John Buckley
MA - 2008

• 1969 - Joined NISOA

• 1969 to present - Officiated over 1,200 college soccer matches— including over 75 NCAA tournament games of which seven (7) were NCAA Final fours. Worked the Division 1 N.E. Championships as a referee

• 1974 - Massachusetts referee of the Year

• 1976 - Published “Everyone’s a Tater”

• 1975 to 1980 - NISOA Regional Clinician

• 1978 to present - NEISOA Rules interpreter

• 1979 to 1986 - Officiated Championship matches in the Big East / America East /  ACC / Ivy League

• 1983 to 1995 - NISOA Mechanics Chair.

• 1983 -1995 Authored “Mechanics Corner” . Also wrote “NISOA WAY” (Official song of NISOA)

• 1980 to 1994 - NISOA National Clinician

• 2008 NISOA/ National Soccer Hall of Fame Inductee