The Recertification season is only from November
through January. If you miss a
recertification class you can only attend an 8 hour Bridge class in
February through April.
Click one of the following
Areas for details on classes:
DetroitMetro-East
DetroitMetro-West
DetroitMetro-North
DetroitMetro-South
Lansing/Brighton/Jackson Area
Flint Area
Grand Rapids Area
Kalamazoo Area
South-Western Michigan
Mid-Michigan Area
Northern Michigan
Registration Process
Grade 9 referees who are 14 years or older have 2 options to
officiate in 2010. If you have refereed at least one season
(spring/fall), you have the option to enroll in a bridge class
to upgrade to a grade 8 referee or re-certify as a grade 9
referee. Additional information on bridge classes can be found
on this website, under the Bridge Classes link.
To re-certify as a grade 9 referee for 2010, referees must
follow a two step process (Registration and Recertification).
Both activities must be accomplished to recertify:
1. Registration Process:
Referees should receive their 2010 Referee Renewal
Information letters from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
Referees can expect to receive their letter in October. The
letter will provide instructions on how to register with the
USSF to recertify. Registration process and payment of
renewal fees can be completed on the Internet or at a
recertification clinic.
If you have
not received your
2010
Referee Renewal Information letters from the United States Soccer
Federation (USSF) and you wish to register before you receive it, do the
following:
1.
To register for a class hold the SHIFT KEY and click
https://www.ussoccer.info/ to open a new window and
keep on reading these instructions
A) as USER ID use your USSF ID preceded by the letter R
(as in Referee)
B) as Password use your lastname (unless you have
previously changed it)
2. Click Referee on left menu;
you will see a Welcome to Michigan Referee Section
3. Click the message
Click here to apply for your 2010 Registration
after a while you will see a lot of information related to
your registration including a list of classes
4. Choose the most convenient class from the list displayed
5. Answer the Conviction question
read the Terms and Conditions and Click the appropriate
box
6.
You will receive a "Referee Registration Payment
Acknowledgement" email right after your registration:
SAVE your Payment Acknowledgement email as it may be necessary
if you need to switch classes later on. Also,
please print
a copy of the Payment Acknowledgement (PA) and bring it to the class that you
registered for. If your PA shows your class information, you
are all set, otherwise contact
MichiganRegistrar@gmail.com
NOTE: The statement
in the Payment Acknowledgement
that says "Your State will review your application and approve.
Upon approval you will receive an e-mail
notification and shortly thereafter, a Referee
Packet via 1st class mail from U.S. Soccer."
does not apply to Michigan referees.
To be clear, you will not receive any "Referee Packet"
until a month
after you have completed and passed the class.
Again, SAVE (do not delete) the Payment
Acknowledgement email in case you need to switch classes.
Risk Management
Students 18 or older before January 1 will be required to complete the risk
management process found at
in this website
Consider that it may take up to 10 days days to complete the process and
for you to receive an eMail containing the Approval certificate;
please print the eMail and bring it to the first day of class.
Students cannot be registered as referees without completing the
risk management process.
2.
Recertification Process:
Referees must attend the class selected in the registration
process (above) and successfully pass a 50 question recertification test.
There’s no need to pre-register with clinic coordinators to
attend a recertification clinic.
Items Required at Clinic:
1. Bring your USSF Referee Renewal Information letter.
2. If you don’t have your USSF Referee Renewal Information
letter, please bring your USSF ID card.
3. Recertification clinic costs are $55.00
4. Bring 1 copy of your online Payment Acknowledgement
5. Referees that are 18 before January 1 of the registration
year must bring your Risk Management
card.
6. Pen/pencil and paper for notes.
7. Referees may bring lunch or snacks and are expected to clean
up after themselves.
Recertification Clinic Information and Expectations:
-
Only grade 9 referees (referees with blue badges) can attend
these clinics to re-certify.
- All referees are expected to arrive in advance of the posted
clinic start times.
- No admittance to the clinic 15 minutes after the posted start
time. Refereeing or playing in an indoor soccer game is not a
legitimate reason for being late or leaving early.
- Few recertification clinics will be offered this year. Do not
wait until the last minute to re-certify.
- Capacity at some clinics may be limited. Referees are seated
on a first come, first serve basis. Seats aren’t
guaranteed, referees will be turned away when capacity is
reached.
- To obtain certification, all participants are expected to stay
for the entire clinic. NO EXCEPTIONS.
-
Electronic devices such as Game Boys, iPods or MP3 players
aren’t permitted in clinic.
- Pagers and cell phones on vibrate are permitted. Cell phones
are only to be used for making calls before, after or during
breaks of the clinic.
- Text messaging during the clinic is prohibited.
- Referees who are demonstrating conduct (ie sleeping, texting,
etc) that IS NOT conducive to the recertification clinic will be
asked to leave. The referee will be required to attend a
different clinic in it’s entirety to re-certify.
- IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT A REFEREE REVIEW HIS/HER
LAWBOOK PRIOR TO ATTENDING A CLINIC IN ORDER TO PASS THE 50
QUESTION RECERTIFICATION EXAM. THE MINIMUM PASSING SCORE IS
74%.
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DetroitMetro-East
District Director of Instructions: Dan Kuskowski
at
metroeastddi@hotmail.com
no classes scheduled at this time; check this
website in October
DetroitMetro-West
District Director of Instructions: Bill Clock at
wclock072@comcast.net
no classes scheduled at this time; check this
website in October
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DetroitMetro-North
District Director of Instructions:
Ken Wikle
at
ddi_metron@comcast.net
no classes scheduled at this time; check this
website in October
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DetroitMetro-South
District Director of Instructions:
Franco D'Anna at
MichiganRegistrar@gmail.com
no classes scheduled at this time; check
this website in October
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