The Changes for 2020/2021 primarily affect Handball, penalty kicks and kicks from the penalty mark (KFPM).
Laws of the Game 2020/21 Changes and clarifications.
These 2020/2021 Laws come into force on June 1, 2020. For AYSO, these Laws come into force on Aug 1, 2020. Competitions which have been suspended due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), have the option of completing the competition using the Laws of the Game 2019/20 or adopting the Laws of the Game 2020/21. ‘Friendly/practice/warm-up’ matches in preparation for the restart of the competition are permitted to use the version of the Laws that will be used when the competition restarts, even if these matches are after June 1, 2020.
AYSO has released updated guidelines on return to play. Details here
Guidelines include information for regions, officials (referees), coaches, parents and players.
As stay-at-home orders and business restrictions continue to evolve and loosen, we know that there is a desire to return to play as soon as it is deemed safe to do so. To be clear, this notice does not constitute permission to return to the fields.
If volunteer referees want to sign up for Area games, including Upper Division, Area Playoffs and Area All Stars,they would login here: Inleague-Region 76
These competitions are hosted on the Region 76 InLeague76 site and if not already done so, volunteers will need to register as a user in Region 76.
All volunteers are required to update/re-sign their volunteer applications every year. When logging into the schedule at Inleague76, volunteers might be asked to update their application again - even if already done (if the volunteers is from a region other that 76). They should do it again - it is only so the systems can sync their databases.
Once logged in to the site, choose "Referees" and then "Referee Schedule Signup".
Make sure you choose the correct competition from the dropdown list on the top left.
If volunteers are having problems registering at Region 76, they can contact Melissa Krantz (mkrantz@ayso76.org )
To officiate on 16U/19U games, they might also need to be approved. They can be approved by the Area Schedulers, Barry Moser ( barry@ayso19.com ) or Kevin Knopf ( kevin@ayso19.com ).
For the sake of completeness, following are the guidelines we ask all UD referees to follow:
| Area 1-P Staff | |||
| Area Referee Administrator | Anthony Robinson | aysotony@gmail.com | |
| Area Director of Instruction | Rebecca Weinreich | Rebecca.Weinreich@lewisbrisbois.com | |
| Area Director of Assessment | Derek Fabian | derekfabian@gmail.com | |
| Upper Division / Area Schedulers (16U, 19U, Area Playoffs) |
Barry Moser Kevin Knopf |
barry@ayso19.com kevin@ayso19.com |
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| Area Director | Ken Kotarski | aysoken@gmail.com | |
| Section 1 Staff | |||
| Section Referee Administrator | Rick Roberts | ayso1sra@gmail.com | |
| Section Director of Instruction | Al Prado | alprado527@gmail.com | |
| Section Director of Assessment | Rich Fichtelman | ayso1sdra@gmail.com | |
| Area 1-P Regional Referee Administrators | |||
| Region 19 | Culver City | Kelley Kirkpatrick | rra@ayso19.com |
| Region 20 | Santa Monica | Gray O' Brien | rra@ayso20.org |
| Region 69 | Pacific Palisades | Marc Gordonson | referee@ayso69.org |
| Region 70 | West Los Angeles | Andrew Fogg | rra@ayso70.org |
| Region 76 | Beverly Hills | Robert Osborne | ROsborne@ayso76.org |
| Region 78 | Hollywood | Rebecca Weinreich | Rebecca.Weinreich@lewisbrisbois.com |
| Region 1031 | South Los Angeles | Nichole Wade | nichole.wade@ayso1031.org |
| Region 1567 | Los Feliz | Matt Kimball | mattckimball@gmail.com |
| Region 1595 | Watts | Lenin Merchan | la2239@yahoo.com |
| Region 1647 | West Adams | ||
The first wave of Virtual EXPO webinars has been scheduled. Click here for more info.
As part of their Player Development Initiatives, USSF has implemented the Build-out line (BOL) for 9U and 10U.
Here is a video explaining the new rules - This is updated for 2019.
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