NCSL/WAGS NORTHERN VIRGINIA/DC
Soccer Referee Newsletter
FALL 2015
This newsletter provides information for referees about the National Capital Soccer League (NCSL)
and the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS). These are premier TRAVEL leagues for
boys and girls ages 9 to 19. A majority of the games--300-400 each weekend--are primarily played
on Sundays, but quite a few games are now played on Saturday too. We invite all interested referees
to participate.
Your Assignors: Your principal Northern Virginia and DC assignors are:
Sharon Deplitch
sharon.deplitch@verizon.net
Tarey Houston
tareyassignor@aol.com
703-455-2831
301-702-2771
Other Virginia assignors: If you live in these areas, please send your profile sheet to them.
Chantilly home games, Alan Liotta, cyasoceref@aol.com
Stafford, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Jack Hitchens, justhitchens@comcast.net
Winchester home games, Thomas Robb, robb47@gmail.com
League Rules and Procedures: To find all of the NCSL & WAGS rules and procedures, go to the
following websites: www.ncsl-soccer.com (boys travel league) OR www.wagsl.com (girls travel
league). PLEASE: Make sure you read their rules before the season begins.
Important Information: Tarey Houston and Sharon Deplitch are now using
www.gameofficials.net as our referee assigning program.
1.
Go to the following website: www.gameofficials.net.
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Sign in using your User ID and password for registering for a class. If you are already a
member of our group: PLEASE DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER IDENTITY, just click on change
identity to go from one assignor to another assignor.
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Click on My Assignors on the left side of the page.
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Click on (Show) (in green to the left) for Join New Group.
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Type 1414 for Deplitch and 1420 for Houston, for the Group/Assignor Number.
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Type Dep1414 for Deplitch and tarey1420 for Houston, as the Group Access Code.
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Lastly, click Join Group.
NCSL AND WAGS ONLINE GAME REPORT:
NCSL and WAGS now have online game reports. Referees should register before the first games of
the season on the NCSL and WAGS web pages. Here are the steps to follow:
1.
Create an account by signing up as a referee, and get your PIN.
2.
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Go to the NCSL website: www.ncsl-soccer.com or www.wagsl.com and select Referee
Information in the left hand side (must be registered on both sites),
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This will take you to the referee page where there are two links: (1) one for sign-up and
(2) one for game reports.
Important: Sign up in order to receive your pin number via e-mail from Demosphere.
GAMEOFFICIALS.NET ONLINE GAME REPORT:
 All center referees are responsible for filling out the online game reports in the
www.gameofficials.net system. These reports should be filled out within 48 hours, so we can
check for any problems and alert the leagues. IF the CENTER referee DOES NOT fill out the
game report, the CENTER referee will NOT be paid for that game.
NOTE: For ALL NCSL & WAGS games, the center referee must complete a game report
on two websites: www.gameofficials.net (for pay reasons), and the www.ncslsoccer.com or www.wagsl.com websites for scores and cards issued depending on the
gender of the game you did.
STARs: NCSL & WAGS: will continue its Special Team Assistant Referee (STAR) program for ages
12 through 13 for the FALL 2015 season.
When are ARs assigned to younger games? ARs will only be assigned to STAR games if the game
is scheduled along with games that require assigned ARs in order to help with referee rotations.
Referees: DO NOT try to recruit your own ARs unless the teams do not have their STARs present.
Bonus Program: The bonus for working 25 or more combined NCSL/WAGS regular season games
is $200.00. The bonus application form is posted on the WAGS website: www.wagsl.com. Referees
are responsible for submitting the proper forms to the assignors for payment at the end of the season.
Referee Profile Sheet: All Profile sheets are BLANK this year. YOU MAY WANT TO DO THIS
UNTIL YOU LEARN THE NEW SYSTEM (if you want) fill out the enclosed profile sheet and return to
us if you wish to work NCSL/WAGS games. Use of the Profile Sheet is your way to tell us when, if,
and how you want to be assigned games during each season. VERY IMPORTANT: Sending us the
Profile Sheet DOES NOT commit you to working any NCSL or WAGS games. You will always have
the right to request and accept assignments when and if you want. This year, you can submit your
profile sheet by regular mail or fax (using the enclosed profile sheet), or when you receive the email
version of the profile sheet, you can click REPLY, fill in the form in the email message area, and then
send your profile form by email back to BOTH sharon.deplitch@verizon.net and
tareyassignor@aol.com.
Getting Assignments: The Profile Sheet and/or your online availability in www.gameofficials.net is
the key for getting the number and types of assignments you want: It is the principal way for you to tell
Sharon and Tarey the game ages you like to referee, where (which cities or fields) you prefer to
referee, and other information we need. If you are already working as a referee with Sharon and
Tarey, send us both a signed e-mail telling us how you would like to be assigned. WE WOULD LIKE
YOU TO TELL US THE TIMES YOU ARE AVAILABLE.
Make sure that your personal information is up-to-date with your current address and phone numbers
(especially a cell phone number). Your address is important because this is where your paycheck be
delivered at the end of the season.
Uncovered Games: Each week, your assignor will send out by email a list of games that we are still
trying to cover. When requesting or responding to the e-mail listing of the games, you should give us
a few game selections because we answer all e-mails in the order that we receive them, and your first
choice may already be taken. Make sure you let us know who you are by signing your e-mail
request.
Yearly Re-Certification: Your current badge for 2015 will expire on Dec 31, 2015. Re-certification
classes are listed on the State Referee Program website www.vadcsoccerref.com for 2016.
Referee Experience and Age Policy: NCSL and WAGS games are generally more competitive than
other youth soccer games. Therefore, young referees should have at least one season’s experience
working recreational games before signing up for the travel leagues. We assign young referees as
assistant referees with experienced center referees, so they can get the necessary experience to step
into the center when they are prepared, skilled, and experienced enough. Referees who center NCSL
and WAGS games must have demonstrated skill, maturity, and the necessary experience to
center travel games.
Technical Help Is Available: If you need expert professional advice, you can call or email the
Referee Assistance Team coordinators to discuss a problem or interpret a law correctly:
Jack Deplitch
703-455-2831
Email: jack.deplitch@verizon.net
Assessments: Please go to the state web page for more information. We have not been told yet what
level of referee will be needing assessments for 2016.
When the Weather Is Bad: All field closures will be posted on your Assignor’s
www.gameofficials.net NEWS webpage for that weekend. Make sure that you select the right
assignor for the weekend in question.
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If you cannot get to a computer on a rainy morning, call your assignor.
If there is no information posted on the Arbiter websites or an assignor hasn’t called you, go to
your assignment! Do not assume that a game has been canceled because it is raining. If you
get to the field and the game isn’t played, you get paid for the game, so you gain by showing
up.
If you are going to a game from work, church, or after another game, check before you go.
Assignors cannot pay referees who go to canceled games after we’ve made a good faith effort
to post cancellations.
Always check your assignments one final time before you leave for your game.
During thunder and lightning storms, ALL games should be suspended and players sent to their
cars. If the game cannot be resumed in the required time (30 minutes from the last lightning
strike), then the teams are sent home and a report is submitted.
F AL L 20 15 So cc er Ref ere e I nf ormati o n a n d Ava i l abi l i ty s h eet
I f yo u w i sh t o b e a dd ed t o our dat ab as e to ref ere e NC S L, W AG S, O D S L o r a n y
other games that we assign, please fill out this s heet and return it to us
sharon.deplitch@verizon.net andtareyassignor@aol.com
Deplitch: 703-455-2831
Houston: 301-702-2771
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Do you wish to be pre-assigned the whole season?
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If you are already in our database, all you have to do to be pre-assigned the season is send us an
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If you do not indicate in the calendar below when you want to be assigned, we will ASSUME that you
will be picking up assignments week-to-week through our weekly e-mails.
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WAGS Tournament (assignor: JP Rike)
Battlefield Classic (assignor: Sharon Deplitch)