Central Virginia Soccer Referee Association (CVSRA) is Virginia’s premier provider of soccer officials. CVSRA offers reliable and highly competent assignors and officials to assure officiating is a point of strength for your league or event.
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Become a US Soccer Referee
CVSRA provides and hosts two opportunities to become a certified soccer referee throughout the year, during our summer and winter cycles.
Our training program is the best in the Mid-Atlantic area, and our model has a very high success rate on getting prospective referee candidates through the process and onto the fields as certified officials.
The Summer Cycle
During the months of June and July, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions. We have one session in June and four in July. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.
After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of online courses, quizzes, and tests. The online course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.
During the month of August, we host in Glen Allen three Saturdays of Field Training Events (FTEs), which is the last step in order to get fully certified. We also host a Sunday FTE in the Fredericksburg area. The FTE is a combination of instruction on inspecting the field, referee movement during the game, referee positioning during the game during both dynamic play and set plays. It concludes with all new referees rotating through the referee positions during an actual scrimmage with two of local teams. The FTE is 4 hours.
The Winter Cycle
During the months of December and January, we host via Zoom “New” Referee Introductory sessions. We have two sessions in December and two in January. The Zoom session is 90 minutes.
After attending the Intro Zoom, you will take a series of online courses, quizzes, and tests. The online course work takes approximately 6-8 hours.
During the month of February, we host in Field Training Events (FTEs). Those dates are TBD.
Pre-Registration links for the New Referee Introductory Zoom Sessions:
1st Session: Jun 24, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
2nd Session: Jul 9, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
3rd Session: Jul 15, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
4th Session: Jul 21, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
5th Session: Jul 30, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Field training events are tentatively scheduled for August 2 and August 16 in the Glen Allen area. The south side will host August 9. And the Fredericksburg area will host August 10. These events will be discussed more in detail during the “New” Referee Introductory Zoom Sessions.
Questions? Contact Joe Sheridan, laws5and6@comcast.net
