Referee

Region Referee Administrators

The names, email address and postal address for the Area K Region Referee Administrators are:

Region 5 Referee Administrator 9222 Glenridge Ave
Westminster 92683

Region 55 Referee Administrator 208 Piedmont
Irvine 92620

Region 56 Referee Administrator P.O. Box 8205
H.B. Ca. 92615

Region 117 Referee Administrator PO Box 20197
Fountain Valley 92728-0197

Region 143 Referee Administrator 16721 Dolores St # A
Huntington Beach 92649

Region 177 Referee Administrator 2109 Ocana Ave.
Long Beach 90815

Region 517 Referee Administrator

Region 1335 Referee Administrator

Other Area Referee People

The names, email address and postal address for the Area K Referee People are:

Area Referee Administrator

Area Director of Instruction

Area Director of Assessment 7692 Lehigh Pl.
Westminster, 92683

Area Director of Youth Referees

Uniform Interpretation

"Writers and critics are constantly demanding 'uniform interpretation of the Laws by referees'. If we expect ever to get a uniform APPLICATION of the Laws of the game, we are deluding ourselves - this does not depend only on a knowledge of the Laws and of 'official decisions' but it depends on character and temperament. And character and temperament, and moral course, all of which are at the core of the problem, differ in human beings." "Referees are basically honest and impartial, but they do react differently to situations."

-- Sir Stanley Rous
September 1969

From a lecture to UEFA Referees' Conference

Sir Stanley was the reorganizer of the LOTG in 1938 to its current ordering; then FIFA president.

Thanks to Ferenc & Sandy Korompai (korompai*no*spam*@MSN.COM) for the quote.

Referee Respect

Rodney Dangerfield's classic line was : "I don't get no respect." Here is a site with t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps and other stuff printed with ref-centered sayings to counter the 3 blind mice image. I hope you'll check it out. If referees wore such shirts expressing pride or attitude, maybe we'd get a bit more respect.

Thanks to Jim Gordon for the link.

Refereee Classes

The Referee Classes in Area K are shown on the Referee Classes page.

USSF Instructions for Referees

The United States Soccer Federation has published its latest Instruction To Referees.

Law Changes 2005

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) held its 119th Annual General Meeting near Cardiff, Wales, on 26 February 2005. The results of this meeting are available in the referee reference library. Note that these changes do not go into effect until the beginning of the fall season.

Enforcing the Required Distance

The methods to enforce the required distance on free kicks has changed. See the new interpretation in the referee reference library.

Misconduct Form

15 Oct. 06. Minor formatting tweaks.

The attached Microsoft Word template (78 kB) is the AYSO misconduct report. Right click the link to download it. Put it in where ever your word templates live (on a windows machine C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates, or search for normal.dot and put it where normal.dot lives). To use the template, open a new word document by clicking on File and choosing New (clicking the new document icon on the toolbar does not present the template choice step) and select this template. Email the form to the appropriate referee administrator. See above for Area K referee administrator email addresses.

If you do not have Microsoft Word, a pdf version is available (22 kB). Right click to download it. Print it and fill it out. Mail the form to the appropriate referee administrator. See above for Area K referee administrator postal mail addresses.

FIFA has requested more information on game reports when a sendoff is involved. USSF has published a memo (pdf, 65k) on this topic. Every referee should read this memo. Game reports, especially those involving sendoffs, must contain sufficient information to justify the sendoff.

Pregame Instructions

Need an idea of what to cover in Pre-game instructions to the Asistant Referees?. Gil Weber's Pre-game is available.

Referee Upgrade Forms

Many forms are needed in the referee upgrade process. You will find them all here. All of the forms are in Adobe pdf.

The principle form is Referee Upgrade Application. (70 kB)

For assessments the candidate should read these tip sheets:

Preparing for your Assessment (59 kB)
National Assessments Keys To Success (22 kB)
Referee Assessment Process (13 kB)
Referee Assessment 10 Important Items (19 kB)
National Referee Candidate Criteria (27 kB)
National Assistant Referee Candidate Criteria (25 kB)
Referee Pregame Instructions and Duties (5kB)

The assessor will need the following forms, and it is the candidate's duty to supply these forms to the assessor:

The physical test requirements are listed here (14 kB).

The mentor checklist is provided (66 kB).

Assessors will need to provide the following to their mentor: Assessor Upgrade Aplication (19 kB).

The assessor requirements are given here (22 kB)

Reference Library

Many documents needed by referees may be found in the reference library.

Ask a Soccer Referee

Answers to Laws of the Game
and Practical Refereeing Questions
Jim Allen, National Instructor Staff/National Assessor
Assisted by Dan Heldman, National Instructor Staff

To view recent answers to questions on the Laws of the game, or to ask a question yourself, visit Ask A Referee

From the Ask A Referee site:
"All questions, published or not, will be answered privately. Some questions and answers will be posted to this website. As of February 23, 2000, all replies to technical questions posted in this column will have been coordinated with and approved by the U. S. Soccer Federation’s National Program for Referee Development. Questions that require an opinion, rather than or in addition to a technical answer, will bear a caveat pointing out that the answer may not have official status and should not be quoted in various fora as an “official” answer. If you wish more personal service, please direct your question to your State Director of Referee Instruction in writing (names and mailing addresses supplied upon request)."

Referee Mail List

A Referee mail list is available for those of you who wish to obtain a wide varity of opinions on a wide array of referee topics. There is no cost. There are 30 to 50 messages a day; more on days with something significant to the referee community. This is not the official voice of FIFA, USSF nor AYSO. The list is populated mostly by United States referees but there are contributors from Canada, the Bahamas, Australia and New Zealand. There are some very good referees on the list that offer considered and well formed opinions. The list can sometimes be brutal to the referee who offers and maintains an incorrect position. The newby to the list is advised to lurk for a month.

To subscribe to the Soccer Referees list, send email with the body of the mail containing
SUBSCRIBE SOCREF-L <your name>
to

Alternatively, you can go to the web site to do everything.

Once you are a member of the Soccer Referee list, order a user manual by sending email with the body containing the text:
INFO SOCREF-L

Referee Badge Levels

AYSO has changed the badge levels in summer 2003. There are still five referee badges: