IL Referee Development Program

Our Referee Development Program: 

The Youth Mentoring Program has geared to younger referees with 1 to 5 years of experience who are exclusively doing youth games but have a desire to learn and advance their careers.  ISRC's goal for this program is to help identify and provide opportunities for referees to improve and ultimately become eligible for State Cup, President's Cup, MRL, and other Youth Regional events.  

if you are interested in being part of the Referee Development Program please contact us via email: 

info@ilsoccerrefs.org

To become a Regional Referee:

• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Must have held a Referee license during previous three (3) years
• Requirements are completed and approved for upgrade in the license year prior to the year you would take the Regional Course. License year is July 1st through June 30th. Example: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, you complete all requirements in License Year 2026 and then take the Regional Referee Course License Year 2027.
• Fitness Test is offered in July and March - Specific Date/Time/Registration will be posted 
• For Assessments, you need to submit game counts to the ISRC office; 25 Centering and 15 Assistant Refereeing at the adult amateur level. Game Counts can be done in excel; please include date, age group, Referee or Assistant Referee and name of Assignor. You will need 3 passing Upgrade assessments (cost involved).