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Washington State Referee Committee

We are the official USSF affiliated soccer referee organization for the state of Washington and are responsible for the administration of the USSF National Program for Referee development, including Administration, Registration, Instruction, Assessment and Assignors within the State of Washington.

Through this site you will be able to become a referee, maintain your referee status and upgrade as a referee.  It will also provide similar support for other USSF roles (e.g. Assignors, Assessors and Instructors).

You will find everything you need to know about your status on the Member Information Page. For currently registered Officials, click LogIn on the far right of the top Menu Bar. If you want to become a Referee, click on the entry in the right sidebar, titled "How to Become a Referee."

2014 WYS Youth Referee of the Year

A Chapter Board, Board Member, USSF Assignor, USSF Instructor, or USSF Assessor within the state of Washington may nominate between one and ten referees to be considered for the 2014 Youth Referee of the Year award.

The Youth Referee of Year award exists to:

  1. Promote the benefits and opportunities of soccer referees at a young age.
  2. Recognize referees under the age of 19 who participate in the Washington Youth Soccer referee program.
  3. Honor those referees for their refereeing expertise and personal accomplishments.
  4. Create a sense of community and family within the Washington referee program.
  5. Submit and promote the Washington Youth Soccer Youth Referees of the Year to the Region IV Youth Referee of the Year competition. The Region IV winners are entered into competition for the US Youth Soccer Youth Referee of the Year Award.
All application packets must be submitted on or before February 7th,$ 2014 via email to:  WAYouthRefereeYearAward@gmail.com. Each of the five application components may be submitted separately, but all must include the nominee’s full name in the subject line. All nominees are expected to attend, at a minimum, one State Cup Finals Academy. The SYRA will select one male and one female referee to continue onto the regional competition.

Each candidate Youth Referee of the Year Nomination Form (Click Form Link-Left) should include:
  1. 2014 Youth Referee of the Year Nomination Form
  2. One page letter of recommendation from nominator
  3. Maximum two additional letters of recommendation
  4. One page statement by the nominee on the service and accomplishments that the referee has achieved in soccer, school, and other extra curricular activities
  5. Picture of nominee from the shoulders up.
The following are required qualifications for candidates:
  1. Risk Management Approval
  2. Candidates must be USSF registered refereess
  3. Youth player eligible as of Aug. 1st (18 or younger on 8/1/2014))
  4. Actively officiating youth soccer matches

Questions about the Washington Youth Soccer Youth Referee of the Year award can be directed towards WAYouthRefereeYearAward@gmail.com. The male and female awardees will be announced on or before March 1st, 2014.

USSF Lifetime Members
The Washington State Referee Committee is pleased to announce the acceptance by USSF of two outstanding individuals as Lifetime USSF Members.  Timothy Busch and Fred Parrish are recognized with this honor for their outstanding contributions to soccer both within the Referee community and the Soccer community as a whole.

Mr. Fred R. Parrish

Fred Parrish has served Washington State for over 30 years in various capacities such as referee, assessor, administrator and mentor. Fred is well known for all these services in the referee communities of the States of Washington and Oregon.

Fred started his soccer career in 1981 as the required referee for his son’s team in recreational soccer.

Additionally, Fred has server in assistant administrator roles for the past Washington SRA and is very active in mentoring referees at all levels.

Mr. Timothy Busch

Tim Busch has served Washington State for over 30 years in various capacities such as referee, Founding member, and administrator. He is well known for his services in the referee community in the State of Washington as well as nationally.

He started his soccer career in January 1978 as a grade 8 youth referee and then in 1982 he upgraded to grade 6 and then to grade 5 in 1987. Currently he is registered as grade 15 Emeritus referees.

2010 he was voted Referee of the Year by the San Carlos League – Washington State.
For more details on these two Lifetime Member's accomplishments and contributions, view the SRC page.
New Referee Certification, Re-Certification,
& Upgrade Requirements Adopted

The US Soccer Referee Program has recently released new Certification, Re-Certification and Upgrade requirements for all Referee Grades.  After much study, communications with the US Soccer Referee Program office and other State Referee Committees, the Washington State Referee Committee has adopted the new requirements effective immediately for the 2014 Registration Year.  These new requirements, and any variations from the Referee Program requirements, are detailed under the Administration option of the Main Menu above.  Click Referee Certification Requirements (updated 10-30-13) for a direct link to the page.

For further clarification and rationale from US Soccer, see: Open Letter to Referee Community

 

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