Help Needed! Become A Certified Referee

There are a lot of youth games that need referees. Looking at the schedule for tomorrow, there are 20 games in the area that are lacking a full referee crew. If you are interested or have a family member interested in becoming a referee, here is the information.

Briefly

• You need to be 14 years old.
• Take online training ($50 fee)
• Participate in a 4 hour field session

Become A Referee - Eastern Pennsylvania Referee Program (epsarc.org)

Do you get paid?

• Consider refereeing to help the kids or to pay it forward for all of the referee hours others have done for you.
• Current Fees - Referee Fees 2024/25 | Eastern PA Youth Soccer (epysa.org)

Not comfortable being the main referee in the center of the field?

• Although all referees are trained the same, many younger referees focus on the Assistant Referee position which primarily helps the center referee manage throw ins and offside calls.