Upgrading To Regional Referee

SCREFEREES 

UPGRADING TO REGIONAL REFEREE  

A Referee can submit to upgrade to a Regional Referee once the  following conditions are met: 

1. Minimum age of 18 years old. 

2. Minimum of three (3) years as a Referee. 

3. Officiate a minimum of 25 games as a Referee and 15 games as an  Assistant Referee at the amateur adult level. 

The following steps should be followed once the referee has met all of  the above requirements. 

1. Compile a game count in an Excel spreadsheet that includes game  date, location, league, teams and officiating crew 

2. Send an email to the referee’s Area Referee Administrator (ARA)  requesting an upgrade and attach the game count. The ARA will  then send the request to the State Referee Administrator (SRA) for  approval.  

3. The SRA will verify the game count and notify the official of the  conditional approval to enter the upgrade process. 

4. The SDA will then schedule a developmental evaluation to determine  whether the referee is ready for an upgrade 

5. Upon approval of the SDA and SRA, the official will be sent an  invitation to register for the Regional Referee Upgrade Course in the  US Soccer Learning Center by the SDI. Here, the official will  complete the payment of $400 which will cover South Carolina and 

US Soccer registration fees as well as the fees for three (3)  assessments. 

6. Once the official completes registration, the required online modules  from US Soccer will be completed in the Learning Center. 7. Following the completion of the online modules, a physical fitness test  will be scheduled. 

8. Once the online modules and fitness test are successfully completed,  the official will move onto the assessment portion. The official will  need to notify the State Director of Assessment (SDA) when they are  assigned to a qualifying match. Upgrading officials are required to  complete three assessments as a referee. Two (2) are required at the  adult amateur level and one (1) must be completed at the U19 level.  

9. Once the required three assessments have been passed, the SDA  will notify the SRA that requirements have been completed. 10. The SRA will notify the State Director of Instruction (SDI) to  process the new registration through US Soccer. 

All requirements must be completed within a 12-month period. The 12- month period starts on the day the SRA notifies the referee of upgrade  process approval. 

Referee Resources – Link to Advanced Referee Procedures