Outdoor Recreational Soccer Referee
Online Spring 2019 Referee Application - Opens end of January!
Please follow this link to complete and submit the registration
A Confirmation email and what happens next will be sent in February
Referee Requirements
1. MANDATORY TRAINING (non-certified MUST attend ONE clinic). The clinic runs 1.5 hours. Non-USSF certified referees and asst. referees (linesmen) MUST attend ONE of the offered training clinics in order to qualify for work with WAA, even if WAA training has been attended in the past. USSF certified referees for the current year do not need to attend this training clinic.
2019 Spring Clinic Dates
LOCATION: WAA Sports Center
2323 Liberty St., Aurora 60502
Saturday, February 23, 2019 - time TBA
Saturday, March 2, 2019 - time TBA
2. MANDATORY MEETING: All referees and assistant referees MUST also attend a MANDATORY administrative meeting in which schedules, referee shirts, equipment, work permit documents, will be handed out. A parent should accompany a minor to this meeting.
2019 Spring Meeting Date
MANDATORY
TBA
LOCATION: WAA Sports Center
2323 Liberty St., Aurora 60502
2019 Pay Rate for Outdoor Soccer Referees
(Pay Rate is per game)
| |
Certified
|
|
Non-Certified
|
| Grade |
AR |
Center |
|
AR |
Center |
| 1 |
NA |
$15.00 |
|
NA |
$12.00 |
| 2 |
NA |
$15.00 |
|
NA |
$12.00 |
| 3 |
NA |
$15.00 |
|
NA |
$12.00 |
| 4 |
$12.00 |
$18.00 |
|
$10.00 |
$15.00 |
| 5 |
$12.00 |
$25.00 |
|
$10.00 |
$18.00 |
| 6 – 9 |
$14.00 |
$25.00 |
|
$12.00 |
$18.00 |
Special Rules for 13 year old soccer referee and linesmen:
House Bill 5996 makes a change to the Child Labor Law that allows a not-for-profit youth club, park district, municipal park or recreation department to hire 13 year olds to officiate youth athletic events providing the following criteria are met:
- A parent or guardian of the officiating minor must be present while the minor is officiating.
- The employer must obtain an employment certificate for the minor from the local high school or school district.
- The minor is limited to 3 hours of work per day on school days and 4 hours of work on non-school days.
- The minor may not officiate more than 10 hours per week and may not work past 9:00pm.
- The officiating minor must be at least 3 years older than the youths participating in the sporting event or someone at least 16 years of age must be officiating the same event.
Interested in becoming a USSF certified Soccer Referee? Visit http://www.illinoissoccerrefereecommittee.org/