The purpose of the Volunteer Point Policy is to help ensure that AYSO Region 84 recruits, trains, certifies, and fields enough volunteer referees to officiate games played in our Region. Each team in Region 84 in divisions 9U and older is expected to achieve a minimum of 20 points per season. Failure by a team to achieve the minimum point requirement may result in the team not being allowed to participate in post-season tournaments.
Points can be awarded for the following (minimum 20 required):
- Referee or Assistant Referee (AR) for matches 9U and above – 2 pts per game
- Referee for 8U matches – 1 pt per game
- Referee Meeting Attendance – 1 pt per referee meeting (2 points max per team per meeting; 5 points max per team per season)
- Intermediate Referee Badge Upgrade – 4 pts
- Advanced Referee Badge Upgrade – 6 pts
- National Referee Badge Upgrade – 10 pts
- Referee “Step-In” – 1 pt per game (If you are at an unassigned match and need to step-in as a referee; must be in uniform and an active referee in Matchtrak)
- NEW ADULT Referee (Required to complete the following: 1. Attend referee course; 2. Attend Mentoring Day; 3. Officiate one match as AR & one match as Referee) – 8 pts (4 bonus points plus 2 pts each for Referee and AR)
- Youth Referees may only earn points for their own team or a sibling's team
- Independent Referees (no family member on a team) are encouraged not to give points to more than one team
- Points earned from Youth and Independent Referees will be limited to 50% of total team points