2004 Miura Hanto 6th Grade Final (22 February)
             Sannoh vs Funakoshi (3-2 aet)
JASOA Referees Mike Chase (right) and Andre Colomas (Left) serve as Assistant Referees in the "big" Final of the most important elementary school soccer tournament of the Miura Peninsula.

 
The man in...Red ?!?
            (July 2000) Gerrit Mayer was the first
            JASOA Referee to sport the
            new USSF Red Uniform in
            Yokosuka.　

World Cup Referee visits the JASOA
Retired FIFA Referee Leslie Mottram of Scotland (World Cup USA '94, EURO '96) instructs JASOA Referees during his visit to Yokosuka in May 2000.

Libby Anderson, Gerrit Mayer and Jon Shaw
Looking good in the Gold uniform!

First center for Jon Shaw (middle)
We all go through that dreaded "first"...

    
      2000. Sharp Direct Free Kick 
signal by Libby Anderson.  
      No comments. The signal says it all.

           December 1999.  Ikego Vs. Asahi SC   (U-10).  
   Referee Lyndsay Mayer becomes the
   first JASOA female Soccer Referee
   to center a match using the Diagonal
   System of Control (DSC)

 
DoDEA Boys Far East Tournament Yokosuka, May 1999.  (From left to right) Daniel Overton (Misawa), Chris Heinz (JASOA Yokosuka), FIFA Referee (Ret.)  Leslie Mottram, Wayne Sczublewski (Okinawa)

DoDEA Boys Far East Tournament Yokosuka, May 1999.  (From left to right) Andre Colomas (JASOA Yokosuka), FIFA Referee (Ret.) Leslie Mottram, Scott Samdahl (Okinawa), J-League Referee Hiroshi Yamaguchi.

Visit of courtesy to the Japan Football Association (JFA) Head Office, June 1999.(From Left to right) FIFA Referee (Ret.) Shizuo Takada (WC Italy 1990), JFA Director of Referee Committee; Mr. Junji Ogura, JFA Vice-President; Mr. Shunichiro Okano, JFA President;  Mack Alarcon , Administrator USSF Overseas Referees Branch; Bill Shelton, Assistant Administrator USSF Overseas Referees Branch; Andre Colomas, JASOA Soccer Referees Commissioner.

  
                             A Star visits Yokosuka
April 1999. Former Bundesliga (German Professional League)  player Yasuhiko Okudera of Japan, now the Manager of the Yokohama FC, displayed the brilliance that had made him the greatest Japanese soccer player of the 1980's, scoring two goals and assisting another in a friendly match against the USS VINCENNES (CG 49) Team at Berkey Field.  Then JASOA Soccer Referee Commissioner Andre Colomas was the Referee for the occasion.