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The Central Alabama Soccer Officials Association (CASOA) is based in Montgomery, Alabama, and serves the entire metropolitan area of Montgomery including communities such as Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, and Highland Home.

CASOA provides certification and recertification clinics for the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). We are always looking for new soccer referees! No experience is necessary.

CASOA is the primary source of professional and certified soccer referees for youth (recreational and competitive), high school, college, and adult soccer matches.

Visit here often as we try to update News and Events regularly so that you will have the most up-to-date "Montgomery soccer referee" information possible. We also track upcoming USSF tournaments so that aspiring referees can plan for their future.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a soccer referee, email us at CASOA.ORG.

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Become a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Referee

posted ‎‎Dec 2, 2008 8:04 AM‎‎ by CASOA Web Admin   [ updated ‎‎Apr 2, 2009 7:44 AM‎‎ ]
To become a certified referee, one must attend an United States Soccer Federation referee course. 
Grade 9 Entry Level Clinics:  The United States Soccer Federation Recreational Referee (Grade 9) Entry Level Course is for new referees age 15 and younger.  We recommend that people age 16 and older with no previous soccer experience as a player, coach, team official, etc. begin as a Recreational Referee.  The authorized assignment level for a Recreational Referee (Grade 9) is referee on recreational youth games U-14 and younger only and Assistant Referee on any game U-14 or below.  The minimum age to become a Grade 9 referee in Alabama is age 12; however, under State law, the minimum age to referee is 14.
  
Grade 8 Entry Level Clinics: The United States Soccer Federation Referee (Grade 8) Entry Level Course is for new referees age 16 and older.  We recommend that people age 16 and older with no previous soccer experience as a player, coach, team official, etc. begin as a Recreational Referee (Grade 9).  The recommended assignment level for a Referee (Grade 8) is all youth games and assistant referee in comparable games.
 
Source: Steve Carnes, State Director of Instruction (SDI) for the State of Alabama 
A number of them are scheduled in the state of Alabama and you can look them up on the Alabama Youth Soccer Association website at http://www.alabamayouthsoccer.org/Referees/index_E.html.
 
For those interested in becoming a referee that are age 14, 15, 16, and 17, one needs to fill out the Alabama Work Permit Application that the CASOA Secretary will provide.  Once the appropriate sections are filled out by the applicant, the sponsor (CASOA), and the parent/guardian (if necessary), one takes the application to their high school where an authorized Alabama Work Permit officer (usually an administrator in the front office) will approve and provide one their Alabama Work Permit.  Once completed, mail the Alabama Work Permit to the CASOA Secretary (email me for the address).
  
Good luck!
Jamie Jackson
CASOA Secretary