| UPDATED 3/31/2025
Hello, Returning Referee! Here are the instructions for Returning Referees: |
| First, everyone who wants to volunteer has to Register as a Volunteer, annually, for AYSO. |
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| How to Volunteer as a Referee: |
| https://www.ayso9.org/Default.aspx?tabid=866537 |
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| Special Notes: |
| If you are a youth, under 18, choose "Youth Referee." If you are an adult, over 18, choose "Referee." "Youth Referee" is NOT an adult who will be refereeing youths. I see the ambiguity, so, yes, I have to explain it. Yes, people choose incorrectly and have to go through the process all over again. |
| If you are volunteering as a Team Referee for a Core Team so that your child's Team will have a Team Referee, choose the Division of your Child's team. |
| If you are volunteering as a Team Referee for a United Team so that your United Team can earn Team Referee Points, choose the "Board Member/Referee" "Program." This will prevent you from being assigned to a Team when they are formed. YES, THIS HAPPENS, EVERY YEAR! |
| If you are volunteering just to Referee because it is a great way to help your community's kids, choose the "Board Member/Referee" "Program." This will prevent you from being assigned to a Team when they are formed. YES, THIS HAPPENS, EVERY YEAR! |
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| After that, there is more. Since you will be working closely with children, State Law and USSF and AYSO want you to learn about Safety. |
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| Risk Status -- Adults only |
| This expires every 18 months or, so. The expiration date is on your Volunteer Page, and it is best to update this about a month before it expires. |
| 1. | Log on to the AYSO9 website using your own account name (e-mail address) |
| 2. | Click "Account" in the upper right hand corner where the silhouette is. |
| 3. | Click "Volunteer" on the left menu. |
| 4. | Your list of completion courses and statuses should pop up on the screen (use a PC for this, not your phone, if possible, as everything I'm typing assumes a PC). |
| 5. | If your Risk Status is not "green" or if there is a yellow triangle to the right, proceed. |
| 6. | Click the box next to "Risk Status". |
| 7. | Click the "Renew and Update" box at the bottom. |
| 8. | Fill out the info required that pops up and submit. You will then get an e-mail from Sterling and asked for more information. |
| 9. | Do not Pay!! Click "Pay Later" and the Region will get billed. |
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| For AYSOU Safety Courses -- as a Returning Referee, you should have completed these already |
| 1. | Log on to the AYSO9 website |
| 2. | Click "Account" in the upper right hand corner where the silhouette is. |
| 3. | Click "Volunteer" on the left menu. |
| 4. | Your list of completions should pop up on the screen (use a PC for this, not your phone, if possible, as everything I'm typing assumes a PC). |
| 5. | Click the AYSOU button. |
| 6. | Wait patiently for AYSOU to automatically log you in. |
| 7. | There are several Safety Courses you must also complete. |
| 8. | Click "Training Library." |
| 9. | In the "Safe Haven" box, click "View Courses" button. |
| 10. | You need to take three courses here: "Safe Haven," "CDC Concussion Awareness," and "Simon's Heart -- Sudden Cardiac Arrest." |
| 11. | Again, when you're done, save the completion certificates as a PDF, just in case they don't get noted on your "Volunteer" page. |
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| For SafeSport Safety Course -- Adults Only. Special Instructions: |
| This expires every 18 months or, so. The expiration date is on your Volunteer Page, and it is best to update this about a month before it expires. Full Course (90 minutes) is required every three years or so, OR if you let this expire. |
| 1. | Log on to the AYSO9 website |
| 2. | Click "Account" in the upper right hand corner where the silhouette is. |
| 3. | Click "Volunteer" on the left menu. |
| 4. | Click the little box to the left of "SafeSport." |
| 5. | Click Renew & Update box in the lower right-hand corner. |
| 6. | A pop-up box will appear. |
| 7. | Click "here" in the second line. This will take you to SafeSport. |
| 8. | USE THE SAME E-MAIL address as your AYSO Account! You should have a SafeSport Account already with this e-mail address, which means you have t know the password. |
| 9. | Take the SafeSport Course. You must complete it in one sitting, else you'll have to start over. |
| 10. | At completion, your completion should transfer to SportsConnect within a day or two. |
| 11. | At completion, download the Completion Certificate to yourself, in case your data do not transfer. |
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| Fingerprinting -- Adults Only |
| You should already have been fingerprinted if you have refereed in AYSO recently, but in case it has been several years: Fingerprinting Information, for those 18 and above, are here on the website. Note: other employment's or associations' requirement to be fingerprinted can NOT be used as a Substitute! |
| https://www.ayso9.org/Default.aspx?tabid=963736 |
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| Self-Scheduling |
| https://www.ayso9.org/Default.aspx?tabid=861889 |
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