Upcoming Events

  March 23   7:00pm - 8:00pm  
  ASRA Training and Meeting 
  Our next meeting will cover three topics that we all need to work on.  
Details Below


Make sure you are registered with GotSoccer if you want to referee in Arlington

All Referees who wish to work in Arlington must be registered with GotSoccer.  If you are already registered, make sure you have added yourself to the upcoming tournaments, Fall season, adult, youth, etc in the "upcoming events" section.  

If you're new to GotSoccer, the steps to register are on the Arlington Soccer Association website, under the "registration" section, or you can use the following steps to register:

   1.   Go to www.gotsport.com

   2.   Select Referee login

   3.   Use your user name and password or if new create a new account

   4.   Go under search events

   5.   Input TX in the drop down box then 50 results then hit go

   6.   Search thru events then click on register for event button

   7.   If you want to register for another event click the back button and go thru the list and register for the next one and so on.

   8.   You need to register for all events that you want to referee.


If you've forgotten your password, you can select Password Lookup from the GotSoccer Login page.

If you are still unable to login to your GotSoccer account, contact Dave Waters.
Please do not contact the ASA office personnel.


Monthly Meeting and Training

The ASRA Board would like to invite you to attend a very important and informative meeting:

Wednesday - March 23 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Abe’s (Arlington Indoor) 2901 Eagle Dr., Grand Prairie, 75052

We are going to try something different for our meeting.  You know that we should remain teachable for the duration of our referee career, however, many of us are at different stages.  We asked around, trying to find out what would you like us to discuss.  Based on the feedback from you we will have 3 different topics for you to chose from.  Pick one or two of interest to you.  Each topic will be about 20 minutes in length.  The people who are presenting/leading the discussion will be happy stick around for questions after the meeting.

1.   Pre game and penalty kicks -   Many of us are visual learners and once we make a major mistake on the field, we rarely repeat that mistake.  PK’s, because they are not part of every game, we tend to forget some of the mechanics, the restarts, etc.  What should you include in your pregame?  Discussion to be led by - TBA

2.   Sideline behavior - When referees ignore problem sideline behavior, it can create 80 minutes of extra extra distractions as you try to manage your games.  Some have no clue how to diffuse comments that spill over into the game... If you take part in this topic, be prepared to role play.  Discussion led by former National Referee - Kyle Borne

3.   Upgrading? - Excellent... hear from an assessor what he/she looks for.  Hear the criteria needed for a successful upgrade.  Not ready to upgrade yet?  Find out what you need to be working on to get the point where someone says, "You should upgrade.  You are ready.".  Discussion led by NTX State Instructor/Assessor/Referee - Bob Collins

Snacks, drinks and door prizes are provided courtesy of your ASRA membership.  Please mark your calendar to attend this informative evening.

We will also have some "How to Write a Misconduct Report" handouts.  It is very important to know the how to’s of this part of our referee administrative responsibilities.  You are the eyes of what happened, learn what to include, what not to include, how to be BRIEF, CONCISE, and CLEAR in your write-ups.

Notes from ASA - The ASA - ASU (recreational division) allows 2 kinds of rosters to be turned in.  Teams can either turn in the traditional ASA form - with info filled in by hand or they can turn in the printed roster from GotSoccer.  Either one of these rosters is acceptable.

ASRA Board

President - Nick Wells
Vice President - Jose Pineda
Treasurer - Susana Valencia
Secretary - Ernie Villarreal
Director of Instruction - Ann Hicks
Director of Mentoring - Pete Reynolds/Allan Moore
ATTENTION All referees who are seniors in the Arlington School District (this includes private schools in the AISD boundaries), ASA is giving out scholarships.  It’s time to get an application, fill it out, turn it in and compete for FREE money. Every bit counts towards the costs of college, so get an application in and good luck.

All seniors can also apply for the Ken Smith Memorial Scholarship. Information/details can be found at www.ntxsoocer.org.

Become a member of Arlington Soccer Referee Association!
Annual dues - $20 GR 8 and up, GR 9 - $10, Family of 3 or more - $50

Any brand new registering referees who have never before registered w/ASRA will receive a t-shirt, flip coin.

Dues go towards door prizes for our Christmas party, Summer Kick Off training/meeting, food for our annual picnic, bank fees, and other items.

You can pay your dues at any of our monthly meetings. More than likely you get your much of your contribution back in freebies from Chick-a-fil-a. They have supported our association for the last 5 years in annual donations of FREE meals for 75 refs EACH year, and a couple of times catering our meetings.

We have some extra ASRA flip coins for sale - $4.00ea. If any of you have switched over to the new style of uniforms and have some older ones lying around that are in good shape, and would like to donate, please bring them.  We will pass them on to someone who would greatly appreciate them.

Click here to see if you've paid for the 2010 year.

Click here to see the 2010 Treasurers Report.

Anyone interested in being nominated to serve as a board member for ASRA can contact Ann Hicks.


Referee Appearance and Equipment
1. If you wear a shirt under your uniform...it's BLACK

2. Socks...referee socks only. Some of the younger refs will wear their team socks...please don't, get the referee sock with the stripes at the top or the newest style that have the stripe a bit above the ankle.

3. NO JEWELRY...it's a bit silly when at the coin toss, you remind players, no jewelry, but you or your AR has got on ear rings, or a bracelet...the NO JEWELRY rule applies to the refs. WEDDING RINGS are ok to wear.

4. Have paper and pen/pencil. Assistant Referees, you record the score, the misconduct, you keep a record of the match.

5. Get referee shorts. Females, wear them properly, don't role them at the waist. Males, have the proper length. Don't wear them just above the knees.

6. Wear a watch, preferably one that counts up/down...a digital watch.

7. Hair...NO MOHAWKS guys. Young men and women, if your hair is in your eyes, get a hair cut, we don't want you flipping your head from side to side. It's windy on the fields, even in good days, it's windy. Make sure you can see.




ASA points of emphasis that you need to know are different this year

1.  Sit outs - No longer does the player have to show up for his/her sit out. We just need to sign off on the sit out form. If the team mgr doesn't have the form, direct him/her to the ASA hut located by fields 15/17. They have forms on hand. You must sign the actual sit out form.

2.  All injuries were a player leaves the field, not to return, must be noted on the roster, this is not new. What ASA wants to know now...if you send off a player for Serious Foul Play, and in the event that the opponent/recipient of the SFP is injured and carried off the field, basically can't finish the match...MAKE A NOTE of this. ASA wants to know so they can follow up with these players coaches. They want to know if these injured players are out for a game or the season because of the nature of the foul. They want the info for their follow up process.

3.  The rosters are new this year for API, the competitive league. For league play, both teams are listed on one roster. You are to check both teams in, same as always.
Recreational games are still using 2 rosters..one for each team.

4.  In efforts to eliminate incorrect scores...whoever is the referee of the match, YOU record the score PLEASE. Too many incorrect scores reported last season, causing too much work for Ms. Wick and the ASA office staff. THANKS


Where do I buy referee gear?

Order official gear online from OSI....go to their website www.officialsports.com

Can't wait for mail order?
Shop locally at Soccer City on the corner of Mayfield and Cooper in Arlington as another good source for local referee gear.


Did you know: MISCONDUCTS & SEND OFFS

Always check with your league/assignor to see what is required of you for this part of your responsibilities.  Each association/league is different but all require something.  It's up to you to find out what is required of you in regards to paperwork.

If you've never written up a misconduct report or send off report, please click on "forms & documents" in the left hand column.  Under Referee Papers, you'll find exactly what you need to do/know...step by step.  We've posted the A & D presentation from '08.  FYI...A & D is ASA's Appeals & Discipline Officer, meaning, he's the one that gets the reports.  He's the one that needs to visualize what transpired during the match from your write up.  He and a few others determine the sit outs, suspensions, justice that is served up.  This is a very helpful tool, please use it.

For additional "DID YOU KNOW" tips, click here.


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