Become an AYSO 572 referee, your children will thank you!

Do you love soccer or maybe just want to make sure the children of our community can continue to play soccer? Then we at AYSO 572 need your help. We will train you; give you a uniform, and provide lots of opportunities to get some good exercise.

AYSO is an all-volunteer organization, and your participation makes a great difference. Your time and interest helps insure that the children playing in AYSO have a FAIR, FUN & SAFE soccer experience. We don't want to tell the children of this community they can't play, so please volunteer to referee today!  If you are interested see our training opportunities below.  We look forward to seeing you in class.

Note:  There may be additional Assistant Referee & Regional Referee training opportunities. 

Referee Training

Class Descriptions and Requirements

U-8 Referee: An introductory to refereeing providing you with basic skills and knowledge needed to referee AYSO matches at the U6 or U8 levels.  Minimum age for training – 10 years.  Course length is approximately 3  hours. 

Assistant Referee: The eyes of the Center Referee.  This is an extremely important and valuable member of the Referee team.  Minimum age for training – 12 years.  Course length is approximately 5 hours.

Basic Regional Referee: An  introduction to soccer refereeing providing you with what you need to referee AYSO matches at the U10 or U12 levels.  Minimum age for training – 12 years.  Course length is approximately 7 hours. 

Intermediate Referee: This class is for Basic Referees that have at least one season of experience and prepares referees for  more physically demanding and challenging matches under FIFA Laws and AYSO National Rules and Regulations.

Advance Referee: Advanced Referee Class time is 8 hours.

Training for New Referees

1. Complete the Basic Referee Class
2. Work 1-3 games or more by shadowing and/or being shadowed by experienced ARs 
3. Work 1-3 games or more as an AR
4. Work 1-3 games or more by shadowing and/or being shadowed by experienced CRs
5. Work 1-3 games as CR while being observed
6. Begin working games as AR and CR
7. Talk with other referees to address any questions about Laws of the Game, game management, foul recognition, positioning, etc. We are all learning to become better soccer referees.

For the Basic Referee class

1. Signup on eayso.org as a volunteer [everyone must complete this form each year]

2. Using your AYSO ID # from eayso.org, go to http://www.aysotraining.org

3. Complete the Save Haven course

4. Complete the Basic Referee course 

5. Once completed, please RSVP with me at ...................... with your AYSO ID number.  I will provide the class location after verifying your online training.  This is a 4 hour class.

For the Intermediate Referee class, all existing referees need to do is to RSVP with me at ................., and I will provide the class location.  Note this is an 8 hour class.