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AYSO Area 2J

Referees

Welcome to Area 2J Referee page and thank you very much for volunteering and helping young players play Safer & Fairer soccer. Volunteer trained referees are important to provide high-quality games and share their knowledge of the laws of soccer with players, coaches, and spectators. With the help of coaches and parents, referees make the AYSO experience safe, fair, and fun.

Why you should become a referee: change the world and change your life

LOTG/IFAB Laws
Player development initiatives (PDI)
Area 2J Referee training dates
PCSSL, Madison League, and BAFSL information
Area 2J field locations and status
Laws of the game and league rules
Training videos
Area 2J and Regional Referee Administrators

Referee Training Classes in Area 2J

Area 2J Referee Training Dates and other events:

Dates	Course	Location and Section/Area/Region & contact info
4/1/2024, 4/2/2024 & 4/6/2024	Regional Referee Course	Zoom sessions + local Field session (AYSOU/eTrainU sign-up - Hosted by Region 35 - Primary Contact: [email protected] & [email protected])

4/4/2024 & 4/6/2024	Regional Referee Online Companion Course	Online (AYSOU/eTrainU), Zoom session & field training (AYSOU/eTrainU sign-up - Hosted by Region 35 - Primary Contact: [email protected] & [email protected])

4/6/2024 (3p to 7p) & 4/7/2024 (9a to 6p)	Intermediate Referee Course	Local in 2J (AYSOU/eTrainU sign-up - Hosted by Area 2J (Look under Region 35 on AYSOU) - Primary Contact: [email protected])

Before season	Yearly volunteer sign up	go to your region website, login, apply as a returning volunteer & complete
Once every few years	Safe Haven, Concussion, Sudden Cardiac arrest	AYSO Training Online on etrainU (new AYSOU platform)
Once a year	Safesport course with annual updates	Safesport website as listed on your volunteer page announcement say https://safesporttrained.org/?KeyName=tsVWe36Xa6PS3b5NzOug
Once	CA Mandated Fingerprinting	Livescan, some UPS stores as worked out by Region
Weeks before USSF game [Intermediate & above]	USSF Cross Certification	AYSO-USSF Cross Certification form at AysoVolunteers OR CNRA

Laws of the Game and PDI

IFAB Laws

Older

Presentation of Law Changes 2021/22 & explanation with videos
Law Changes 2020/21
Presentation of Law Changes 2020/21 & explanation with videos
Law Changes 2019/20 & the explanation of changes
Law Changes 2019/20 with Rationale and Videos
IFAB Circulars 16 & 17 (has clarification on some new rule application)

AYSO Relevant changes to LOTG 2019/20 & Implementation
Summary of Law Changes for AYSO (Powerpoint with video illustration)

One Page Summary of LOTG & AYSO NRR changes 2019/20

Player Development Initiatives (PDI)

PDI One Page Summary 2019/20 (still applies to 2023/24)
Player Development Initiatives (PDI) Implementation in Section 2019/20 (still applies to 2023/24)
AYSO Section 1's Voice presentation of PDI 2019/20 (seems same as our Section 2 rules)

Fall 2021 Referee Refresher

Session Recording 09/08
Presentation Slides (may not be the final version)

League Info & Tips

Local League Information

Brad's league (16U/19U): Rules (General Rules for coaches, teams and referees) - Assigned through arbiter and some 2J regions play with some D2/CY teams
Area 2N/2B/2J 16U/19U league: General Rules including for Referees - Assigned through Pensra and some 2J regions play
PCSSL: PCSSL Referee page
Madison League: Fall U16 and U19 divisions play
BAFSL (Bay Area Fall Soccer League): uses mysoccerleague for referee game signup and here are mysoccerleague referee instructions
Area 2J: Fields map and status info (needs update)

Tips & Guides

Archives

Useful presentations, videos and websites

Training Materials

Thomas Bobadilla's "What Good Referees Do"
What makes Referee Good
How to sign up for games in Arbiter
How to report scores and cards
USSF Referee Before the Game video
USSF Referee Making a Good Impression video
USSF Being an Assistant Referee video
USSF Being the Referee video
USSF Assistant Referee Signals video
USSF Referee Signals video
Recent CNRA presentation videos
Fair or Foul Charging
MNSRC June 2014 Foul Training Video
MNSRC July 2012 - DOGSO and other fouls
Slide Tackling Guidelines
PassBack Violation
Offside Rules (from AYSO27) and Examples
USSF Law 12 Fouls and Misconducts (13 mins video)
US Soccer Fouls and Misconducts (35 mins video)
Law 11(Offside) and 12 Fouls (8:25 mins video)
Understanding Deliberate Handling
New DOGSO Decision Tree
Dynamic Warm Ups (video 1) General Warm up
Dynamic Warm Ups (video 2) USSF Ref Lower Body
Dynamic Warm Ups (video 3) USSF Ref Upper Body
Dynamic Warm Ups (video 4) USSF Ref Core Movements

Useful Websites

Referee Administrators

Area Referee Staff

ARA (Area Referee Administrator) 2J - Vijay Ragunathan, [email protected]
ADRA (Area Director of Referee Assessment) 2J - Kartik Lakshminarayanan, [email protected]
ADRI (Area Director of Referee Instruction) 2J - Mahesh Bhagat, [email protected]

Region Referee Administrators in Area 2J

RRA 26 - Elisabeth Bonnet, [email protected]
RRA 27 - Inactive this season
RRA 35 - Somasundaram V, [email protected]
RRA 44 - Deepak Kumar, [email protected]
RRA 45 - Adin Miller, [email protected]
RRA 64 - Kristina Festa, [email protected]
RRA 256 - Maurice Cohen, [email protected]
RRA 1590 - Inactive this season
RRA 1631 - Jason Lawrence, [email protected]

USSF to AYSO Cross Certification

If you are an USSF referee for more than 12 months,

You can fill the cross cert form (see above)
You will need to get it signed by State Referee Admin at CNRA (email: [email protected])
You will also need to register as a volunteer on your preferred AYSO Region website
Complete AYSO Safe haven course online on AYSOU (SCA & Concussion awareness are also required)
You can then email the signed & completed form to the Regional Commissioner of the AYSO Region and have them sign it
Work with the Region to schedule fingerprinting (only for adults)
The final step will be to mail the form to the AYSO office mentioned in the form
Contact RRA for your AYSO Region for signing up for AYSO matches