Coaches: Coaches are essential to the game! Coaching children is a very rewarding experience, and coaching your own child's team can be one of the most rewarding experiences of all! Coaches are pivotal to having children get the AYSO experience. If Regions don't have enough coaches, registration is scaled back and kids who want to play in AYSO are turned away. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: training is provided.

• Becoming an AYSO coach: you must be certified in the age level you are coaching. Certification takes three easy steps. First, fill out a volunteer form. Then either attend a short Safe Haven™ course in person or online. Lastly, you must attend a brief age-specific coaching course. It's only a few hours. We also have brand new Coaching Manuals that help you with training plans and activities for the age you are coaching.
• AYSO Resources for coaches (suggestions for training games, drills, etc.)

Referees: Why should you become an AYSO Referee? Because we need you! We can't have games without referees. More importantly, it's rewarding and working with kids is great fun! Training is provided.

• The referee is to be the official in charge of the game. He or she is the independent arbiter and manager of the game, and their authority extends to everyone at the field, including players, substitutes, team officials, and spectators. Their #1 one concern is to keep the game as safe as possible for the players.
• Ready to help? Contact the Regional Commissioner for more information!