Referee

To become a USSF Certified Referee, go to www.michiganreferee.org and click on Classes-->Entry 9. Explore the site and learn about the profession.

New referees should start with a yellow jersey and then acquire other colors (black, red, blue) as they progress. The normal attire is to wear black shorts and black socks. Shirts must be tucked in. In addition, new referees must have a stop watch, whistle, flip coin, yellow and red cards, and a record book. Eventually the referee will want to purchase a set of flags. If you are Center on a three-man team, you must have flags.

Uniforms can be purchased online at Official Sports or several other web businesses or locally at soccer supply stores such as Soccer Plus in Livonia.

Game Day Information:

Assigning

MASA uses ArbiterSports.com for assigning our referees. Each referee has a login to access their schedule, they can block days, accept or decline assignments, and print out their schedule.

Currently the Assignor is Ryan Held, Director of Referees.

Questions

Want to ask a Referee a question? Are you a Ref who wants to know more? ASK THE REF.COM
The Watch and the Whistle is a great place to learn about being a referee. Chris Seiwald discusses not only the laws of the game, but how you, as a referee, should act, dress, and conduct yourself.

Also, look at US Soccer's Referee Week in Review.

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