USSF

Game Resources

GAME ASSIGNMENTS
Arbiter
NWOYSL Assignors & Contacts
– OSSL Assignors
>>Toledo – Aaron Wolfe awolfe12​@gmail.com
>> Findlay/Lima – Randy Molyet refrandy@hotmail.com

UNIFORMS & GEAR
– Only purchase USSF jerseys and 2-stripe socks!
Official Sports
Referee Store

Game Day Resources

USSF Referee Report & Supplemental Referee Report
FIFA Considerations 2023
FIFA Consideration Condensed
USSF Cautionable and Sending-off Offenses 20-21
FIFA Analysis of Match Situations 2019-2020
US Soccer Environmental Conditions
Shootout Form
USSF Build Out Line 2019
USSF “I Got the Ball” 2020
USSF Offensive, Insulting or Abusive Language 2020

Tourney & League Information

FEES & GAME INFORMATION
2024 Referee Fees, Game Lengths & Substitution Guide per League / Tourney DOWNLOAD [PDF] (updated 11/19/23)

TOURNAMENTS
Ohio Soccer Assoc Tourneys
Bowling Green Spring Challenge (U8-U19) April 26-27, 2025

LEAGUES

NWOYSL
Rules and Fees

Ohio Soccer Association
Ohio State Soccer League
2024-25 OSSL Rulebook

Great Lakes Conference [GLC]
Instructions To Referees
Sample completed game card
How to submit a GLC Supplemental Report
Referee Assignor Contact List

Great Lakes Alliance [GLA]
2023-2024 NPL Rules
2024-2025 Rules Supplement
GLA Letter to Referees

Elite Clubs National League
Referee Procedures
Competition Rules 2024-25
Team Check-In Process
ECNL Heat Policy
ECNL Resource Center

USYS National League Elite 64
Elite 64 Rules

United Soccer League (USL)

Buckeye Premier Youth Soccer League (Ohio South)
League Rules 24-25
For Referees

NWO Champions League [NWOCL]
– FIFA Laws, 45 min halves, unlimited subs
– $60 CR, $50 AR

Reporting Concerns

Referees who experience uncomfortable or bad situations with coaches, players, and/or spectators before, during, or after a game should:

1) Gather the facts: who, what, when, where
2) Call the game assignor right after the game
3) Email a report of the incident to the assignor and to one of the Mentors listed on the Board page.

NWOSOA will support referees in addressing bad behavior and by offering guidance.

Thick skin is for crocodiles! We cannot help you if the incident is not reported. We can work with the clubs and leagues to stamp out bad behavior.

Coaches who would like to report a concern about a local referee should contact the game assignor and email their concerns to one of the Mentors listed on the Board page. These US Soccer Mentors are available to help our referee development.

Ohio Concussion Law

Ohio’s Return-to-Play law (ORC 3313.539 or ORC 3314.03) requires that Ohio youth athletes who are suspected of sustaining a concussion, MUST be removed from practice or play. Ohio laws prohibit a child to return to play (practice or competition) on the same day that he/she is removed on suspicion of having sustained a concussion. Learn more about Ohio’s Return-to-Play law.

When a player takes a blow to the head from the ball, body part or ground, referees should look for these common concussion symptoms listed below. If a concussion symptom is observed, the referee should tell the coach that the player cannot return to the game(s) that day.

  • Headache
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Confusion
  • Double/fuzzy vision
  • Dizziness
  • Balance problems
  • Nausea
  • Slow reaction time
  • Amnesia/difficulty remembering
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Sensitivity to light and noise
  • Feeling sluggish, foggy or groggy