Referees Certified in 2017 or earlier and not recertified in past three years
After your referee certification lapses for more than 3 years, you must recertify by completing a Grassroots Referee Entry Clinic. Your requirements for your referee certification are a combination of online lessons and an in-person field training session. The registration and clinic fee is $80.
1. TO START. Go to our Officials Management System (OMS): https://mdcvasrp.omgtsys.com
2. Select “Member Sign In.” Enter your member information and password. Your username is your USSF ID# beginning with “R” and with no dashes. If your password is not your last name, select “Forgot Password.” Your e-mail address must be your own. Every referee must have a different e-mail for identification.
3. Follow the directions and select the Referee Grassroots Entry clinic.
On your Member Home Page, to the right of your reserved clinic, click on “Online Lesson”. There are seven online lessons:
1. 2021 Introduction to the Learning Center (4 hours, 30 minutes)
2. 2020 Referee Signals (9 minutes)
3. 2020 Assistant Referee Signals (11 minutes)
4. Ceremonial Restarts (4 minutes)
5. 2021 Learning Center Intro to Safety (15 minutes)
6. 2021 Grassroots Entry Referee Test (30 minutes)
7. 2021 Learning Center SafeSport (90 minutes)
*Learning Center Course – Grassroots Referee
The Introduction to the Learning Center with the Grassroots Referee Course is both an introduction on how to sign in and log in to the US Soccer Learning Center, and 4.5-hour Grassroots Referee Course.
Part 1 Introduction to the Learning Center explains how to Sign In and create a profile, username, and password at the Learning Center. BE CAREFUL TO ENTER YOUR NAME THE SAME AS YOUR NAME IN OMS. If your name does not match, the Learning Center will not match your referee history to your account; instead the Learning Center will create a new account.
Part 2 Introduction to the Learning Center explains how to Log In and start and complete the Grassroots Referee Course. BE CAREFUL TO USE LOG IN. If you use Sign In, you will create another account at the Learning Center.
There are five Parts to the Learning Center course. You must complete each Part in sequence. As you progress through the Grassroots Referee Course, you must view everything on a page/slide. You will have to click on each option to read or watch a video. Sometimes you will have to scroll down or to the right to see everything on a page/slide. If you do not see the CONTINUE button, you have not viewed everything on the page/slide. If you need to stop the course to resume later, select CLOSE, so your progress will be saved and you can resume where you left the course. When you complete the course, go back to OMS to complete the other lessons.
Remaining Lessons (2-7). Complete the remaining online lessons by selecting “Start” beside each lesson, in order. Everyone must complete Lessons 2 – 6. Lesson 7, SafeSport Training, is required for referees 18 years or older. Lesson 7 will show "complete" for referees who are not 18. The first time SafeSport Training takes about 90 minutes to complete. Subsequent annual SafeSport Training takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Field Training Session
You need to bring your own whistle and referee flag to the field session. We cannot share referee equipment during the pandemic. Dress for the weather and for mild activity on the field. You will be outside on the field for 4 hours. You should receive your referee badge at the end of the field training session.
When you complete the online lessons and the field training session, Metro DC-Virginia State Referee Program can approve your 2021 referee certification.