Become a
US Soccer Referee
CVSRA provides and 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 is July/August. During the month of July, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions. We have 3 sessions in July and we also offer an “early bird” session in late June. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.
After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of on-line courses, quizzes, and tests. The on-line course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.
During the month of August, we host in Glen Allen two Saturdays of Field Training Events (FTEs), which is the last step in order to get fully certified. We also host a Sunday FTE in the Fredericksburg area. 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 with all new referees rotating through the referee positions during an actual scrimmage with two of our local teams. The FTE is 4 hours.
The Winter Cycle is January/February. During the month of January, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions. We have 3 sessions in January and we also offer an “early bird” session in mid-December. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.
After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of on-line courses, quizzes, and tests. The on-line course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.
During the month of February, we host in Glen Allen two Saturdays of Field Training Events (FTEs), which is the last step in order to get fully certified. We also host a Sunday FTE in the Fredericksburg area. 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 with all new referees rotating through the referee positions during an actual scrimmage with two of our local teams. The FTE is 4 hours.
Pre-Registration is required for all “New” Referee Introductory Zoom Sessions. The links to pre-register are posted on the web site approximately 45 days prior to the start of each cycle. If you wish to be notified via email when the links are posted please contact: training@cvsra.com
Winter Cycle 2023 – last New Referee Introductory Zoom session was held January 17th.
Summer Cycle 2023
Zoom sessions for the Summer Cycle are now open for registration:
Early Bird Session: Jun 27, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-GspzktE9fN8s9dCX5TuAfGTO0YKtFX
2nd Session: When: Jul 13, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpfu6hpj0rHNA-PYmGbG4RKeeK9hzr1AXu
3rd Session: Jul 19, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkfumgpjkuE9EWJgcRm70BFredTbqnYLFm
4th and Last Session for the Summer Cycle: Jul 25, 2023 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pde2qpzwpH9IgLT8gYrirh2xwnH6A4Q3d
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Do not lost or mis-place this information.
FTEs are tentatively scheduled for Aug 12 and Aug 19 in the Glen Allen area and Aug 20 in the Fredericksburg area and will be discussed more in detail during the “New” Referee Introductory Zoom Sessions.
