In addition to the uniform, every player is REQUIRED to wear shin guards at all practices and games. Shin guards must be worn under the socks and must be completely covered. There is no specific style or model required. We recommend visiting Soccer Pro if you’d like some assistance in selecting an appropriate pair of shin guards for your child. Your child may not participate without shin guards.
Uniforms are not included in the cost of registration. Each player is required to wear an OYSC uniform that includes a shirt, shorts and socks. You may use an Orangevale uniform from a prior season even if the style is slightly different from the current version. A new uniform (shirt, shorts, and socks) cost approximately $45 to $50 at Soccer Pro.
Registration refunds requested prior to August 1 will be returned less a $20 charge.
No refunds will be given on/after August 1.
Spring Soccer is here. Cal North District VI offers a spring league open to all area clubs. This is new to OYSC, last year we had one team participate. Because it is new, we are going to put everyone on a waitlist and only form teams if we have enough players and coaches to form teams. Details:
Registration link coming soon.
Fall Registration is Open: Register Here
U6/U8: $100
U10-U19: $115
*Uniforms are not included.
April – Registration Opens
June 30 – Registration Closes (waitlists may be open)
July – Teams Formed
August 1 – Practices Start
Mid August – First Game
Mid November – Last Game
As a new referee, there will be lots to learn – regardless of whether or not you are an experienced soccer player or coach.
There’s a good chance that you’ll get plenty of advice from experience referees that you work with – and even some well-meaning coaches. If you want to get a head start, we recommend taking some time to review the advice that US Youth Soccer has put together right here.
The 17 Laws of the Game are managed by the IFAB (International Football Association Board). Their website is a terrific resource for basic information about the Laws. Visit their site at www.theIFAB.com.
If you’re just looking to see what recent changes have been made to the Laws, visit this page on the IFAB’s site: https://www.theifab.com/law-changes/latest
If you would like to download the Laws of the Game or recent changes, visit this page on the IFAB’s site: https://www.theifab.com/documents/?documentType=all&language=en
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Additionally, US Youth Soccer provides their policy on players and rules that can be accessed here.
Every referee is assigned to a specific game. In order to be assigned to a game, you have to let us know when you’re available. The more available you are, the more likely you are to be assigned games to referee.
There is one person who assigns referees to games in our club… and that person is called “the assigner.” Besides just figuring out who is available, the assigner also needs to consider the age level of the game, the specific referee assignment (center or sideline), and the abilities of each referee.
In order to manage all this, we use a website: https://stackofficials.com/. Every referee will need to create a free account and then log in to mark when they are available to referee. This can be done every week… or you can do it all at one time at the beginning of the season. The sooner your availability is posted, the more likely you are to be assigned a game to referee.
When an assignment is made, each referee has to accept that assignment. If you wait too long to accept an assignment, the assigner may withdraw the assignment and give to someone else. If you ever receive an assignment that you can’t accept, please decline the assignment as soon as possible so that the assigner has time to make an assignment to another referee.
It is possible to be assigned with someone else (ie: ref with a friend/sibling or ref with a son/daughter) – but that is not guaranteed. The more you ref, the more the assigner gets to know you. The better the assigner knows you, the more likely they are to find opportunities for you to ref with a specific person.
If you have questions about referee assignments for the Orangevale Youth Soccer Club, please email refereeassignor@ovalesoccer.org.
In our Club, refereeing used to be a volunteer job – but not anymore! All our referees are paid.
How much money you make depends on a few imporant factors:
– the age group for the game you ref (older = more money)
– the type of referee assignment: center or sideline (center = more money)
We don’t post the current rates because they change over time. If you want to know what the current pay is, please send an email to refereetrainingcoordinator@ovalesoccer.org.
Payment (and your availability) are all managed through https://stackofficials.com/. In order to get paid, you’ll need to have a free account there.
You won’t receive a 1099 federal tax form unless you referee enough to earn more than the federal limit of $600 in a single year.
The more available you are, the more likely you are to get assigned multiple game. For example, if you can only work from 10-noon, you’ll be lucky to get one game. If you are available from 8-3, then there’s a decent chance you could be assigned to more than one game. In most cases, when you are assigned multiple games, they will all be at the same location.
If you referee for other clubs, you’ll learn that there are several things that we do a little differently in the Orangevale Youth Soccer Club (OYSC) to help make sure your referee experiences are the best that they can be:.
– If you referee at least three games, OYSC will reimburse you for the cost of the referee course.
– Even if you start your referee service because of OYSC, we don’t mind at all if you decide to referee for other clubs or organization (but we do love it when you give us a shot to assign you games before the other clubs… ;).
– If you already have a referee license from another club, we’re happy to have you referee for our club.
– We strive to ensure that at least one adult is an assigned referee for every game. Even when a young person is an experienced referee, we’ve found that having an adult on the referee crew makes it less likely that things get out of hand.
We hope that these policies will help you feel our appreciation and maybe even learn to love the greatest game in the world just a little more.
916-988-1528
OYSC@ovalesoccer.org