Member organizations and their affiliates should make every effort to assist in recruiting officials so that enough Federation referees will be available to permit use of the diagonal officiating system for ALL of their competitions. They split the field between them, but only one may make the final decisions and blow the whistle.
The upshot of all this is that you must try to find at least a club linesman to work one line, who must be provided by the home team. As to pay, you should collect only the pay for the two assigned officials. The home team MUST provide the club linesman. The first is Grade 9, recreational referees; the second is Grade 12, assistant referees; the third is Referees Grade 8.
Associate Instructors, Grade 9, may teach under the direction of a senior instructor. Question: Scenario: A three man crew is assigned to the match.
After 20 minutes, the center official show up and takes a flag and becomes the other AR. During a stoppage of play at about 25 minutes, the assigned center trades places with acting center.
Question: Is this approved procedure or should the acting center official remained the center official for the match? Coaches have no say as to who referees their game, at least not in the game played under the Laws of the Game and under the aegis of the U.
Soccer Federation. The game can wait those 15 minutes. However, if there is some rule of the competition that requires games to start NOW and not a minute later than NOW, the officials may then work precisely as in your scenario.
As to the question itself, the answer is no, this is not an approved procedure in higher-level competitive soccer. However, the procedure might well work in lower-level play. Thanks for your assistance on this. USSF answer December 6, : As scrimmages, games between these teams could not be sanctioned by the Federation, even though all the teams and players are theoretically affiliated with US Youth Soccer.
Because the games are not sanctioned, the referee may not be covered by USSF liability insurance, and that is a point that should be considered by every referee who is asked to officiate a non-affiliated game.
This is a matter to be decided by your state referee committee and perhaps even higher authority. Question: During our adult state cup our state instructor showed us page 37 of the Referee Administrative Handbook, we were told that only the new style shirts as shown would be permitted for wear by USSF referees.
Are the old style shirts on longer permitted? Can we wear other badges with our new style shirts special area badges, high school, college, when not doing USSF sanctioned matches? USSF answer October 21, : We hope that you misunderstood the instructor, as there has been absolutely no change in the uniform requirements.
The designs shown in the Referee Administrative Handbook p. Referees are still permitted to wear the three white-stripe sock or the black sock with the old U. As to wearing the uniform to officiate high school, college, or other competitions, referees must wear apparel that is approved for the competition in which they officiate. If there is no uniform requirement in a competition that is not affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation, then referees may wear what they like, as long as they do not bring dishonor on the uniform or themselves.
The uniforms worn by the professional-league referees are NOT approved for any USSF-affiliated competition other than those professional leagues. This is my 4th year of refereeing.
I was curious if there is a way around the minimum age requirement on the Grade 7 Referee Status. You must be 17 to become this grade, but is there a way to get this age requirement disregarded if someone approves it? Download pdf 7. Download pdf 0. Featured Pages. Read More. Cookie Settings. In order for a referee to recertify for the next calendar year, that person must not have any sanctions currently implied, and must be in good standing with the SRC. By collecting the Assessing Fee at registration, these officials will have already paid for their assessment for the next year, and thus only need to get the assessment completed to retain their grade.
Back to Top Item 4: Assignments All assignors will attempt to contact match officials as far ahead of the scheduled match date as possible. Game officials must be properly uniformed and dressed in matching shirt colors and sleeve length. The match Referee determines which uniform the team of officials shall wear. Failure to appear at a confirmed assignment shall be subject to the disciplinary actions described in Item 6. Back to Top Item 5: Game Reports Referees are required to completely fill out all Game Reports, and to submit them to the proper authority within 24 hours of the end of the match.
Failure to properly submit a Game Report shall be subject to the disciplinary actions described in Item 6.
It is the responsibility of the referee to obtain the correct mailing address of the league or the correct website where the game report can be submitted online.
For simplicity, the major items from this document shall be included here. The following is a list of the standard disciplinary actions that the SRC may take against a referee, instructor, assignor, or assessor: First offense: the person will receive a letter of reprimand usually via email ; Second offense: the person will be fined the game fee appropriate for that match ; Third offense: the actions will be brought to the attention of a Disciplinary Committee for further review.
The person filing an appeal must do so in writing within 30 days of the notice of the original decision to the SRA, with copies going to the Grievance Committee..
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