your chance to write a short paragraph
about anything soccer related; funny stories, instrumental people, places
you’ve been, things you’d like fixed, etc.
I really appreciate being thought of by people like Steve
or Mark and all the others who have put me in the tough situations and
have got me and many other people through rough situations with their
laughter and serious times. Also I don’t know when this will be
posted but, I get to go watch USA
vs Guatemala in March!!!! Also
watch out all referees, I will be on the field coaching fall 2007.
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