Season Info

Spring: U12, U13/U14, U16, and U18/U19 will be played on Saturdays. U8, U9, and U10/U11 will be played on Sundays. U10/U11 and U12 will use the 2-ref (Dual Ref) system.

About 4 - 6 weeks before the start of the season, we will send out an email to all referees to ask you to update Arbiter with any "blocked" out dates when you can not referee.  Please be sure that you have (or previously have) registered to Referee for EYO through the link on the top of this page. 

Policy Review
Each season, referees are required to review the policies for each league before the season begins. 

Referee Contact Information - Email Address, Phone Number, Mailing Address
All contact information is pulled from the registration data in this system.  Please make sure it is updated at the start of each season.

All Referees Must Submit IRS W-9 To Receive Payment
As you are aware; all referees are independent contractors with the Elkridge Youth Organization. In order to properly comply with Internal Revenue Service regulations and to provide a proper process to keep EYO records accurate for its independent contractors, we are providing you with the following required procedure for providing us with name, Social Security Number and address information.  The W9 form is located on the left side under Policies.  Please complete it and fax it to EYO Finance at 443-524-9271.  You only need to do this one time, not annually.  If your information changes, you need to submit an updated form.  If you earn $600 or more in a calendar year, you will be issued a IRS 1099 form in January.

Assignments and Substitutions
The initial season assignments will be sent to all referees.  Changes in assignments will be emailed as needed.   As the need for substitutions arises, an email will be sent to the referees listing the open positions.  Each referee can respond "Yes" if you want to referee the position or "Yes if needed" if you are willing to referee the game if no one else is available but you prefer that I find someone else.  The positions will be filled based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, years of refereeing with EYO, age recommendations of USSF, years of experience, ability to referee the league level, adjoining assignments (two in a row), number of games already assigned (load leveling), and any other magic tricks I have up my sleeve. 

Any requests for substitutions or issues with the assignments should be directed to the referee coordinator at the email or phone number on the right side of this page. 

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It is a great way to stay engaged in the sport with your kids and make some extra money.  

The season is quickly approaching and we are getting our referee team ready.  In looking at the roster of referees, we have noticed that we are very short on the number of refs that meet the age recommendations by USSF for referring our older leagues.  

We are sending this email hoping to solicit some interest in becoming a referee for the older leagues.  USSF recommends that a ref be at least three years older than the age for the CR position (Center/Head Referee) and one year older if for the AR (Assistant/Line Referee) position.  

 - U18/U19 league, we are in need of CRs age 22 and above, and AR at 20 and up 
 - U16 league, we are in need of CRs age 19 and above, and AR at 17 and up 
 - U13/U14 league, we are in need of CRs age 16 and above, and AR at 14 and up 

For new referees, here is the website for more certification information: http://marylandreferees.com/msr2/

Without more adult referees, we are at a high risk of not having referees available for the games.  Across the older leagues, we will need to assign roughly 150 adult referee positions in U16/U19 and another 100 positions for the U13 league.  We do not have the referees to fill 250 positions.  In fact, this past fall there were times where we had one or even no referees (of age) available for games - we need three referees for each game.  New referees will initially referee the younger age level leagues for experience before being moved into the older leagues.  In the fall, U8, U9, and U11 are played on Saturdays, with U13, U16 and U19 played on Sundays.  In the spring, U13, U16 and U19 are played on Saturdays, with U8, U9, and U11 played on Sundays.  You do not have to work all of the game days, and have the choice of refereeing between 1 and 3 games per day. 

If you are uncomfortable refereeing a game where your child is playing, no worries, we can schedule around that. 

For any questions or information on the pay schedule, please reach out to the referee coordinator at the contact info on the right side of this page.