Accepted referees (Assignments will be emailed tonight) Amado, Paul Amado, Marc Ballance , John Berdar, Matt Beshero, Robin Bombalski, Taylor Caracciolo, Paul–Altoona Campbell, James Caterino, Don Conn—Zack, Hannah, Greg Coombs, Diane Combs, Eric Cronin, Morgan DiPaolo, Tony Dunlap, Sadie Finnegan, Justin and Jerry Frosiol, Anthony and Olivia Gigliotti, Joe Graul, Max Groff, John Hernendez, Cristobal
Open Tournament Week 1
Schedules will be emailed to those accepted. All those requesting dorms: You will be housed in Highland 1 : Check in Friday at dome 3pm for keys; Accepted Referees: Paul Amado Marc Amado Owen Baker John Ballance Matt Berdar Robin Beshero Don Catereino Eric Com bs Hannah Conn Greg Conn Zack Conn Diane Coombs Eli
2022 USSF Closure Cycle
ALL online recertifications for registration year 2022 will be CLOSED on Friday 6/24 so that we can process before the 6/30 USSF deadline. Those who have not recertified by then will have to wait till 2023 recertifications are opened in the late fall/winter.
Open Tournament
The 2022 Open Tournament at Edinboro University application is now open. Week one: June 17-18-19. Week Two: June 24-25-26 Open to any referee 14 and older ( out of state referees must supply copies of background checks) Housing if requested will be in the dorms Meals provided Friday night, Saturday and Sunday You cannot apply
Grassroots Referee Webinar
U.S. Soccer Referee Program will be hosting a Continuing Education Webinar on Feb. 15, 2022. If you are interested and available, we encourage you to read this invitation and register ASAP. Limited space is available.
AGE CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
WPA referees will now allow those who are 13 years old to register to become a certified US Soccer Federation Grassroots referee. You must be 13 y/o at the time of registration. You also need to obtain PA clearances. There is no need for a work permit but you will need to obtain one at
Safe Sports News
Referees should complete their SafeSport training through logging into their personal referee account in the learning center at https://learning.ussoccer.com/referee . There has been some issues with this training due to a data migration, but these issues are largely resolved. You can find further details at https://cms.ussdlc.com/safesport-transition-info-and-faqs/ which contains the most current guidance.
Grassroots: Trickery
This week we talk about using a trick to circumvent the Law, AKA “Trickery”. Please also share the nomination form for 2021 Young Referee of the Year Award. Nominations will be accepted up until November 15th! Click here for this week’s video
Advanced: Trickery
This week we talk about using a trick to circumvent the Law, AKA “Trickery”. Please also share the nomination form for 2021 Young Referee of the Year Award. Nominations will be accepted up until November 15th! Click here for this week’s video
Advanced: DOGSO
This week we discuss how to evaluate Denial of an Obvious Goalscoring Opportunity (DOGSO).