Thank you for your interest in becoming an Assistant Referee (aka linesman or AR for short). We definitely welcome new ARs! We schedule our ARs in August for the Fall season and in March for the Spring season. If you are certified by then or are signed up for a certification class, e-mail us at AssistantReferees@PegasusSoccerClub.org and we can add you to our list.

You must be certified before you can be an AR. To get certified, you need to attain either a Grade 12 or a Grade 8 referee license. (This has nothing to do with school grades.) A Grade 12 license certifies you as an Assistant Referee only and is a 1-day course which must be repeated every year to maintain certification. A Grade 8 license certifies you to be a Center Referee and allows you not only to be a linesperson (AR) but also to work as a referee for the various leagues in the area. Grade 8 is a 2-day course with a 1-day recertification each year.

Access this web site for more official information and a list of clinics that are currently available: http://www.illinoisyouthsoccer.org/referees.html.

Click on the link to Referee Clinics and scroll down to see the list. If there are no Grade 12 clinics being offered nearby, keep checking back to this site (daily). Once you find a class you can attend, sign up quickly as they tend to fill up.

A little more about Grade 12 and Grade 8…

Each club (like the Pegasus Soccer Club) pays ARs (Grade 12 - linesmen) and each club sets the fee and other guidelines. We currently have a sliding pay scale based on the age of the team being lined. Pay ranges from $15/game up to $25/game. All new ARs start with younger games (i.e. less pay). You have to build your confidence and your skill in order to AR for the older games (like U15 and up). Also, Pegasus will reimburse you for your initial certification course and provide you with a uniform if you AR at least 4 games your first season.

Center referees (Grade 8 and up) are scheduled by Referee Assignors who work for the various leagues (such as YSSL and IWSL). If you choose to get your Grade 8, we can give you some advice on how to go about getting scheduled to referee games. We don’t schedule or pay the center refs, but we can tell you who to talk to. Pay for center refs depends on the league and the age of the game, but our youth referees tend to make $25 - $30 per game. Refereeing in tournaments can be quite lucrative!

If you need more information, please e-mail the address above. And remember to notify us (same address) if you are certified and wish to get into our schedule of ARs.