If you are in Eastern New York any time before the middle of April, please make all efforts to attend an available in-person clinic.

In-person Class Registration: https://forms.gle/mcupNsvpHzXLmWeY9

A process will be announced on April 1st for candidates that need an alternative option. It will be posted on the link below so please check back then.
https://enysreferee.org/recertification/

In the meantime, please register for the appropriate course on the Learning Center and complete the appropriate modules (so you are only waiting for the in-person portion). The cost of recertification will have late fees added progressively over the Winter and Spring season.

If you are a (Grassroots) Referee, you will receive your badge at the conclusion of the clinic. Reminders are sent to all clinic registrants if their requirements are not completed ahead of the class as a courtesy. Attending a clinic without recertifying on the Learning Center and completing all necessary modules will result in no badge at the clinic.

If you are a:

• Regional,
• Regional Emeritus or
• National Emeritus,

your badge will be mailed to you upon conclusion of all your online course modules to the address on your Learning Center profile. Note that these are batch processed once every two weeks roughly.

You are still expected to attend a recertification clinic.

Yes, your Google form entry will send you a receipt of the answers you entered to the email address you provided immediately. That serves as confirmation and you will receive another email 24-48 hours before the class as a reminder.

Don’t worry about the lack of reminders/emails about the session you registered for. Sessions are very rarely cancelled and usually due to severe/inclement weather on a State level (e.g. State of emergency).

Watch this:

The US Soccer registration year ends on June 30th. However,

• classes will be closed significantly before then,
• you will need time to complete all the necessary online modules,
• you will need to participate in the recertification in-person class and
• fees for recertifying later in the season will increase progressively.

If you plan on officiating, recertify on the Learning Center immediately and complete the online modules (even if you cannot make an upcoming in-person class).

Until you complete recertification, you will not be permitted to officiate.

If you choose not to recertify this year, you are permitted to be non-certified for up to 2 consecutive years and return to recertify as regular in the third year without penalty.

If you have any extenuating circumstances, please reach out to questions+recert2026@enysreferee.org.

If you attended a recertification clinic but didn’t receive your badge there due to not completing the online licencing beforehand, reach out to questions+recert2026@enysreferee.org and include the following information:

• your USSF ID
• your full name
• the venue of the class you attended
• what date and time the class was
• when you finished your online modules
• whether you attended the entirety of the class

We will send you our Badge Request form to mail out a badge to you.

Recertification clinics are conducted indoor in a classroom-style setting.

Bring:

• Notebook
• Pen/pencil
• Yellow/red cards
• Drink and/or snack

Dress comfortably but neat. This is a professional, learning environment; polo and slacks preferred. You do not need to wear a referee uniform.

There are two key elements to check. You must have BOTH:

1. your Learning Center profile (or Learning Center Directory) must reflect your licence still being active
2. you have the right year badge.

For example, for 2026,

• your licence expiration date should be 12/31/2026. If there is no licence showing, you are no longer certified.
• you should have a 2026 Referee badge (distributed from an in-person clinic)

Once both reflect appropriately, you are set to officiate.

Reach out to questions+recert2026@enysreferee.org if you have any questions.

You may see the message below on the Recertification course on your Learning Center account.

The likely reason for this is because you accidentally created a duplicate Learning Center account.

In January 2025, the Learning Center added social login options (Google, Facebook and Apple). Screenshot below.

As a result, if you logged in with one of those AND your email on those accounts did not match the email on your existing Learning Center account, a new account might have been created. As a result, it would not let you recertify with no prior experience/licences on the account.

You can verify this by checking the Learning Center Profile page and confirming there are no licences listed as active nor any showing from the past (like below).

To fix this, please submit a support ticket on the following link: https://ussf.my.site.com/lcsupport/s/contactsupport

You must provide:

• Your Full name
• Date of birth
• Email address currently associated with the account you are logged in with
• Original email address with your past account (if you know/remember)
• Mention which email address you want to be your new primary email address

This may take several business days to process (especially during the Holidays) based on their backlog so please be patient.

Note that your USSF ID will likely change once your accounts are merged. If you had noted it down from the Learning Center or received a physical ID pass in the past with a USSF ID, keep this update in mind by checking your Learning Center profile page.

Presumably you’ve filled out the appropriate Google form. If so, you should receive an email at the email you entered containing the responses you just completed.

The following video talks about New Referee field sessions but the same process applies for Recertification clinics as well.

Due to the majority of (youth) soccer games that we officiate being on Saturdays, those were prioritized for venue bookings. One or two sessions in the latter half of the clinic season may be scheduled for a Sunday.