New Referee courses are currently being offered by the Wisconsin Soccer Referee Development Program, Inc.

These courses will register the Referee for all of the 2021 calendar year.

This course is for new, first-time Referees that have not been previously registered as a Referee or a previously registered Referee that has had a lapse in registration.

As US Soccer closes their registrations on June 30 of every year, if as a recertifying Referee you did not register for 2020, you would fall into the category of having a “lapse in registration”.

Course Requirements

New Grassroots Referees must:

(1) Complete all US Soccer required assignments in the Learning Center

(2) Create a GameOfficials account

(3) Successfully complete all pre-course work

(4) Attend an in-person Virtual online course

This is a 16-hour course

The first 8 hours will be in the US Soccer Learning Center completing their required assignments.

Before the pandemic, you would have then attended an 8-hour in-person course for the remaining 8 hours of training.

The Instruction team has taken those remaining 8 hours of training and split them up as follows:

4 hours additional pre-course work (on your own)

4 hours Virtual online Zoom Course (with Instructors)

This will meet the requirements to register you as a new Grassroots Referee.

These are the steps to register as a 2021 USSF Referee.

1) Create a Referee profile in the US Soccer Learning Center (SignUp.Profiles.Courses 2021-03-19.pdf, attached).  This profile is that of the Referee, not the parent. If you have been a Referee or a coach, you will already have an identity; please do not create a duplicate profile.

If you are 18 or older, you will be promoted to pay for and complete a 2-year background check, and complete the SafeSport module – if you turn 18 during a registration period, you will be required to complete the background check and SafeSport in order to continue refereeing.

2) Register in the following course 2021-New Grassroots Referee -Assignment Course (further information is listed in this course-please read those instructions).

3) Then go to Courses/My Courses/Go to Classroom/Assignments and complete all US Soccer required assignments in this course.

4) Set up a GameOfficials account for assignments (see GameOfficials Account Setup 2021-03-19.pdf attached) or https://wisref.gameofficials.net

Referees will be creating an account in our 1234 system. Again, this is for the Referee, not the parent. Please include the Referee’s full address. Once the Referee has successfully completed all requirements for their 2021 registration, their 1233 assignment account will be activated.

5) Notify sue@wisref.org for instructions for the pre-course work

6) Once the pre-course work is completed, again notify sue@wisref.org for the date/time for the Virtual online courses.

7) Attend a Virtual online course

8) Badges will be mailed out upon successful completion of all the above steps.