How to Sign Up for Training Courses
Welcome to West Side Soccer League's Referee Program. This page will help you sign up for our Referee training courses. Here is the info on the next referee training courses we will offer:
Referee training in WSSL has now ended for the Spring season. We will offer more referee classes in the summer and fall. You can register your interest with Stan Ince to receive a message when the classes have been scheduled; if you want to referee in Travel Program, which requires US Soccer Federation certification, please contact Clive Priddle.
Teen Referees
Young people aged 10 years and over, including Core and Travel soccer players and their siblings, and are very welcome to attend referee classes, and can gain community service credit for their time in class and refereeing on the field. The Teen Referee program welcomes new members and will make sure that you have fun as well as serving the league!
Volunteer registration for young people is a little different from that for parent volunteers. Go here for Teen Referee instructions.
More information about training can be found here.
How to Register for a Referee Class
These are the steps that need to be completed to register for a course. Some of them only need to be done once, if they're done properly. Please try to do these in order. It will cut down on problems and having to repeat any of these steps.
- Register on wssl.org (if you have never done this before)
- Register on eayso.org (if you have never done this before)
- Complete or update your AYSO Volunteer Form (required annually each summer)
- Take the Safe Haven and Concussion Awareness online courses (if haven't ever taken them before - good for life)
- Enroll in a course or two.
Note that we use three different websites to manage our volunteer and training activities. Each of these sites serve a specific, important purpose in ensuring that our players and volunteers receive the best possible experience we can offer:
- wssl.org
- The West Side Soccer website. This is where we manage players, teams, and volunteers for our league.
- eayso.org
- The volunteer management website for AYSO, the parent organization for West Side Soccer.
- aysotraining.org
- The online training website for AYSO.
Register on wssl.org
First, register on wssl.org. Use an email address where you want to receive messages from us. Youth volunteers must use their own email address. For more information on Youth Volunteers and how to register, go here. Adult volunteers, start here. If you already have an account on wssl.org, skip this step.
Register on eAYSO
Next, using the same email address you used to register at wssl.org, register for an account at eAYSO. If there is a problem with the email address you used on either site, please contact the eAYSO Help Desk at support@eayso.org. The eAYSO website is used by AYSO to coordinate volunteer training and certification at all Regions across the country. When you register, you will be given an AYSO ID number. Please write this number down and keep it for reference. You will need it later in this process. If you already have an account on eAYSO, you don't need to register again.
Complete your AYSO Volunteer Form
Part of registering at eAYSO involves the completion of the AYSO Volunteer Form. The AYSO Safe Haven Department uses this form to manage background checks on volunteers to ensure the safety of all participants in West Side Soccer and AYSO activities. This form must be completed annually by all volunteers, including coaches, referees and board members. You will be asked for an electronic signature. This allows us to eliminate the use of paper forms and "wet" signatures, which saves considerable effort and time. If the instructions on the volunteer form ask you to print it, please ignore those instructions. If you don't supply the electronic signature, or if you don't complete all the required fields on the form, the form will be marked as incomplete, which will affect your registration.
To update the form that you completed in a previous year, login to eayso.org and click on either "Apply as a returning adult volunteer" or "Apply as a returning youth volunteer", as appropriate.
Take the online courses
Once you are registered at wssl.org, eayso.org, and have completed your volunteer form, you need to complete the prerequisites. All volunteers are required to take two online courses. These courses are Safe Haven and Concussion Awareness. They are available at aysotraining.org. You need your eAYSO ID number to login to this site. Once you're logged in, click on the Courses menu. You will see the following screen.
The courses you need to take are marked in red. Please go through the complete online courses. If you don't go all the way through, your eAYSO profile will not be updated with the certification for that course. Since your profile will reflect the completed courses, we don't need a copy of your course certificate, but feel free to print a copy for yourself. Note: You are only required to take these courses once. If you have taken them previously, online or in class, you do not need to repeat them, unless you would like a refresher.
Enroll in a class
Now you are ready to enroll in a course. Login to eayso.org, click on the "Enroll to take a class" link. You will be taken to the course listings page:
Enter the roster number of the course into the "Roster#" field and click "Search". You will see the results page, something like this:
Select the course that is displayed, and click on "Course Signup". You are now enrolled. You will be hearing from the instructors with information about the course location and materials which will help you prepare for the class.
Please note. You must complete the online prerequisites prior to enrolling in the Referee classes on eAYSO. We will remove anyone from the course roster if the prerequisites are not complete.
Thanks!