KO United Soccer Referee Assignor: Craig Dorin (412) 508-0427 (
[email protected])
Junior RefereesCLICK HERE for 2024 FALL Season- Junior Referee Schedule
Referees need to arrive NO LESS than 20 minutes before In-house games and travel games to check in the teams, inspect the field, and explain rules. All expectations can be found in the KOU Referee Handbook.
New Certified Referees
All new referees will be required to ref at least 5 in-house games prior to being eligible to referee any travel games. This is to allow the referee to become more comfortable with the steps before taking on a travel game. All refs should wear a watch and not use their phone for time keeping if at all possible.
For a limited time, the club is currently covering ALL COSTS for new referees to become certified to encourage growth of the club's referee pool. This is a HUGE SAVINGS of almost $200!!In the event that only 2 officials attend a travel game then the full fee for 3 officials is paid to the 2.
If someone volunteers to act as a linesman they may or may not be entitled to payment. If the volunteer is certified and shows proof to the center ref they get a portion of the payment. If the volunteer is not certified, then no payment is given to the volunteer. In this instance, the two scheduled referees receive the full payment.
Please contact the assignor to give notification of any schedule changes, field changes or game cancellations at least two days prior to the game. The assignor needs to notify the referees of any and all changes.
The referee assignor needs to be notified if any official does not attend a scheduled game. This includes the referee or the assistant referee(s).