Referees
How to become a soccer referee in Louisiana
First Time Referees and Rectifying Referees
2022 Instructions
This procedure is for NEW first time referees AND recertifying referees. You are considered a new first time referee if you have never been a referee OR the las time you were registered as a referee was 2018 or before.
To be a referee, you must registered and certified. This means taking the 2022 Louisiana First Time Grassroots Referee Course or the 2022 Louisiana Grassroots Referee Recertification Course through US Soccer's Learning Center. The new first time referee course has online assignments and in person field training sessions. The recertification course is 100 percent online.
Referees registering and certifying now are eligible to officiate Fall 2021 and all of 2022.
General Instructions
- Sign up in US Soccer's Learning Center (https://learning.ussoccer.com).
- Find and register for the course in the Learning Center.
- Complete all course assignments.
Questions about the online class? Contact Wayne Robinson at wrobinson4soccer@yahoo.com.
The in person class will be held at Pelican Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 15. Please come prepared to run around and learn to be a referee!
I look forward to seeing everyone!
Carolyn Camarda
MSC Referee Assigner
985-789-3856
Assigning Games and Getting Paid
Carolyn Camarda
Mark Lewis
Referee Assignors
985-789-3856
General Information
Website:
The website we use to sign up for games is Game Officials. Contact the referee assignor to get registered to use this website to self-assign games.
Uniform:
You may go to Third Coast Soccer, Academy Sports or any other retail store online or walk in to purchase the referee attire and equipment. MSC does not carry referee supplies at the office.
Game Report:
A game report must be completed and submitted to the MSC office for any sendoffs during a game. Center referees complete these reports. Go to the LSA website for these forms.
Referee Mentoring Program:
MSC will continue a referee-mentoring program to help train new and experienced referees during games. The mentor is there to help and will speak with you at the half or after the game to give you advice or suggestions and to answer any questions that you might have.
Referee Pay:
The MSC pay scale is below. You will be paid for all recreational and Academy games via direct deposit into the bank account that you provide. All competitive games will be paid directly from the team manager before the start of each game in cash. Course reimbursement forms should be completed after reffing five MSC games and submitted to the office for payment.
