Soccer & Refereeing

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Manuals, documentation, and forms from the USSF and AYSO.

Notice that this page is a couple of years out of date. AYSO has completely revamped it's web site and that broke all of the previous links. Both AYSO and USSF have placed limitations on many of the newer publications, which has made linking even more difficult. At this point I am waiting for things to settle before rebuilding this page. With the exception of the the first four AYSO links below, the links point to my own copies and should work just fine. However, they may not be for the current versions of those documents. (seh - 8 June 2018)

I've collected the following AYSO and USSF document links because they are often hard to find from their home pages. Unfortunately, they also tend to get moved around a bit and the links become stale (404 error). Please let me know if you notice this as I don't regularly check the links myself.

AYSO Referee Manuals and Forms

• AYSO National Rules and Regulations

• AYSO Referee Upgrade Form

• AYSO/USSF Cross-Certification Form

• AYSO/USSF 2016 Laws of the Game and Changes Summary (New!)

NOTE: To access the following links you first need to log into the AYSO Training web site by providing your AYSO ID#. Click here to login or you will get a very cryptic error message (error '80004005').

• 2015 AYSO/FIFA Laws of the Game

• 2014 FIFA Law Changes Summary

• AYSO Guidance for Referees, Coaches, Other Volunteers and Parents

• AYSO National Referee Program

• AYSO Referee Mentor Handbook

• AYSO Preparing for Assessment

USSF Referee Manuals and Documents

• USSF Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game (ATR), 2013-2014

• USSF Guide to Procedures for Referees, Assistant Referees and Fourth Officials, 2012

• USSF Kicks from the Mark Checklist (Old Version)

Other Referee Documents

• Kicks from the Mark (check list and wallet forms)

  • Notes from the Care and Feeding of Youth Referees course at the 2011 AYSO Section 2 Conference.

• Slides and handouts from the 2013 Golden Gate Camp Intermediate Referee Course.

  • The Referee – A short essay

"Someone on this earth, every minute of the day or night, at a pub, bar, or club house, is vigorously discussing the 'offsides' rule." - Cecilio Mercado (1896-1989), member of the Chilean national team.