This page is dedicated to the referees for AYSO Region 300. We thank you for your time and effort. You are a vital part of our program. If you need help or answers to a question, please send an email to: ref.reilly@ameritech.net
We want to make available to you resources which will help you in your role with AYSO Region 300. Included below are ref schedules as well as rules reference materials. Feel free to browse them online. Or download them to your home computer by right clicking your mouse while your cursor is on the link. Then click on "Save Target as...".
Referee Fall, 2010 Game Schedule is not yet available.
Training Program Slides
This link leads to the slides used by AYSO Region 300 for its referee training program. Feel free to browse them for a refresher of the rules as well as a review of the referee's duties. When the slides come on your screen after you click the following link, use your Page Up and Page Down keys or use your mouse on the right slide bar to move through the training program. Click here to begin.
Rules by Age Group
As you probably know, we phase in various soccer rules as our kids get older and move up to older divisions. This link leads to a document which will describe how the rules are applied for each division. Click here for this document.
Library Resources
The following lists contains suggested reading for referees interested in learning more about their roles and responsibilities:
Referee Reading Reference List
Fair or Foul
Harris & Harris
Soccer for Americans
ISBN# 0-916802-25-6
In Search of Fair Play
D. C. Emerson Mathurin
Onereal
ISBN# 0-921193-05-X
Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game
Jim Allen & Dan Heldman
United States Soccer Federation, 2001
No ISBN#
Soccer Officials Guidebook for a Crew of Three Officials
Carl Schwartz
Referee Enterprises
ISBN# 1-58208-010-0
Guide to Procedures for Referees, Assistant Referees, and Fourth Officials
Al Kleinaitis
United States Soccer Federation, 2000
No ISBN#
For the Good of the Game
Bob Evans & Edward Bellion
Youth Sports Publishing
ISBN# 1-889424-08-0
The Soccer Referee's Manual
David Ager
Masters Press
ISBN# 1-57028-187-4
Soccer Rules Explained - with Expert Tips on Play
Stanley Lover
Lyons Press
ISBN# 1-55821-722-3
Official Soccer Rules Illustrated
Stanley Lover
Triumph Books
ISBN# 1-57243-330-2
Blowing the Whistle - a Referee's View of Soccer
Dirk Baay
Halftime Press
ISBN# 0-9656463-0-0
Linesmanship - The Art of Enhancing a Referee's Performance
D. C. Emerson Mathurin
Reed Swain Videos and Books
ISBN# 1-890946-13-3
The Referee's Referee - Becoming the Best
Abraham Klein
Reed Swain Videos and Books
ISBN# 0-916802-26-4
AYSO Interpretations, Instructions, and Advice for Referees
Brian Davies & Bill Mason
AYSO Education Dept.
Reorder# REIIA-1
Rules of Soccer: Simplified
Bill Mason & Larry Maisner
Youth Sports Publishing
ISBN# 1-889424-01-3
