If you have completed all of your online requirements, your account will have an eligibility icon under your picture on your profile.
The icon denotes that you are now completed and certified.
Once you have added the assignor information to your profile, your assignor will be able to assign you soccer matches.
What's Next?
Referee Uniform
This link will provide information for obtaining a USSF Referee Uniform
LYSA uniform info
USSF Badge
The NCSRA Office will provide you with a United State Soccer Federation Referee Badge via USPS. US Soccer will provide you with a USSF Identification Number, via a registration card. This number is similar to a Social Security Number, as no other Referee will have the same ID Number.
Arbiter Main Tab
Mark yourself "Ready to be Assigned"
Once you sign into the Arbiter and you click on "Official" there will be a checkbox on the main page that says "Ready To Be Assigned".
Click this checkbox on your profile so assignors will know that you're ready to work games.
Keeping the box unchecked will let your Assignor know you are not available to work.
Arbiter Profile Tab
Click the Profile tab ensure that your profile displays the correct information.
On the left side of the Profile page, click the Custom Fields link.
The information on this page applies to only you. This is where you can change shirt size, Assignor numbers, input tournament codes, etc.
Add yourself to assignors' rosters
ARA & Assignor Numbers (Updated spring 2022)
Locally, LYSA is in region 8, supervised by Ed Guzowski, and our Assignor, James Sharp, is #195.
So, under profile then custom fields, locate the text box labled USSF ARA & Assignor #(s). In the text box, enter (33)(195)
Additionally, add any other assignors/location numbers you might want to work--Burke, CVYSA, Wings of Wilkesboro, or High Country are all drivable options from Lenoir.
Once you add the numbers, please allow the system to update 24 hours. During this time you will be added to your Assignors list of Referees. You can add up to ONLY 4 Assignor Numbers at one time like this (##)(##)(##)(##).
After waiting 24 hours; if you would like to add more Assignor Numbers, delete the numbers originally added, and add the next numbers. The system will then need to update another 24 hours. Once it has updated, you will be added to a total of eight Assignors, versus four.
Arbiter Blocks Tab
Clicking the Blocks Tab will allow you to block out dates that you cannot work.
Adjusting your blocks is very important. Your assignor will rely on your availability to assign you games.
Please block out dates and times that you know you will not be able to referee.
If you need assistance with Blocks, please review the Setting up Blocks video below
Setting up Blocks
Getting Game Assignments
Email your Local Area Assignor and the other Assignors that you've signed up to work for, so that they know that you are ready to referee.
If you are not getting games:
1) Look at your Custom Fields settings on your profile. Your assignor numbers may not be correct.
2) Look at your blocks tab and ensure that your blocks are updated to receive assignments.
3) Make sure that you're marked "Ready To Be Assigned" on your profile.
4) You may not be marked "Active" in the system by Administrators.
This is a permission that only administrators can change. Contact your local assignor to help you understand why you have been marked inactive or to have yourself marked Active.
Please Note: You will be marked inactive, due to denial by a Criminal Background History Check. Please contact the NCSRA Office if you feel as if you should not be denied.
Receiving Games From Assignors
If all of the above items are correct, you will be ready to get games. When you receive games from your Assignor, you will receive notification via email.
To view the game, please access your Schedule Tab.
You will first need to log in and then click on Official's view (Not Central Hub). Within this view, you should see the tab Schedule.
When your Local Area Assignor or Tournament Assignor sends you a game assignment, you will get an email from Arbitersports. It will say that you have new games from "USSF-NC" or another group depending on your location and your assignor. This will inform you to log into the Arbitersports website and view your schedule.
The Schedule Tab video
From here, please accept or decline the assignment by clicking either checkbox. Be sure to click the Submit button to submit the changes and accept or decline the game.
Tournaments
After you're certified, you are free to referee tournaments throughout the State of North Carolina. There are tournaments held throughout the year and the best place to view them is on the Tournament & Event List. Once you are uploaded to US Soccer's Database and receive a USSF ID Number, you will be able to referee in any State in the United States.
NCSRA Tournament & Event List
NC Soccer Sanctioned Tournaments
How To Sign Up For A Tournament?
1) Tournament Invitations are sent out a few weeks prior to a tournament by email.
Review the invitation email or review the tournament event page and look for the tournament codes that are provided. Each tournament has a specific code.
The codes will resemble this:
XXXX17
XXXX17H
2) In Arbitersports while acting as an "Official", go to your personal profile.
3) On the left side of the screen, click Custom Fields.
Scroll down to the USSF-NC Section and look for the Tournaments section.
4) Locate the tournament dates
It will resemble this:
Tournaments 1-7-8-17 (Which means January 7-8 2017)
5) Click the drop-down box next to the tournament date of your choosing
6) Click the tournament code you would like
Typically there will be multiple tournament codes in the drop-down box. Please be sure that you are selecting the correct tournament code.
The "H" (xxxx17H) at the end of each code stands for "Housing" or "Hotel".
Selecting a code with an "H" lets the assignor know that you are requesting housing for this tournament.
All persons under the age of 18 requesting housing, MUST be accompanied by a parent or Adult/Guardian.
Support
If you should need assistance for USSF-NC Arbitersports issues please contact Alex or Marianne at the NCSRA Office.
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 5:00Pm
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 336-763-1833