South Texas Soccer Referees, Inc.

Referee Training and Assessment Program Information

Table of Contents:

2010 Badge State Referee Clinic
2010 Badge Grade 8 Upgrade Clinic
2010 US Soccer Registration Cards
Referee Adult Participation Pass for STYSA
Recent Documents
New Referee Registration
Finding Games to Officiate
Referee Recertification
Lapsed Referee Recertification
Emeritus Referees
Re-taking the Written Test
Replacing Lost Badges
Requesting an Assessment
Assessment Fees

2010 State Referee Clinic to be held in Round Rock, TX Nov 13th-15th, 2009

The 2010 State Referee Upgrade and Recertification clinics will be held in Round Rock, TX at the
Wingate Inn and Conference Center. STSR rates of $89.00 / night exist for hotel rooms. Call for reservations
512-341-7000. Sign up for these clinics online at www.stsr.org. The written test will be administered
on Friday night (Nov 13th). The fitness test will be held at 7:00 AM Saturday morning at Stony Point High
School track.

Referee Grade 8 to 7 Upgrade Clinic to be held in Round Rock, TX Nov 13th-14th, 2009

The Referee Grade 8 to 7 Upgrade clinic will be held in Round Rock, TX at the
Wingate Inn and Conference Center. STSR rates of $89.00 / night exist for hotel rooms. Call for reservations
512-341-7000. Sign up for this clinc online at www.stsr.org by specifying Referee Upgrade (or Same Year Upgrade
if you have already recertified for 2010).. The written test will be administered on Friday night (Nov 13th).
The fitness test will be held at 7:00 AM Saturday morning at Stony Point High
School track.

2010 US Soccer Referee Registration Cards & Adult Participation Passes

Per South Texas Youth Soccer Association policy, all adults on the team side of a field must visibly wear their current|
Adult Participation (kidsafe) passes. The referee has authority to check for these passes, and to require any adult not
possessing a pass to move from the team side.

Effective with the receipt of the 2010 US Soccer Registration card, all adult referees are required to have this card in
their possession when performing referee duties at a STYSA sanctioned event. This includes when arriving at the fields,
and during any breaks between games. While referees are not required to visibly display their card, they should have it
readily available if requested. Referees are encouraged to make a copy of their card and laminate it when they first
receive it, to reduce the possible loss or damage to the card. The 2010 US Soccer Registration card with Texas South
specified on the card will qualify for Adult Participation (kidsafe) verification. In addition, any individual on the STSR
approved list (viewable at www.stsr.org) is considered to have met the Adult Participation Pass requirement.

Recent Documents

2010 Guide for New Referees, click here.

2009/2010 Advice To Referees available for download, click here.

"Week In Review" put out by US Soccer each week. Each week the Referee Development Department of US Soccer covers
issues faced the previous week in games played in the MLS. These reviews are excellent sources of information and interpretations
handed down by USSF on a case by case basis. We strongly suggest you review these as you will probably see many of the same
game situations in your games here. (Tim McCurley - New USSF State Assessor)

Find the lastest Memorandum and Position Papers (organized by date)
Click here to access

2009 U.S. Soccer Referee Directives have now been published.
Click here to access

New Referee Registration

Our 2010 Badge year clinics have started. Once you pass the clinic and receive a 2010 badge, you can start refereeing immediately in 2009.
The clinic cost will remain $30.00 and the Grade 8 or 9 Registration fee will remain $50.00 for a total of $80.00 to become certified as a
USSF Soccer official. . In order to view 2010 Badge year clinics use the Available Clincs List, or your Clinic Listing, once you
register with STSR. In addition, USSF has provided a great guide for New Referees. It can be found here.
For more information about becoming a soccer official, click here.

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Finding Games to Officiate

Once you have become registered for the current year, you can find games to officiate by signing into your account at www.stsr.org
Member Sign-In and click on the Assignor Directory in the Member Services box at the top of your Home page. This will allow you to find
local soccer associations and their referee assignors, association web page, assignor email and phone information. If you cannot
find an association or assignor in your area, contact the district Directors for your area who can be found here to
assist you in contacting local area assignors.

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Referee Recertification

All USSF Soccer officials must renew their certification and registration annually. The badge / Registration year runs from Jan 1st to Dec 31st.
However, recertification clinics for the next badge year start in August of the current year. You are expected to recertify and register BEFORE
your badge expires on December 31st. In 2009, if you recertified after January 31st, you were charged a $25.00 late fee. For the 2010 badge
year, Recertification has increased $25.00 for Grades 8 and higher, however STSR will provide a $25.00 discount of this new fee if you take a
clinic and Register before Dec 31st, 2009. So there is no longer a Late registration fee, but a higher base fee, with a Discount for registering
on-time. STSR also provides Recertification clinics in the January - May timeframe for the procrastinators among us, however the on-time
recertification discount is lost. If you wish to reserve yourself a seat in a 2010 badge year you will need to Sign-in as a STSR soccer offical. In
order to view 2010 Badge year clinics, use the Available Clinics List, or your Clinic Listing, once you Sign-in . If you are new to South Texas but
were certified in another region of Texas or the United States, send a note to the STSR Operations Manager with your name, DOB, USSFID and
your USSF records will be copied into the STSR system. For more information concerning the STSR Recertification program, click here.

The USSF Recertification and Upgrade requirements can be found by clicking here.

Recertifying after having missed one or more years (lapsed registration)

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 qualifying clinic, written examination, fitness test, and assessments. The following policy applies to referees who were previously certified
and registered with the Federation but have lapsed a year or more in registration:

1. Referees can only be registered at the grade they qualify for.
2. Referees who were Grade 7 or higher will be downgraded a minimum of one (1) grade, as per current policy
   (as long as they have met the criteria for that grade).
3. Once they retake the appropriate course listed below for Grade 8 Referees and have completed all the requirements
   for the previously held grade, they may be upgraded. If the referee is attending a clinic for the next badge year, they
   may or may not begin refereeing in the current year, depending on the number of years lapsed as indicated for
   Grade 8 Referees (below).

Last Certified as a Grade 8

1. Grade 8 referees who miss 1-2 consecutive years of registration can be re-recertified as a grade 8 after completing a
   Grade 8 Recertification clinic. If the referee is attending a clinic for the next badge year, they may not officiate until
   January 1st of the year indicated on the badge.
   
2. Grade 8 referees who miss 3-4 consecutive years of registration can be re-certified after taking the Referee Bridge
   (Grade 9 to Grade 8) Clinic or the entire Entry Grade 8 Referee Clinic. If the referee is attending a clinic for the next
   badge year, they may begin officiating immediately in the current badge year, upon meeting the requirements of that grade.
   
3. Grade 8 referees who miss 5 or more consecutive years must re-take the entire Grade 8 Entry Level Referee clinic. If the
   referee is attending a clinic for the next badge year, they may begin officiating immediately in the current badge year,
   upon meeting the requirements of that Grade.

Last Certified as Grade 9

1. Grade 9 Referees who miss one or two years of registration may be re-certified at Grade 9 after taking and passing the Grade 9
   Entry/Recertification clinic. If the referee is attending a Grade 9 clinic for the next badge year, they may not officiate until January
   1st of the year indicated on the badge.
   
2. A Grade 9 Referee who misses three or more years of registration may be re-certified at Grade 9 after taking and passing the
   Grade 9 Entry/Recertification clinic. If the referee is attending a clinic for the next badge year, they may begin officiating immediately
   in the current badge year, upon meeting the requirements of grade 9.
   
3. A Grade 9 Referee who misses one year of registration is eligible to Upgrade by taking the Bridge Clinic (9 to 8 Upgrade). If the referee
   is attending a clinic for the next badge year, they may begin officiating immediately in the current badge year, upon meeting the
   requirements of grade 8.
   
4. A Grade 9 Referee who misses one or more years of registration is eligible to Upgrade by taking the Grade 8 Entry Clinic. If the referee is
   attending the Entry clinic for the next badge year, they may begin officiating immediately in the current badge year, upon meeting the
   requirements of grade 8.

When registering for a clinic, you will be requested to enter your personal information, or verify your Personal Information. Then you will see a
Clinic Reservation page. You will need to scan down the left side and find the "click here" to continue registration and click on it, if no clinics are listed.
Your current grade and Recertify should be already checked. Press Submit, then click on "Reserve" to reserve the clinic. Lastly, proceed to the
"Checkout" section on the right side to pay the fees. Do not attempt to checkout before you have reserved a clinic.
You are not registered in the clinic until the fees are paid.

Click here to register for a Referee Clinic

Current Year Registration List- Click Here

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Emeritus Referees

Referees at the State or more advanced level for at least a period of 3 years of their refereeing career, may elect to go Emeritus
(Retire from their highest position) by selecting the GO EMERITUS when registering at the www.stsr.org website. This may not
be used ot circumvent the testing and registration procedures of U.S. Soccer. Active Emeritus Referees must qualify each year
for the level that they will be officiating and pay the fees for that level. For example, if officiating , they must at least take and pass
the Grade 7/8 Recertification test. If officiating at higher levels than Grade 8, fitness test and Assessment requirements apply.

An Emeritus Referee may reinstate as an active referee at the level the official retired from, once all the criteria for the grade has been met.

Re-taking the Written Test

If you attended an Entry Level or Recertification clinic and did not pass the test, you may retake the test, free of charge by signing back
into your account at www.stsr.org , locate the clinic you attended on the left side of your Home Page, and click on Retest. You will then
be provided a list of clinics that you may retest in. Then click RETEST on the clinic you choose to retest at. You must bring the one or
two copies of the Registration form given to you at your original clinic with you to the retest.You MUST register for this retest online. For
Entry level clinics, the test is normally given in the last 2 hours of the clinic. For the Recertification clinics, the test is administered during the
2nd hour of the clinic. In addition, some local Soccer Referee associations may provide testing at their monthly meetings. These testing
opportunities will be listed as testing clinics that you may RETEST at. Known soccer referee organizations that offer retesting opportunities,
at least monthly are:

Austin Area: Capital Area Soccer Referees Association (CASRA)

When other area assocations notify us of this capability, we will add them to this list.

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Replacing Lost Badges

If you have lost your current year badge, and wish to order a replacement, you can sign into your account at www.stsr.org Member Sign-In
and select the"Request Replacement Referee Badge" in the Fee Based Items list. Then pay the $6.00 fee by performing the
checkout function. Once the fee has been received, a replacement badge will be mailed to the address of record.

If we have already sent you a replacement badge for the same year, you will have to order the next replacement badge from the US Soccer
online store. To order from the US Soccer store, click on the link below, and user your 16 digit USSF ID (without the dashes) as the UserID
and use your date of birth in the mmddyy format as the password. Then click on Badges.

US Soccer Referee Ordering site

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Requesting an Assessment

In order for you to be assessed, you MUST have a current year Referee registration. In addition, all members of your officiating crew on the
match being assessed must be currently registered as Referees as well. To request an assessment, sign into your account at
www.stsr.org Member Sign-In , and select "Request Assessment" in the Fee Based Services box at the top of your Member Home page.

Annual Assessment Requirements can be found here.

• Developmental Assessments
  • You may request an informal or developmental assessment at anytime. To do so, you will need to contact your local
    District Director of Assessments or you may request your assignor to assist you in scheduling a developmental assessment.
    • If your local soccer association is not paying for the developmental assessment as part of a tournament or referee
      development program, you will need to:
      • Sign in to your account www.stsr.org, select Request/Register for Assessments (under Fee Item box),
        select Developmental. Set the date of the Assessment. Perform the check out procedure to pay by
        credit card or check/money order. If you pay by check/money order, follow the directions
        on the receipt. Bring the receipt to the Assessment.
• Grade 8 to 7 Upgrade or Grade 7 Maintenance Assessments
  • Arrange the match with the Assignor, at least one (1) week in advance
  • Contact your District Director of Assessments with game details…
    • Assessment type (Grade, Upgrade/Maintenance)
    • Assignor Name and email address
    • Your position (Referee, AR, 4th official) in the match
    • Game Date
    • Game Location
    • Game Time
    • Level of Game (ex. U18 - D1 Boys)
    • Officiating Crew Member Names (if you know them)
  • District Director of Assessments assigns the Assessor…if DDA is not available, the State Director of Assessments will assign the Assessor…
    • Sign in to your account www.stsr.org, select Request/Register for Assessments (under Fee Item box), select Upgrade or Maintenance.
      Set the date of the Assessment. Perform the check out procedure to pay by credit card or check/money order. If you pay by
      check/money order, follow the directions on the receipt. Bring the receipt to the Assessment.
  • Upon arrival at the field, the Assessor should will ask the Referees for their USSF ID# and verify they are registered for the current year…
  • The complete officiating crew on the match will be assessed
  • You will be verbally debriefed by the Assessor after the match

   

  Grade 7 to 6 Upgrade or Grade 6 Maintenance Assessments

• Arrange the match with the Assignor, at least two (2) weeks in advance
• Send an Email to the State Director of Assessments with game details…
  • Assessment type (Grade, Upgrade/Maintenance)
  • Assignor Name and email address
  • Your position (Referee, AR, 4th official) in the match
  • Game Date
  • Game Location
  • Game Time
  • Level of Game (ex. U18 - D1 Boys)
  • Officiating Crew Member Names (if you know them)
• State and District Director of Assessments will assign the Assessor
  • Sign in to your account www.stsr.org, select Request/Register for Assessments (under Fee Item box) , select Upgrade or Maintenance.
    Set the date of the Assessment. Perform the check out procedure to pay by credit card or check/money order. If you pay by
    check/money order, follow the directions on the receipt. Bring the receipt to the Assessment.
• Upon arrival at the field, the Assessor should will ask the Referees for their USSF ID# and verify they are registered for the current year…
• The complete offciating crew on the match will be assessed
• You will be verbally debriefed by the Assessor after the match

• Grade 6 to 5 Upgrade or Grade 5 Maintenance Assessments
• National Candidate Referee Assessments
• Grade 4 and 3 National Assessments
  • Click here for National and National Candidate Procedures Letter from SDA
• Arrange the match with the Assignor, at least two (2) weeks in advance
• Send an Email to the State Director of Assessments with game details…
  • Assessment type (Grade, Upgrade/Maintenance)
  • Assignor Name and email address
  • Your position (Referee, AR, 4th official) in the match
  • Game Date
  • Game Location
  • Game Time
  • Level of Game (ex. U18 - D1 Boys)
  • Officiating Crew Member Names (if you know them)
• State Director of Assessments will assign the Assessor
  • Sign in to your account www.stsr.org, select Request/Register for Assessments (under Fee Item box), select Upgrade or Maintenance.
    Set the date of the Assessment. Perform the check out procedure to pay by credit card or check/money order. If you pay by
    check/money order, follow the directions on the receipt. Bring the receipt to the Assessment.
• Upon arrival at the field, the Assessor should will ask the Referees for their USSF ID# and verify they are registered for the current year…
• The complete offciating crew on the match will be assessed
• You will be verbally debriefed by the Assessor after the match

Assessment Fees:

The following fees are to be paid to STSR for your assessment:

2009 Badge Year Assessments Developmental: All Grades $20.00 Formal: Grade Upgrade Maintenance 7 30.00 30.00 6 45.00 45.00 5 45.00 45.00 4/3 or NatCand USL/PDL games 100.00 100.00 NatCand non USL/PDL games 80.00 80.00 4 /3 non USL/PDL games 80.00 80.00

2010 Badge Year Assessments Developmental: All Grades $20.00 Formal: Grade Upgrade Maintenance 7 50.00 50.00 6 50.00 50.00 5 50.00 50.00 NatCand 100.00 100.00 4 100.00 100.00 3 100.00 100.00

 

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