There are a large number of changes coming from US Soccer, starting July 1st, 2019, for the 2020 registration year. Please watch for emails from MSR Game Officials or Officials Management System (OMS) concerning changes in registration, training, assessments and other areas. As soon as possible, please complete the following two requirements:
1) As stated in a previous email, Maryland is migrating to Officials Management System (OMS) and away from Game Officials for registration and training. If you have not logged into OMS yet, you need to ASAP. Below is a link to explain how to log into OMS:
You will need your 16-digit USSF ID number. If you do not know your ID number, here are instructions how to locate it:
If you have already signed into OMS, you DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS!
2.) Starting now, every referee 18 years of age and older MUST complete SafeSport training in order to officiate any games. If you turn 18 between October 2nd, 2019 to June 30th, 2020 you will have 30 days after you turn 18 to complete this Safe Sport training. This training takes approximately 2 hours and is mandatory. You are required to complete this no later than October 1st, 2019. Instructions how to access the training can be found here:
When you successfully complete all 3 modules, you will receive a “SafeSport Trained” certificate. Save this certificate (.pdf file). You will need to upload it to US Soccer at a later time.
This is a mandatory requirement. If you do not complete this training by October 1st, 2019, you will no longer be licensed as a USSF Referee.
