Grade 9 Recertification

You must register online to receive a Badge.

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