Become a US Soccer Referee

SRS-VA hosts two opportunities to become a certified soccer referee throughout the year, during our summer and winter cycles. Our training program is the best in the Mid-Atlantic area, and our model has a very high success rate on getting prospective referee candidates through the process and onto the fields as certified officials.

The Summer Cycle

During the months of June and July, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions.  We have one session in June and four in July. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.

After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of online courses, quizzes, and tests. The online course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.

During the month of August, we host in Glen Allen three Saturdays of Field Training Events (FTEs), which is the last step in order to get fully certified.  We also host a Sunday FTE in the Fredericksburg area. The FTE is a combination of instruction on inspecting the field, referee movement during the game, referee positioning during the game during both dynamic play and set plays. It concludes with all new referees rotating through the referee positions during an actual scrimmage with two of local teams. The FTE is 4 hours.

The Winter Cycle

During the months of December and January, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions.  We have two sessions in December and two in January. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.

After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of online courses, quizzes, and tests. The online course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.

During the month of February, we host in Field Training Events (FTEs) on 2/7 and 2/14. You must only attend one session, and they are from 9:00am-1:00pm.