The SLSC Referee Handbook is now available for download. It is very important that all referees use the SLSC Small Sided Laws of the Game, included in the Handbook, for officiating Club games. Click on the following link for a copy of the Handbook.

Referee Handbook

As a youth soccer referee, how well do you keep up with the online resources available to you? As a referee the USSF Code of Ethics for referees requires you to be committed to your own continuous improvement process. To assist you, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) issues and updates many publications that every referee needs to be more effective in technical knowledge, game management skills and physical fitness.

Here are a couple of websites to provide some insight:

• This question and answer page covers game situations with official USSF questions. It's a great source for those areas that are the most difficult in calling a game.
• AskTheRef is designed to provide fun and UNOFFICIAL advice to the coaching community, the officiating community, the players and the player's parents and fans.