There are a few steps necessary to get you ready to volunteer! AYSO strives to provide every volunteer with the best possible soccer learning experience. Every position in AYSO is provided with extensive training to help successfully manage a Region from coaches, referees, managers and administrators. AYSO’s coaching program features an innovative, age–appropriate curriculum, including in-person and online courses, interactive manuals, weekly training plans and online video demonstration content.
Please view the chart to see which training is needed per position:
| Volunteer Position | Background Check | SafeSport | Safe Haven | Concussion | Sudden Cardiac | Online Role-Specific Training | In Person/Field Training |
| Head Coach | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Playground, U6, U8 | U10, U12, U14 |
| Assistant Coach | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Playground, U6, U8 | U10, U12, U14 |
| Team Parent | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Referee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Division Coordinator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Division Coordinator | Meeting TBD |
| Youth Referee | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event Helper | No | No | No | No | No | No | Info Meeting TBD |
| Field Setup / Take down | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Meeting Date TBD) |
1. Registration
Go to our website at www.ayso1315.org and register/create an account. Once you've registered, or if you are already registered, click on the 'Volunteer' tab on the left hand side. Then choose 'Find Volunteer Roles'. You may need to select 'New Fall 2023 Player Registration'. You will want to select your volunteer role in your specific division. Then choose 'Sign up a Registered User' and choose yourself. Then please complete the volunteer registration.
*If you are registering someone else as a volunteer please do the following: Click 'Sign up a New User'. Then press continue. As you fill out the info for someone else you need to put a different email address then the one you registered yourself with (ie. if you are registering your son as a youth referee, you need to put in an email address for him - NOT YOUR email address.) When you finish entering the info, you'll click 'Invite User and Continue'. This will then send an email to the 'New User' asking them to create an account for themselves. This volunteer will be linked to your account. DO NOT sign up a NEW user with the YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. This confuses the system and won't log the training to the right account. Please call if you have questions - 775-250-1343.
2. Background Check
Once you've completed your volunteer registration an email will be sent to you from Sterling Volunteers requesting a background check. Please complete this. (Please check your SPAM folder for the email. If you cannot find the email or your Risk Status is still 'Pending' after 7 days, please contact Sterling Volunteers at [email protected] or 855-326-1860, Option 3 (8:00 am – 8:00 pm EST).
3. SafeSport Training
Youth Referees DO NOT take this course. This is required by the United States. To access the link to SafeSport, please log into your account, go to the 'Volunteer' tab. On the top of the page there is a section that says 'Important Information', click on the down arrow. This will populate a section on SafeSport with a link to the SafeSport website. Please complete this.
4. AYSOU Training
You can access the required training courses by logging into our website, going to the 'Volunteer' tab and clicking on the 'AYSOU' button to the right of your name. If you do not see this button, please let me know.
AYSOU is housed on a separate site, pressing the 'AYSOU' button will take you to the site. If the new site gives you an error, then please log out of your account and log back in. This should fix the system.
Once in the site, click on the tab on the left that says 'Training Library'. Please enroll in the following training:
Under the Safe Haven Category: (Expiration: Every 3 years)
Click 'View Courses' under the 'Safe Haven' category. You will need to complete the following courses:
AYSO's Safe Haven - Online
CDC Concussion Awareness - Online
Sudden Cardiac Arrest - Online
Under the Coaching Category: (Expiration: Good for life)
Click 'View Courses' under the 'Coaching' category. You will need to complete the course that corresponds to the division you are volunteering for. U10, U12 and U14 have an online and in person portion to their course.
Under the Refereeing Category: (Expiration: Good for life)
There are three different paths for Referee training:
Regional Referee Full In-Person Course
Click on Training Events and search for events by Region 1315 as well as Region 1258. If there is an event listed for an In-Person training event, register for that course and all required Referee-specific training will be done at the class. The other trainings listed above are still required.
Regional Referee Online + In-Person Companion Course
Click on View Courses under the Refereeing section. You will need to complete the Regional Referee - Online + In-Person Companion Course (2 Part Bundle). Please view the In Person Training schedule below.
U-8 Official
If you want to referee 8U games ONLY, then please enroll in the 8U Official Course - Online. No in-person training is required for this certification. We know that this seems like a lot but we do everything we can to make sure that our players are safe and trained in an age/developmentally appropriate way. We encourage you to look at this opportunity to better our organization, community and your self!
Please complete this training by before the in person training.
In Person Referee Training Session
Regional Referee Field Training
You must register for the class before attending. To do so, long into your account, go to 'Volunteer' tab, then click on 'AYSOU' button. Next click on the 'Training Event' tab and search for 'Region 1258' and 'Region 1315', then look for the classes listed on the specific dates below.
Saturday, September 14, 2024: Regional Referee Full In-Person Course AND Regional Referee Online + In-Person Companion Course (Field portion)
Saturday, September 21, 2024: Regional Referee Online + In-Person Companion Course (Field portion)
Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!