Renew
General Policies and Renewal Instructions
The following information has been extracted from the USSF Referee Administrative Handbook and recent memoranda.
Referees who are registered with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) must renew their registration annually. National Referees must renew through the USSF National Office with the collaboration of the State Referee Administrator. Registrations must be submitted between September 1 (of the year prior to the registration period) to June 30 of the registration year.
Procedures
New Referees
Forms that are postmarked after June 30 will be processed for the following year's registration period. New referees registering from June 30-August 31 will be registered for the following year's registration period and receive the appropriate badge.
New referees will be considered registered after the State Referee Administrator has accepted the registration, provided that United States Soccer Federation policies and procedures have been followed, and may be added to state assignment lists thereafter.
Re-certifying Referees
Forms must be postmarked on or before June 30 of the registration year. No recertification forms will be processed between July 1 and August 30 for the current registration year.
Re-certifying referees will be considered registered when they are in compliance with all United States Soccer Federation registration rules and regulations and may be added to state assignment lists at that time.
National Referees and National Referee Candidates must be registered by December 15 of the year prior to the certification camp.
If you want to contunine to referee for 2011
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It's time to renew your license for 2012. Please visit the U.S. Soccer online registration site to renew and pay with a credit card. Please remember that if you are required to submit paperwork (running/written/assessments) to renew your license, then you should NOT use the online registration site. If you don't have a credit card or don't want to use one, there are instructions on our site for you to register with no credit card. If you have trouble using U.S. Soccer's online registration site, please contact them directly. CNRA does not manage this site. These are the four numbers to reach the referee department for the USSF:
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Instructions for Completing Your Registration
Please visit CNRA.net for complete instructions for registration.
Downgrading of a Referee
A referee may be downgraded if the referee fails to meet any of the criteria for that grade. A referee can only be registered at the level where the criteria of a particular grade are met. If referees are downgraded, they do not have to spend a year in the lower grade. Referees may be upgraded when they have met the standard for that grade.
Change of Address Policy
It is the responsibility of the official to notify the national office of an address change immediately. Address changes must be in the national office before May 15 of each year to insure delivery of the registration renewal packet to the new or corrected address.
If a referee does not receive a badge and card, and has moved since the registration was processed, the badge and card may have been mailed to the former address. Referees should ask their State Referee Administrator to check the status of their registration with the national office. A five ($5) dollar service charge must accompany each request for a second badge/card mailing if there has been a change of address.
Referees Not Registered In The Previous Year
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 written qualifying examination, fitness test, and assessments. The following policy applies to referees who were previously certified and registered with the Federation:
- Grade 8 referees who miss 1-2 consecutive years of registration can be reregistered as a grade 8 after completing a Referee Re-certification clinic.
- Grade 8 referees who miss 3-4 consecutive years of registration can be reregistered after taking the Referee Bridge (Grade 9 to Grade 8) Course or the entire Entry Level Referee Training Course.
- Grade 8 referees who miss 5 or more consecutive years must re-take the entire Entry Level Referee Training Course.
- Grade 7 Referees and Higher - Referees can only be registered at the grade they qualify for. Referees who were Grade 7 or higher should be downgraded a minimum of one (1) grade, as per current policy (as long as they have met the criteria for that grade). Once they retake the appropriate course as listed above for grade 8 referees and have completed all the requirements for the previously held grade, they may be upgraded.
- Grade 9 Referees who miss one or two years of registration may be re-certified after fulfilling all re-certification requirements for that grade. A Grade 9 Referee who misses two years of registration can be eligible to take the Bridge Course (9-8) after he or she has met the requirements to be re-certified as Grade 9.
- US Soccer Federation Referee Instructors who wish to re-certify as a referee after a lapse in referee registration may be registered as a grade 8 referee upon meeting current re-certification requirements, no matter how long it has been since they last registered as a referee, if they are currently registered as a US Soccer instructor and have taught, at a minimum, one entry-level referee training course in the last two years.
Referees are registered annually, for the period January 1 to December 31. Current year Referee, Assignor, Instructor, and Assessor registration forms are accepted by the National Office from September 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year (10 months). Referees who did not have the opportunity to re-register during the prescribed current year registration period may register for the following year without penalty. (e.g. A referee last registered in 2002 may take a 2004 re-certification course in August 2003 without having to pay a 2003 registration fee.) HOWEVER, recertifying referees who wait until after June 30 to re-register should not be added to assignment lists until the following January 1. (e.g. A referee last registered in 2002 may take a 2004 re-certification course in August 2003 but shall not be assigned until January 1, 2004.)
Referee Packets
Every referee registered is entitled to receive a registration card and badge from the National office upon completing registration requirements.
Every renewing referee will also receive a copy of the Laws of the Game from the U.S. Soccer Federation.
In California-North, all newly certified referees will receive a copy of the Laws of the Game at their certification clinic.
Annual Renewal and Physical Fitness Requirements
Please consult the USSF Referee Administrative Handbook for current renewal and physical fitness requirements.