Become a Referee:

• The Arlington Soccer Association invites everyone who wants to referee games to attend an ASA Referee class.
• ASA Youth Referee Certification classes are held twice a year -- before the spring and fall seasons.
• Referees must complete two 2 1/2 hour classroom sessions and a field practice in order to referee in 5 v 5 ASA games.
• The minimum age is 13.  There is no maximum.
• There is no cost for this course.
• ASA referees are "center" referees and not assistant referees.

Referee Assignment Session

• Referee Assignment Session Thursday, April 10, 2008.

Referee Classes

• ASA Referee class starts March 24, 26 & 29, 2008.
   
• USSF class finishes March 5, 2008
   
• Also see USSF referee classes offered in the Virginia and DC-area on the Clinic Listing on the Metro DC - Virginia State Referee Program website.
   
• Photos of ASA Coach Training and USSF Recertification Training.

Higher Pay Rates for ASA Referees: 

• Most ASA referees start earning $14 per game under a new fee structure beginning spring 2007 for age groups U-8 and U-9 and $20 to start for age group U-10.
• USSF-certified referees start at $16 per game under the new fee structure for U-8 and U-9. $22.00 per game for U-10.
• New ASA referees receive a $35 uniform allowance.
• Beginning with spring 2007, pay will increase $4.00 per game when an official referees 8 games or more during the prior fall or spring.
• Maximum pay for ASA certified refs is $30 per game, and maximum pay for USSF refs is $34.00 per game under the new fee structure.
• There is no requirement for annual recertification.

Rules

• ASA Rules

Referee Forms

• Referee Compensation Record
   
• Referee Assessment Program
  Help ASA evaluate referees to: (1) recognize significant achievement by our youth referees, and (2) improve our referee training program.

Referee Classes

•  See Harvey Snyder's Comparison of ASA and USSF Referee Classes

Scott Meyer, the Virginia Youth Soccer Association State Referee Administrator, has prepared a memo about the new interpretation of Law 11 on Offside.
The memo helps all of us - parents, players, coaches, and referees - be on the "same page" with regard to offside.
  Read memo

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Revised:  April 30, 2008