Metro DC-VA State Referee Program

SENIOR REFEREE PAPERWORK

Grade 6 Certification Requirements Reporting

Please submit a completed Senior Referee Certification Checklist Form and a self-addressed stamped envelope for a badge to the Referee Office by December 15.

Click HERE for the checklist form.

TO SCHEDULE AN ASSESSMENT

TO REQUEST AN ASSESSMENT, THE FOLLOWING TWO STEPS MUST BE COMPLETED

Step 1.

Send an email containing the following information:

Referee Name:

Current Referee Grade:

Referee Phone # :

Referee Email:

Area Registered:

Purpose for Assessment (upgrade/maintenance):

Position (Referee/AR):

Home Team:

Away Team:

Field:

Location:

Game Date:

Game #:

Game Time:

League:

Competition:

Division:

Gender:

Send the email to all of the people below:

Don Torrenti: RAReferee@aol.com
Pat Jordan: patrick.jordan@comcast.net
Chuck Watts: chuck27310@outlook.com
Doug McConnell: rundive@cox.net
Chris Lewis: clewis0001@aol.com
AND YOUR ASSIGNOR FOR THIS GAME

Step 2.

PAYMENT

Go to our GameOfficials registration site and choose the appropriate "clinic" to submit payment.

Link to GO: CLICK HERE

FEES

Standard Assessment cost = $65.00
USL PDL cost = $100.00*
NPSL cost = $100.00
US Soccer Development Academy cost = $100.00
CCL Pro-23 cost = $100.00
EDP U-23 cost = $100.00

*UPDATED 4/17/2017

INSTRUCTIONS UPDATED 5/24/2018

NOTE: ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED UNTIL BOTH STEPS ABOVE ARE COMPLETE.

2013-14 Amendments to the Laws of the Game

Click here to see the presentation.

2013 VYSA Workshop-Fredericksburg Clinic Lecture Series

Brian Hall - Former FIFA Referee

1. Positioning - Part 1 (20:00), Part 2 (21:16), Part 3 (22:50) | Presentation

2. Pregame - Part 1 (26:44), Part 2 (34:20) | Presentation

3. Step Approach - Part 1 (18:35), Part 2 (24:19), Part 3 (20:46) | Presentation

4. Who Am I - Part 1 (32:33), Part 2 (35:28) | Presentation

Bill Dittmar - DCV National Referee

1. Referee Success - Part 1 (20:49), Part 2 (26:45)

2012 VYSA Workshop-Fredericksburg Clinic Lecture Series

Sandra Serafini - Former FIFA Referee, Women’s Professional Referee Coordinator, USSF

The Choice Is Yours (4:00)
Refereeing Mens and Womens Games
Pt. 1 (9:05)
Pt. 2 (1:09:42)
Pt. 3 (20:57)

Kari Seitz - FIFA Referee

World Cup Experience
Pt. 1 (40:48)
Pt. 2 (46:06)
To Be The Best (23:00)
Team Work
Pt. 1 (39:52)
Pt. 2 (1:06:13)

Managing Free Kicks
A video presentation from USSF outlining the basic referee strategies for managing free kick restarts (enforcing the minimum distance, player violations, referee positioning, and ceremonial versus quick restarts)

Restarts
A detailed review of the 8 restarts used in soccer, including what causes them, when the ball is in play, whether a goal can be scored directly, and other basic questions.

Video Presentations

The Principles and Components of Referee Fitness – Doug Engstrom

A presentation given at a clinic focused on training for upgrade to State Referee in Richmond Virginia (February 5-6, 2011). Doug Engstrom is a USSF National Referee Emeritus, a former Marine, and currently a teacher in the Virginia public schools.

Officiating Women In Soccer : It’s Not the Same Game - Carla Nagel

A presentation given at a clinic focused on training for upgrade to State Referee in Richmond Virginia (February 5-6, 2011). Carla Nagel Winters is a USSF State Referee, a Referee Instructor, an avid sailor, and currently working as a legal professional.