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​Welcome to the Reading-Berks Soccer Referees Association website.
We're working to make referee information more accessible to you!​

RBSRA is associated with the following:
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WAITING FOR YOUR BADGE?
You can begin accepting games without a badge IF your EPSARC account shows that you have been APPROVED for 2021.  To check this, log into your account on EPSARC's OMS website and look for this part of the web page:
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If the "Badge Year" column is showing "2022", you are good to go. 
Note 1 - The "Expected Badge Date" is the date that you were ​approved to begin accepting games, NOT the date that you will physically receive your badge.  
Note 2 - Remember that your login username starts with "R", followed by your 12 character USSFID.


***Remember to contact your assignor(s) when you are approved to let him/her know you are able to accept games and are ready to ref.***

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RBSRA hopes that our Berks referee family is healthy and weathering the COVID-19 measures as best you can.
It's a difficult time.  Please stay informed and safe.  


TIm Snyder is the assignor for the leagues that have teams in the Berks area.  Tim uses GameOfficials for his assigning, so you will need to join his GameOfficials Group to work with him. 
Instructions for joining
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Tim's GameOfficials Group

REFEREE OPTIONS

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Click on soccer ball for GAME DAY INFORMATION and links.
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Click on books for Education Resources
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Click above to link to 
​Game Officials
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Click on coffee mug for DAILY
​"Laws of the Game" Quizzes
2021-2022 LAWS of the GAME INFORMATION
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Click on the image to open a downloadable PDF of the 2020/2021 Laws of the Game
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Click on the image to open a downloadable PDF of the 2020/2021 Laws of the Game Changes and Clarifications effective June 1, 2020.
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EPSARC and US Soccer have added some documents, including "simplified" comments regarding the new LOTG changes and clarifications, key Offside considerations, and analysis of Match Situations.  Click the buttons, below, to read them.
"Simplified" LOTG Comments
Offside - Key Considerations
Analysis of Match Situations

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​RBSRA wishes to welcome the new referees who have recently completed their Field Sessions.  Congratulations! 
​We look forward to seeing you on the pitch...in a referee uniform.  
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Andrew Keddie
Avery McGarry





YOUTH REFEREE PROFILES

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Marabelle Burkert is the 2019 RBSRA Female Youth Referee of the Year.  She has completed her first year officiating USSF Youth Soccer as a Grassroots Referee.  She is in her senior year at Fleetwood HS.  Throughout the spring and fall, she has had the opportunity to be center referee with the 3-man system and of course the one-man system.

In school, she continues to challenge herself by taking independent study courses in AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, and AP Calculus.  Marabelle was also recently elected as Student of the Month by the Fleetwood Rotary Club.  She played her fourth and final year with the Fleetwood High School girls soccer team as a starter where they made county playoffs.  Moving forward, Marabelle will be majoring in Environmental Science at Delaware Valley University and will play soccer for the Lady Aggies!



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THIS COULD BE YOU!!!!!!!!
Do you recognize the guy on the left?  This is Josh Encarnacion!  Some of us have had a chance to officiate with him in PA games and tournaments.  The Glenolden resident had the honor of being the Center Referee in the National finals game and is now an MLS Referee. He is third from the left in the below image taken just before his debut as the fourth official in the DC United v Toronto match. Josh is a great inspiration to young referees, as he began his journey not too long ago. He worked his way up through the Eastern PA mentoring program and became the Youth Referee of the Year in 2015. Josh is a graduate of West Chester University. Please reach out to your mentor, buddy, or RBSRA to find out more about RBSRA mentoring and/or the mentoring program that EPSARC offers. The sky is the limit......

​SOME NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATION
  • RBJSL has switched their website and procedures back to their ORIGINAL website. Please save www.rbjsl.org to your preferences and stand by!!
  • RBSRA highly recommends that all officials purchase a GREEN alternate jersey, to add to your yellow one.  It's good to have a second color, if you are doing three-man games and tournaments.  You will find that you'll use it more than a red or blue jersey and it will give a three-man crew the flexibility to use a second color that everyone has.  
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Young guy, old-style jersey. (no longer recommended by EPSARC/USSF)
Old guy, new-style GREEN jersey. (highly recommended by RBSRA)

​Please click on Official Sp
orts link at the bottom of home page to order.




RBSRA SHIRTS

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RBSRA is proud to offer a  100% wicking polyester sport shirt by SPORT-TEK.  The black shirt sports a Reading-Berks logo in gold lettering.  It is available in Medium through XXL.  The cost is $10. 
    Each size that you want requires a separate submission.
Submit
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Remember, US Soccer, EPSARC, and Assignors encourage the use of the "new" style referee uniforms. Please click on the image to the left to link to Official Sports.
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  • RBSRA Membership
  • Board Members and Contact Information
  • By-Laws
  • Newsletter
  • Upgrading Procedure
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