USSF Certification for Affiliated Youth and Amateur Games

US Soccer entry referee course level course is held electronically.

To become a USSF referee, there are three segments requiring your time:  

1) Online Grassroots Referee Course Module, approximately 4 ½ hours via the US Soccer Federation’s Learning Center (LC),

2) 2-hour class via zoom, led by an Eastern New York instructor,

3) on-field session (2 hours) held locally.  

The next zoom class (2) has been announced for Wednesday, August 28.  Class starts at 7 pm.  Upon completion of the class/program, you will be certified to referee for the balance of 2024 and all of 2025.   

Zoom sessions are held approximately once every month.  We will keep you on our notification list and continue to advise you each time a “zoom” class is posted. 

Registrations and payment ($170)* are made through the LC.  To be admitted to a zoom class, one must first complete the Online Grassroots Referee Course taken through the LC…and need to be completed a week prior to the zoom class.   The required minimum age is 14 years at time of enrollment.   Please enter the student’s name (not the parent’s). *It becomes $200 to include a mandatory background check for anyone over 18. 

The instructions are found at:

https://enysreferee.org/how-to-become-a-referee/

At your zoom class, you will get instructions for ordering your referee uniform package online, for which you already paid as part of the course fee. It contains 2 shirts, socks, shorts, yellow/red cards, line flags, whistle, flip coin and carrying bag.  

Upon completion of the zoom class, you will be directed to attend the aforementioned on-field training session, at a location of your choosing, after which the student will receive his/her badge and be certified to officiate. You will receive information on getting assignments.  Referee per-game fees start at $70 for u-9 and u-10 50-minute games.

You will be invited to join a local referee association, for example Westchester Soccer Referee Organization (WSRO) serving Westchester, Bronx and upper Manhattan.  See www.wsroref.com  

We are here to help you, so if you have any questions, contact.

Jerry Fischoff—Recruitment; eysajerry@gmail.com

Jack Langstine—Instruction Coordinator; refwestchester@gmail.com

Additional sessions will continue to be posted and will be announced to you via our e-mailing list.   To see the zoom classes scheduled:

www.learning.ussoccer.com

log in (or sign up to establish an account with US Soccer)

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Grassroots First-time Referees should be showing on left side in red writing

*Note: Once one has created a US Soccer Learning Center profile, one is able to access the course dates.