LAWS OF THE GAME
Section Referee Administrator - Ronald Sakamoto -
[email protected]
Announcements
Upcoming courses - Register for courses in AYSOU
2025
We are having an Advanced Referee Instructor Course on Sunday, February 16, 2025
This course is for Intermediate Referee Instructors to become Advanced Referee Instructors.
The venue is in the Religion Department conference room on the third floor of Sakamaki Hall, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The time will be 8:00 to 5:00. Lunch will be provided but attendees should bring their own drinks (e.g., water bottle).
Interested volunteers should have substantial referee instruction experience and should contact Ronald Sakamoto at
[email protected]
to be rostered.
If there are any questions, please contact me.
Thank you,
Ronald
Ronald Sakamoto
Section 7 Referee Administrator
American Youth Soccer Organization
[email protected]
RESOURCES
IFAB Laws of the Game (LotG) - https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/about-the-laws/
IFAB LotG (.pdf version) - https://downloads.theifab.com/downloads/laws-of-the-game-2022-23?l=en
Referee Mechanics Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWy_AZg4_I
Asst Referee (AR) Mechanics Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf8pRbPkOPs
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From our Section Referee Administrator...
The best way is to find courses is to search AYSOU.
Login to your Volunteer page, then log in to AYSOU as a Learner.
Then click Training Event
Under Training Event, leave Region blank (click the x), under location use 50km and enter zip code, leave courses blank.
Click the little icon that looks like horizontal lines and search by month and all scheduled events will pop up for the indicated month including all referee and coach courses (leave courses box blank). To change month, click the arrows “> <” to left and right of the month.
As courses are added and deleted, results will change.
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DOWNLOADS
2022 referee guideline ayso.pdf
regional_referee_summary_sheet 22-23.pdf
ayso_referee_report v2024.pdf
2020-2021_ussf_report_codes_for_cautionable_and_sending-off_offenses.pdf
AYSO Section 7 Disciplinary Guidelines
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2024 AYSO CROSSOVER TO USSF GRASSROOTS REFEREE
U.S. Soccer offers a one-time Crossover option for AYSO referees who are currently Intermediate or Advance level.
This option allows an existing AYSO referee in either of those levels to become a U.S. Soccer referee and bypass a few entry level requirements.
Crossover referees do NOT need to take the 2-hour virtual (ZOOM) or in-person referee course or the 2-hour field training session.
Please note, however, that state and federal compliance trainings are still needed. If you have already completed those trainings, a copy of your certification will be required.
To register, go to https://learning.ussoccer.com/ (the Digital Learning Center-DLC).
FIRST-TIME REFEREES must set up an account at DLC. Click SIGN UP and REGISTER AS REFEREE. Complete form and click SIGN UP at bottom right. Click I HAVE NEVER HELD A U.S. SOCCER REFEREE LICENSE BEFORE.
Step 1: Click REFEREE PROGRAM at the bottom of the screen which will take you to REFEREE LICENSE PATHWAY.
Step 2: Click REGISTER FOR A COURSE which will take you to AVAILABLE COURSES.
Step 3: Under LICENSES, Click GRASSROOTS FIRST-TIME REFEREES on the left.
Step 4: Click GO TO COURSE LIST in red box on the right.
Step 5: Under UPCOMING GRASSROOTS FIRST-TIME REFEREES, click COURSE DETAILS in red on the right of 2024 AYSO CROSSOVER TO USSF GRASSROOTS REFEREE.
Step 6: Below the action photo, click WHAT DO I NEED TO DO in a red box and proceed, accordingly. Cost: $60.00.
If you have any questions regarding the course, please contact SDI Derek Wong at [email protected] or (808) 799-6310.
If you need assistance to register, please contact SRA Lila Vasconcellos at [email protected] or (808) 364-5755.