Maine Soccer Referee Association
2025 Referee Re-certification Clinics
To all Referees:
All referee events are posted on the new updated Referee Calendar.
All zoom clinics are posted.
US SOCCER HAS POSTED ALL THE ONLINE REQUIREMENTS. SEE AN EXAMPLE BELOW -
Mandatory Re certification clinics for 2025 will begin in January 2025 and end May 2025. They are posted on this web site, and you register for them on the new registration system - OMS - Official Management System -
You will need to finish the ONLINE lesson portion of the re-certification before you can attend a ZOOM clinic.
See below for up-to-date clinics.
RE-CERTIFICATION CLINICS 2025
2025 Regular Referee RE-CERTIFICATION CLINIC
ALL ZOOM - Times are 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Any regular (grassroots) referee can attend any classes to include the advance referee classes.
The Regional Referees are required to attend an Advance class.
1. Feb 2, Sunday - Advanced Class
2. March 12, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
3. March 19, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
4. March 23, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
5. April 6, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
6. April 16, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
7. May 4, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
The ZOOM recertification clinics have been scheduled.
You can start the process now for this year's refereeing. The 2025 Recertification classes have been posted.
Start the process now. Get your online lessons completed before you attend a zoom classes in 2025.
Once you complete all the online lessons, Zoom classes have been posted and you can now sign up for one.
YOU NEED TO COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE LESSONS BEFORE YOU ATTEND A RECERT CLASS. or if not completed by the zoom class , you will not be registered until you do complete them.
All returning referees will have to complete the online lesson portion before you can attend a ZOOM clinic.
This is what they will look like -
Below is an example that you will see on your OMS ACCOUNT -
Online Lessons for Re - certification for a Regular Referee Entry: Advance regional referee classes are different.
1.2024-2025 Laws of the Game
2.2025 Law Changes and Clarifications
3.2025 SafeSport -Learning Center - if 18 or older
4.2025 Intro to Safety - Learning Center
5.2025 Referee Recertification Assignment
6.Referee Recertification Test-Part 1
7.Referee Recertification Test-Part 2
8.Referee Recertification Test-Part 3
9.Referee Recertification Test-Part 4
OMS Site -
All Returning referees have to register on the Officials Management System. OMS.
SIGN INTO OMS - https://me.omgtsys.com.
MEMBER SIGN IN -
A. If you are already an Officials Management Systems user you can just sign into OMS at https://me.omgtsys.com with your user ID and Password.
B. Your US SOCCER user ID and Password will NOT work on the OMS site.
Only an OMS user ID and password will work on the OMS site. We downloaded all referees from 2019 TO 2023 to the new system and to sign into the OMS system you will use your email address (that you used in the previous system) as the username and your last name all UPPERCASE. ------ as your password.
If you have one but cannot remember it, then use the forgot user ID and or forgot password directions.
US Soccer Learning Center Account -
ALL RETURNIG REFEREES ALREADY HAVE A US SOCCER ACCOUNT IN THE LEARNING CENTER WITH US SOCCER.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER ACCESSED YOUR ACCOUNT, AND DO NOT KNOW OR REMEMBER HOW TO GET ON THE ACCOUNT. LET US KNOW.
IF YOU MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT, IT WILL START YOU AS A NEW REFEREE AND IT WILL MESS WITH YOUR REGISTERING FOR A RECERTIFICATION CLASS.
C. If you are having trouble, please contact our OMS administrator Allen Drew at adrewno6@gmail.com or referee@mainesoccerreferee.com for further instructions.
DO NOT TRY TO OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT REMEMBER YOUR OLD INFO. THIS MEANS THE OMS SITE AND US SOCCER SITE.
MAKING DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS MESSES THE SYSTEM UP AND YOU POSSIBLY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER.
OMS Site - https://me.omgtsys.com
Once again Mike Pullen and Peter LeVasseur will be conducting the ZOOM clinics and will use the material and videos from IFAB. This will be 2-hour clinics and Mike and Peter will be available for questions at the end of each clinic.
Please remember that all referees need to attend a yearly re cert clinic and also complete the online lessons.
Advance re cert clinics is also posted below.
“Referee Re certs”. The dates for these clinics are:
ALL ZOOM - Times are 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
1.Feb 2, Sunday - Advanced Class
2. March 12, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
3. March 19, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
4. March 23, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
5. April 6, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
6. April 16, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
7. May 4, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
You will need to complete the following requirements to be recertified for 2024
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Sign up on Officials Management System on the site and date that is correct for you. See below link:
SEE BELOW DOCX FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS TO ACCESS THE REGISTRATION PROCESS -
ONCE ON THE OMS SYSTEM -
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Please check your address, email, and cell phone information and make any corrections.
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If you need the safe sport class, it will show up on your list of online lessons (on your OMS page) that you will need to complete.
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Anyone who is turning 18 in 2025 or is older than 18 years, must do the Safe Sport training. Anyone 14 to 17 years old does not need to do this training.
- If you have a SafeSport certificate from another organization that is current, please let me know. I will need a copy of the certificate. The training is the same, but I am not sure that you would be on the USSF list.
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ATTEND THE WHOLE TWO HOUR RE CERT ZOOM CLINIC. The ZOOM link will be sent to you once you completed all the online lessons and then you can register for a zoom clinic on the Officials Management System. (OMS) This link will be sent out the week of the clinic you signed up for.
Once you complete the ONLINE requirements and attend the entire ZOOM clinic, we will register you for 2025 and we will mail you your patch and Velcro. Please complete the requirements before taking the clinic. Those that have not completed the requirements will not be re certified until we have all the information as outlined above.
Also, all referee events are posted on the new updated Referee Calendar.
Any Questions please ask -
Pete LeVasseur
SDI, Maine
some other information -
Kicks from the mark matrix - PK Matrix:
https://www.theifab.com/laws/chapter/34/section/119/
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2025 Regular Referee RE CERTIFICATION CLINICS
Any referee can attend the advance clinic, regional referees are required to attend the advance clinic. Regular referees can attend the advance clinic and or the regular referee clinics.
ALL ZOOM - Times are 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
1. Feb 2, Sunday - Advanced Class
2. March 12, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
3. March 19, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
4. March 23, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
5. April 6, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
6. April 16, Wednesday - Regular Referee Grassroots
7. May 4, Sunday - Regular Referee Grassroots
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2025 Advanced Clinics -
Any referee can attend the advance clinic, regional referees are required to attend the advance clinic. Regular referees can attend the advance clinic and or the regular referee clinics.
ALL ADVANCE CLINICS
ALL ZOOM - Times are 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
1.Feb 2, Sunday - Advanced Class
any questions - referee@mainesoccerreferee.com