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Types of Clinics
| Referee Grade 9 |
Five hours of in-service
training during the preceding 12 months and passing the refresher
exam. |
| Referee Grade 8 |
A minimum of five hours of
in-service training during the preceding 12 months. (These
recertification clinics will be eight hours this year.) and passing
the refresher exam. |
| Referee Grade 7 |
A minimum of five hours of
inservice training and passing the refresher exam and the Physical
Fitness Test. |
| Referee Grades 6 and 5 |
Attendance of an advanced
clinic, passing the refresher exam , passing the physical fitness
testing In addition grade 5 and grade 6 referees must pass a field
assessment as a referee in a Division 1 game or higher. Must pass
twice as many assessments as failed. |
| Referee Grades 4 and 3 |
National Referees (grades 4
and 3) must attend annually the national referee camp as sponsored
by the National Referee Committee (NRC). It consists of about 2.5
days instructional clinic, written test, and the FIFA physical test.
They must pass 2 field assessments as referee and 1 as AR (linesman)
on games approved by the NRC - a list of these games can be found on
the US Soccer web site and they are above Division 1 state games.
Must pass twice as many assessments as failed. |
| Emeritus Grades |
Referee grades 3 and 4 can
register as National Emeritus Referees grades 13 and 14
respectively, and referee grades 5 and 6 may also chose to register
as State Emeritus Referees grades 15 or 16 respectively , if they
have been at least three years in that grade and can not meet the
physical fitness requirements or the field assessments. The Emeritus
status of a referee allows him to maintain the highest badge of his
career for life, without meeting the requirements of that grade,
while he is paying the registration fees of the grade below and also
officiating games at the level below. Once a referee registers as an
Emeritus he cannot reverse it and become active again. |
Re-Certification
Each year you will receive in the
mail the USSF registration form. You
will have to sign up and attend an
eight hour re-certification class
annually. Take your USSF
registration form with you to the
re-certification training and once
you pass the test, you will register
and be certified for another year.
Referee Grade 9:
Five hours of in-service training
during the preceding 12 months and
passing the refresher exam
Referee Grade 8 :
A minimum of five hours of
in-service training during the
preceding 12 months. (These
recertification clinics will be
eight hours this year.) and passing
the refresher exam.
Referee Grade 7:
A minimum of five hours of inservice
training and passing the refresher
exam and the Physical Fitness Test.
Referee Grades 6 and 5
Attendance of an advanced clinic,
passing the refresher exam , passing
the physical fitness testing In
addition grade 5 and grade 6
referees must pass a field
assessment as a referee in a
Division 1 game or higher. Must pass
twice as many assessments as failed.
How to Upgrade
In order for a referee to be
upgraded, the referee must have met
the time in grade requirement as
stated in the Criteria for
Certifying and Upgrading found in
the Referee Administrative Handbook.
This handbook is also available at a
cost by calling the State Referee
Administrator (SRA) at the telephone
number listed below. For upgrades,
you must first send a Letter of
Upgrade to the SRA and a copy to the
State Director of Assessment (SDA).
Both are located at the State
Referee Administration headquarters.
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