Referees

We are looking for referees and all NEW aspiring referees must be certified by USSOCCER before they can work.

Certification & Eligibility

North Carolina Soccer Referee Association (NCSRA) provides the registration and on field training session and USSOCCER administers the online course work. All new aspiring referees must complete the online work and pass the test and complete the on field training session in order to be certified.


Referees must be at least 14 years old or within 3 months of turning 14.

The 2024 Certification allows you to officiate the remainder of 2023 and all of 2024.

Re-certification is required every year and begins July 1 for the following year.


After passing the certification test you must contact Brian Miller, NCFC's Referee Assignor, in order to be scheduled to work. New referees usually start out as an assistant referee (AR) on younger games.

New referees or referees new to NCFC can email Brian their name, a unique email address, experience, and certification information in order to be added to the Referee Assignment Data Base in the Arbiter.


Referees will then receive a login to Arbiter where they can enter their personal data and get set up to receive game assignments.

Fees and Compensation

Questions?

The 2024 Referee registration fee is $120. For newly registered and certified officials beginning 2/1/2022, NCFC Youth will provide a registration matching stipend at the end of their first season. In order to receive the stipend, referees must officiate a minimum of 12 NCFC Youth assigned games (typically covered in 4 weekends, working 3 games a day).


Once you have 1) completed your certification and 2) officiated a minimum of 12 NCFC Youth assigned games, please email Brian.Miller@NCFCYouth.com reference "New Referee Recruitment" in the subject within 30 days of the end of the season.


Game Compensation varies by age:

  • 14 and 15 year olds usually start out as assistant referees for U11/U12 games, and the starting pay rate is $25/ game.
  • 16-18 year olds start out as assistant referees for U13/14 games, and the starting pay rate is $30/ game.

Contact Brian Miller, NCFC Youth's Referee Assignor.

Game Day Mobile Phone: (919) 909-2276

Referees or coaches, please use the game day mobile number to report no-shows, lateness, serious game problems, etc.

Rules of Play

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