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.  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 three Saturdays of Field Training Events (FTEs), which is the last step in order to get fully certified. 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 all new referees rotating through the referee positions during an actual scrimmage with two local teams. The FTE is 4 hours, and you only have to attend one training session.

FTE dates include:

• August 1: 9:00am - 1:00pm @ Striker Park

• August 8: 9:00am - 1:00pm @ Ukrop Park

• August 15: make-up date for rain

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.