Referees

Referee Abuse Prevention Policy

The US Soccer Referee Abuse Prevention policy and penalties are effective as of 03/01/2025. These apply to all sanctioned games - in-house, FRL, Advanced League, MRL, tournaments and amateur adult games

It is extremely important that all assignors, referees, and club leaders understand the policy, the penalties and how/when reports need to be made.

Please review the policy details here: https://www.ussoccer.com/rap

Referee Info

Volunteer Refs are needed to help facilitate games. At U7 – U8, each team provides 1 ref for their 4 home games, and referee training is free and easy! Training is provided by LSC. From U9/up, each team provides 1 volunteer Linesman for every game (Center Ref is provided by the club).

Referee Shortage:

Although U9 and older games for Recreation, Academy, Copa Academy and Competitive games are on the Colorado Soccer Association Assignor Schedule, there is a referee shortage statewide. The state was in the process of rebuilding the referee pool after the loss of many referees due to the pressure of sideline behavior, then COVID hit, causing others to walk away.

Copa Academy and Competitive games started August 28, some games were not covered for one reason or another. ALL teams need to be prepared to have someone step up to officiate the game, if needed. If you are state certified, we will work with you and CSA to get you paid. If you are club certified we will pay those that complete the required paperwork at the end of the season.

For those that would like to help rebuild the referee pool and learn more about becoming a state certified referee, please visit Colorado Soccer Association Referee Pathway.

Each season LSC provides in-house training for U6-U8 Referees and U9 Linesman. We ask that each team send 2 folks to this training as many games may have a referee shortage in the older age groups.