If you are already familiar with the self-scheduling Rules and Guidelines, and registered as a referee in InLeague… use the Referee Schedule Sign-up
REFEREE SELF-SCHEDULING RULES and GUIDELINES:
5U and 6U Referee Volunteers
In 5U and 6U, parents referee the games in which their children play. LUCKYYYYY !!!
You don’t have to “sign up” on the self-scheduling on-line platform–just come prepared to jump in and have FUN!!! Remember to wear your Yellow Referee T-Shirt (and bring your whistle) so we don’t confuse you with one of the kids having so much fun out there!
Training 5U and 6U parents to be “referees”–just involves a 1-hour ZOOM Parent Volunteer Referee Orientation. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll send you a link (rra@ayso20.org)
During the first three weeks of play the “team” splits into two “mini-teams” which play against each other. Therefore each team must provide a match official for the weekly scrimmage.
During the subsequent weeks of play, the “team” splits into two “mini-teams” which plays against another team’s “mini-team”. Each team must provide a referee for one of the simultaneous games for their players.
7U and 8U Referee Volunteers
In 7U and 8U, parents may referee the same games in which their children/siblings play. Isn’t that awesome?!
7U and 8U Match Officials: Please use the “Referee Schedule Sign-up” tab to put yourself into a slot so teams know they have a referee or not. Plus you can get used to the self-scheduling platform for when you’re doing the big-league games 😉
HOME Team is responsible for providing match official(s). (The HOME team is the first team listed on the schedule for that time slot, unlike many other sports.)
In a normal soccer game, there are three match officials managing a game (Center Referee and two Assistant Referees)…
- In the 7U division, the field is so small and the play is so casual/fun that one official (Referee) is enough. Wear your yellow t-shirt and bring your whistle!
- For 8U teams, we will hopefully recruit enough parents on each team to take the “Regional Referee” course so that we can reliably field a full crew of certified match officials for each game. The more we recruit, the better! By taking the Regional Referee training course, you will learn how to be proper Assistant Referees and Center Referees (plus we will outfit you with a free referee uniform–socks, shorts, jersey, hat, flags, whistle, etc.). For these games, it’s great if you can have a full crew of match officials, but be ready to run the show on your own as a CR most of the time. That said, if you are the CR for a game, and no “official” ARs show up, try to recruit a couple of PARENTS to be “Club Linesmen” to run the touchlines. Give them each a flag (you’ll have yours with you) and tell them to help you when the ball goes out of play by simply raising the flag–it’s good practice for them and makes it feel like a real game for the KIDS!
Training 7U Referees take an hour-long ZOOM training session, and you’ll be good to go! (We will arrange to get you your yellow t-shirt, whistle, and hat!). If you are able to participate, reach me at rra@ayso20.org and I will get you the ZOOM link
Training 8U Referees must be certified as a “Regional Referee” This means they must complete the Regional Referee Training curriculum which includes an on-line component and an in-person classroom session. To sign up for this training please reach out to me at rra@ayso20.org
10U Referee Volunteers
In 10U parents may NOT referee games that their own child is playing in. Sorry 🙁
10U Referees and Assistant Referees: Please use the Referee Schedule Sign-up to put yourself into a slot
Training: 10U Referees must be certified as a “Regional Referee” For instructions on how to do this refer to “Becoming a Referee” tab
Self-Scheduling Rules and Guidelines: Please read the instructions below carefully before taking a slot. (They are also listed here on the Region 20 website under the REFEREE tab.) Incorrect self-scheduling will result in your being removed from the schedule.
Self-Scheduling Rules for 10U games: In 10U, if your child’s team is the HOME team, please try to provide referees to officiate the game immediately preceding the child’s game on the same pitch. The HOME team is the first team listed on the schedule for that time slot. Note: If your child’s team is the “home team” for the first game of the day, you’ll provide the referees for the last match of the day on that same field. (That’s just the way it has to go, sorry.)
For example: The Clover “Pit” field will usually host a 10U Girls game at the end of the day each Saturday, after hosting nothing but 10U Boys games for most of the day. The home team of the 10U Boys game that plays first on the field that Saturday is responsible for providing referees for that 10U Girls game at the end of the day.
Scheduling RULE: HOME Team parents for a given weekend have “dibs” on signing up for their allotted time slot until 9 AM the Monday before. If your child is NOT the “Home” team, you may NOT sign up for a time slot for the upcoming weekend until 9 AM the Monday before. We want to leave the slots available to the HOME team’s referee volunteers, initially, so they can take those slots and work their way towards getting their required “15 points.” This requires a little planning ahead for the HOME team parents–look at your busy calendar and plan ahead for that next weekend so you can get that slot!
Once Monday morning (9AM) rolls around, any qualified referee can sign up for any game slot that is open for the upcoming weekend, and as many as they would like!
12U Referee Volunteers
In 12U matches, parents may not referee the games that their own child is playing in. Sorry 🙁
12U Referees and Assistant Referees: use the Referee Schedule Sign-up
Training: 12U Center Referees should be certified as an “Intermediate Referee,” or higher (taken and passed the Intermediate Referee Course). For instructions on how to become a certified Referee or Assistant Referee refer to “Becoming a Referee” tab
Training: 12U Assistant Referees only need the “Regional Referee” certification (don’t need to be ‘Intermediate Referee’ certified). For instructions on how to become a certified Referee or Assistant Referee refer to “Becoming a Referee” tab
Self-scheduling Rules and Guidelines: Please read the instructions below carefully before taking a slot. (They are also listed here on the Region 20 website under the REFEREE tab.) Incorrect self-scheduling will result in your being removed from the schedule.
Self-Scheduling Rules for 12U games: In 12U, if your child’s team is the HOME team, please try to provide referees to officiate the game immediately preceding the child’s game on the same pitch. The HOME team is the first team listed on the schedule for that time slot. Note: If your child is on the “home team” for the first game of the day, you’ll provide the referees for the last match of the day on that same field. (That’s just the way it has to go, sorry.)
Self-Scheduling RULE: HOME Team parents for a given weekend have “dibs” on signing up for their time slot until 9 AM the Monday before. If your child is NOT the “Home” team, you may NOT sign up for a time slot for the upcoming weekend until 9 AM the Monday before. We want to leave the slots available to the HOME team’s referee volunteers, initially, so they can take those slots and work their way towards getting their required “15 points.” This requires a little planning ahead for the HOME team parents–look at your busy calendar and plan ahead for that next weekend so you can get that slot!
Once Monday morning (9AM) rolls around, any qualified referee can sign up for any game slot(s) they want that is open for the upcoming weekend—and as many as they would like!
14U Referee Volunteers
In 14U matches, parents do not referee the games in which their children play.
14U Referees and Assistant Referees: use the Referee Schedule Sign-up
14U Referees must be certified as an “Advanced Referee” (or higher) to be the ‘Center Referee’ (or have taken and passed the Advanced Referee Course). Regional Referees may be the ‘Assistant Referees’ if comfortable at this level of play.
How to Self-Schedule in Region 20
It’s easier than ever to schedule yourself as a referee in Santa Monica AYSO Region 20. Just follow these simple instructions. Here’s what you do:
- Go to https://inleague.ayso20.org/
- Log in using the email address and password you originally used when you registered as a referee this season (i.e., the Fall 2019 Season).
- (If you haven’t already registered as a Referee for this season, follow our instructions here)
- After you’ve logged in, click on the “Referees” tab on the right side of the page, then click on “Referee Schedule Signup.”
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If you don’t see “Referee Schedule Signup,” then click instead on “Activate Referee Functions” to finalize your referee registration. After clicking on “Activate Referee Functions,” check the box indicating you wish you to referee in Region 20 this season.
- After clicking on “Referee Schedule Signup,” you’ll land on the “Referee Assignment Requests” page. Click on the DATE button, then the DIVISION button, and then the “CHANGE DATE VIEW” button to refresh the page with your selections.
- You’ll see a grid with all the games on that day in that division. (The HOME team will be listed first.)
- Next, click on the open assignments for Center referee or AR (Assistant Referee). If you make a mistake, or later decide you can’t referee that game, then click on “Remove Request” on the right side of the page.
- Finally, click on “Submit Assignment Request.” Repeat these steps often to sign up for more games.
That’s it! You’re now scheduled to referee that match, and as you do so, you’ll be earning valuable referee points for your team.
“OOPS, I need to cancel the slot I signed up for !!!”
If you are need to cancel/miss a scheduled assignment, you must go back into the system and “remove” your assignment by clicking on the “remove request” button next to your assignment. There’s nothing worse than everyone thinking all the ref assignments have been fulfilled, only to arrive at a game and find that referees are missing and are not honoring those assignments.
If the “remove request” radio button is locked out, please email the Assistant Regional Referee Administrator, arra@ayso20.org, and request to be removed from the schedule–it’s no biggy!!! Don’t worry if it’s a last minute cancellation, we can usually get a replacement. (But please try not to be too last-minute.)
WHEN can you sign up for games ??? To review……
One of the problems we face (as schedulers) is that some of the referee slots are grabbed before the assigned/allowed/responsible HOME team can sign up for them. So we ask that you do not assign yourself to games that are supposed to be be officiated by the team assigned/allowed/responsible for supplying referees to that match–the Home Team. These volunteers are allowed/supposed to sign up for their designated slots by 9AM Monday for the upcoming weekend’s games).
Home Team Referees—this means you need to sign up for the slots early enough!!! By Monday morning (9AM) !!!
This may require some “planning ahead.” I know our busy schedules are a “fluid” thing, but you will just have to work hard at this in order to get signed up (and collect those “points”). In previous seasons, Home Team parents waited until late in the week to sign up for their slots—that makes my job, that of ensuring a full referee crew for each game, very difficult (and stressful). Trying to make sure 20-30 slots get filled, in the wee hours Thursday or Friday night, is no fun! So help me out, and sign up for your slots early, my Home team friends.
Again, If you are the HOME team on a given weekend, you are supposed to be supplying referees for the game directly before your child’s game. BUT: if your child is on the HOME Team playing in the first game of the day on a particular field, you are responsible for signing up to referee the last game of the day on that field. Sorry 🙁
Please sign up for those assignments by 9AM on the Monday before that next weekend’s game.
“Come and Get It !!!” If by 9AM, on the Monday before the next weekend’s slate of games, there are slots available (and there will be), any and all qualified/certified/AYSO-registered referee can take any open slot(s) they desire.
To Repeat: For referee volunteers representing the AWAY team, please wait until 9AM Monday morning before signing up for referee slots for the coming weekend’s games.
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WHO is qualified to referee the different age groups/divisions???
- “Regional (Basic) Referee”— is qualified to CR (or AR) at 8U and 10U divisions. If you have taken the Intermediate Course and are working towards your upgrade, you can CR the 12U division games. If you are a certified Regional Referee, you can be an Assistant Referee at any age group you are comfortable/competent to officiate.
- “Intermediate Referee”— (and referees that have taken and passed the Intermediate Referee course) are qualified to center referee at 12U and below.
- “Advanced Referee”— (and referees that have taken and passed the Advanced Referee course) are qualified to center referee at 14U and below.
“HEY, I was at a game, a ref didn’t show, so I filled in for that slot !!!”
If you end up substituting for a no-show ref, make sure that you legibly print your name on the game card of the match. (We do not have game cards in 5U, 6U, and 7U however–but thanks so much for helping out!). You can get credit for the match by going to the “Referee Credit for Past Games” link on the “Points Program” page under the “Referees” tab, and fill out the form to request credit for the match.
Play-Offs:
REFEREE SCHEDULING FOR PLAYOFFS, PRELIMINARY ROUNDS (FIRST WEEKEND OF PLAY)
Here is the Playoff Scheduling Policy for Referees for the first weekend of play only:
- In 10U, the home team (first team listed on the schedule) supplies two referees and the away team supplies one referee for the game immediately preceding theirs on the same pitch, regardless of gender. The teams playing the second-to-the-last game of the day supply two of the referees for the last game of the day. The home team for the second-to-the-last game of the day and the away team for the second-to-the-last game of the day each supply one assistant referee for the last game of the day. The final center referee slot in the last game of the day is open to any qualified volunteer.
- In 12U, the home team supplies one referee and the away team supplies one referee for the game preceding theirs. The teams playing the second-to-the-last game of the day supply two of the referees for the last game of the day. The home team for the second-to-the-last game of the day and the away team for the second-to-the-last game of the day each supply one referee (either the CR or one of the ARs) for the last game of the day. In 12U, all center referees need to be, at minimum, Intermediate referees or pending Intermediates (that is, referees who have taken the Intermediate course and are awaiting the Intermediate observation). Any exceptions to this policy must be cleared first by the 12U Division Referee Coordinators.
- In 14U, where there are fewer games, each team in the playoffs must fulfill two referee assignments on both Saturday and Sunday of the opening weekend, for a total of four assignments. These assignments are not necessarily “married” to the games immediately preceding or following your team’s game, but it is probably more convenient to schedule your assignments that way. All requests to center referee matches need to be personally requested by contacting the Regional Referee Administrator (rra@ayso20.org) or Assistant Regional Referee Administrator (arra@ayso20.org). You may not AR or CR your own child’s game. In 14U, all center referees need to be, at minimum, Advanced referees or pending Advanced referees (that is, referees who have taken the Advanced course and are awaiting the Advanced assessment). Any exceptions to this policy must be cleared first by the 14U Division Referee Coordinators.
***Please, please, please sign up for these required assignments right away as we need to get a sense of what games are covered as soon as possible.***
Teams that do not meet their above-mentioned playoff obligations will not advance in the playoffs.
Questions?: Email rra@ayso20.org