A:  Yes. Annual registration requirements:
In order to be registered at the current grade level, all Referees and State Referees must do the following:

a) Complete the required number of hours of in-service training, take their respective current Referee Refresher written examination;

b) Pass the physical fitness test (Grade 8 & 9 excluded); and

c) Referee the number of affiliated games required by the state association each year at their highest level of competency as provided for in Policy 531-8 Section 5 (A). The registration period runs offset from the calendar year. U.S. Soccer begins accepting registrations September 1st of the previous registration year until June 30th of the current registration year. A registration is valid from January 1st thru December 31st of each year.

Example:
*    2010 Registration Year- (Begins September 1, 2009-Ends June 30, 2010)
             Registration valid 1/1/10-12/31/10

A: Two ways:

  1) Every referee registered receives a mailed registration card from U.S. Soccer upon completing their registration requirements.
  2) You may contact the Colorado Registrar for your USSF ID number.

A: In order for a referee to be upgraded, the referee must have met the time in grade requirements stated in the "Criteria for Certifying and Upgrading" (12 months to upgrade to grade 7,6 and 5; two years to upgrade to National Referee). There is no time in grade requirement for Recreational Referee, Grade 9. Recreational Referees may upgrade to 8 after successfully completing the Referee Bridge Course or the Entry Level Referee Training Course.

Review the upgrade requirement link on the SRA Administration Page.

Referees who have been previously registered as a grade 8 referee or higher may not re-register as a Recreational Referee, Grade 9 or an Assistant Referee, Grade 12.