Referee Topics:
How Much does it Cost to Become a Referee?
There are 3 potential fees:
- The Registration Fee: This is a fee that covers your
referee registration with US Soccer. It is paid every year
and it varies by referee grade. For a Grade 9 referee the
registration fee is $20. For a Grade 8 referee the
registration fee is $25.
- The Clinic Fee: The MN State Referee Committee
charges a $5 clinic fee to anybody who attends an Entry Level
Clinic, a Grade 9 Clinic, or a Bridge Course. The clinic
fee for a referee attending a recertification fee is $20.
- The Club Fee: There are clubs that charge a fee to
attend their clinics. In most cases these fees are to help
pay for the cost of the facility and other similar costs.
- These fees are clearly disclosed in our registration process
and they do include the club fee if it was disclosed to us.
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How To Become a Referee?
- There are two entry points into the referee program.
The Grade 9 program only requires attendance at a 1-day clinic.
The Grade 8 (or Entry Level Clinic) requires attendance at a
2-day clinic. A Grade 9 referee can only be a center
referee in recreational (in-house) games and U9 or U10 games.
They can be assistant referees in any game U14 and below. A Grade 8 referee can
be a center referee or assistant referee in any youth game.
- Locate a Grade 9 or Grade 8 (Entry Level) clinic to attend
from our clinic list.
- Click on the "Details/Register" link and enter the
information requested.
- An email will be sent to the email provided giving
additional information regarding the clinic. This
information includes a link to cancel the reservation if you are
unable to attend.
- Attend the clinic at the date and time specified on the
clinic list.
- Pass the Entry Level Test with a score of 75% or better.
- Fill out a registration form (provided at the clinic) and
pay the registration fee and the clinic fee. The
registration fee for Grade 9s is $20 plus a $5 clinic fee for
new referees. The registration fee for Grade 8s is $25
plus a $5 clinic fee for new referees.
- Contact your club assignor to get games.
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Referees, Assessors, Instructors, Assignors: Take Advantage of
Online Registration
Use any internet browser and go to this URL:
www.ussoccer.info
- Login ID: Type in the letter R (capital letter) followed by
your 16 digit USSF ID number, no dashes. Password: Type in
your last name.
- Once you are logged in, your name will appear in the top
left corner.
- Click on the "Referee" tab.
- In the left blue panel click on "Referee Registration". Your
2006 application will appear. You can now begin to fill it
out.
- On the top of the screen is your biographical information.
Review it. If there are any changes, click on the link below the
box and edit the data.
- Next you will see the Referee Type boxes you are eligible to
submit. You may register for more than one, if you are eligible.
- Continue down the rest of the form, answering all questions
if required.
- When you are satisfied that all information is correct,
click on "I agree to terms and conditions" and click "Continue"
- Note the total amount of your fees
- You will be directed to a secure credit card payment site to
submit your payment using a VISA or MasterCard.
- Print a copy of the confirmation page.
- Your are finished with the application.
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Referees not registered in the previous year
Any referee who was not registered with the U.S. Soccer
Federation the previous year may be certified at the grade
previously held after taking and passing the written qualifying
examination, fitness test, and assessments. The following policy
applies to referees who were previously certified and registered
with the Federation:
- Grade 8 referees who miss 1-2 consecutive years of
registration can be reregistered
as a grade 8 after completing a Referee Re-certification clinic.
- Grade 8 referees who miss 3-4 consecutive years of
registration can be reregistered after taking the Referee Bridge
(Grade 9 to Grade 8) Course or the entire Entry Level Referee
Training Course.
- Grade 8 referees who miss 5 or more consecutive years must
re-take the entire Entry Level Referee Training Course.
- Grade 7 Referees and Higher - Referees can only be
registered at the grade they qualify for. Referees who were
Grade 7 or higher should be downgraded a minimum of one (1)
grade, as per current policy (as long as they have met the
criteria for that grade). Once they retake the appropriate
course as listed above for grade 8 referees and have completed
all the requirements for the previously held grade, they may be
upgraded.
- Grade 9 Referees who miss one or two years of registration
may be re-certified after fulfilling all re-certification
requirements for that grade. A Grade 9 Referee who misses two
years of registration can be eligible to take the Bridge Course
(9-8) after he or she has met the requirements to be
re-certified as Grade 9.
- US Soccer Federation Referee Instructors who wish to
re-certify as a referee after a lapse in referee registration
may be registered as a grade 8 referee upon meeting current
re-certification requirements, no matter how long it has been
since they last registered as a referee, if they are currently
registered as a US Soccer instructor and have taught, at a
minimum, one entry-level referee training course in the last two
years.
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