Referee Assignment

AS A USSF REFEREE,

SANCTIONED GAMES TAKE PRIORITY

Once you have completed your referee courses, you will be offered many opportunities to work games by many different types of assignors. It is important to remember that first, and foremost, your job is to work USSF/CSA-sanctioned games through your local leagues and tournaments. High school, college, indoor and independent association leagues all have opportunities for you to work but your first priority should be games offered to you by US Soccer-sanctioned assignors for US Soccer affiliated and CSA league games.

LEAGUE ASSIGNMENTS

On completion of your initial clinic, processing of your registration and receipt of your US Soccer referee badge, you should establish communication with an assignor(s) in the areas you want to work and let them know you are a registered referee ready to work. The best way to do this is to immediately establish your CSA Referee Assignors account in the assignr.com platform. Most assignors in Colorado use this platform for their sanctioned games and will see your availability within it immediately.

TOURNAMENT ASSIGNMENTS

Many clubs host sanctioned tournaments. These are published on the CSA website under Tournaments, and listed on the Event Calendar on this website as well as the CSA website. Most youth tournaments are assigned through the unified CSAREFEREESASSIGNMENTS.assignr.com platform so you can specify availability for specific tournaments in that calendar. For those that are assigned outside of that platform, instructions will be available on the tournament website's referee page

COMMUNICATION IS KEY!

Referees must constantly communicate accurate availability to assignors to let them know you are or are not available for games. Assignors may use various systems for scheduling referees. Most assignors in Colorado use our unified platform CSARefereeAssignors.assignr.com You DO NOT need to create a new user name and password for each assignor's group in this platform.

Setting Up Your Assignr.com Account

Setting Up Your Payment and W9 Information

Important Info

• Once your club/assignor processes payments for your games, you will receive an email notification from Assignr.com letting you know that you have funds available in your Assignr.com account.

• For Direct Deposit, funds can be released to your bank account daily. There is no additional charge from Assignr.com to the official when using direct deposit as a pay method. It can take your bank 1-2 business days for your payment to show on your account statement.

• No Check by Mail Option - must use electronic funds transfer

Assignment Priorities

While each U.S. Soccer Match Official is expected to keep the assignments they accept, there are certain occasions where a individual should be released from a lower level assignment to officiate in a higher level competition.

To this end, the following games are listed by priority for assignment:

1. International and National Team games assigned by U.S. Soccer

2. Games assigned by the Professional Referee Organization (PRO)

3. Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup assigned by U.S. Soccer

4. Youth National Team games assigned by U.S. Soccer

5. Regional and National competitions assigned directly by U.S. Soccer's Affiliate Members. Includes, but is not limited to:

   • USASA

   • US Youth Soccer

   • US Club Soccer

   • U.S. Soccer Affiliate Members

6. State level competitions assigned directly by U.S. Soccer and U.S. Soccer's Affiliate Members. Includes, but is not limited to:

   • State Adult Associations

   • State Youth Associations

   • League games assigned by U.S. Soccer

   • U.S. Soccer Affiliate Members

Please note that this policy does not apply:

Within 72 hours of the scheduled game time unless an emergency situation exists When a substantial financial commitment has been made for the assignment (e.g., non-refundable airline tickets)

Responsibility of Officials

Keep the lines of communication open about upcoming national and international appointments as far in advance as possible Communicate the receipt of a higher priority appointment to their assignor, State Referee Administrator, and U.S. Soccer (if applicable) as soon as possible Report an assignor that refuses to release the official for a higher priority assignment to their State Referee Administrator and the U.S. Soccer Referee Department

Diagonal System of Control

The diagonal system of control consists of one referee and two assistant referees. All competitions sanctioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation require the use of this officiating system and certain competitions may require the use of a fourth official.

In order to comply with the Laws of the Game all games sanctioned directly or indirectly by member organizations of the U.S. Soccer Federation must employ the diagonal system of control and be assigned according to the following order or preference:

• One registered referee and two registered assistant referees

• One registered referee, one registered assistant referee and one unregistered club linesperson*

• One registered referee and two unregistered club linespersons*

• One registered referee only if no unregistered club linespersons are available or if one registered referee is appropriate for the level of competition (Club linespersons are only allowed to signal for the ball in and out of play. The preference should always been given to unregistered club linespersons who have no affiliation to the participating teams.)