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Where is that field, anyway? (Directions to Fields)
How much are referees paid?
How much are SAYSO referees paid? (Referees obtained for non-SAYSO club tournaments and league games are paid by the respective clubs at rates established by those clubs.)
FIFA Laws/Rules: 2005 Playing Season
        -FIFA's Clarification of the Offside Rule (August, 2005)
FIFA Laws/Rules: 2004 Playing Season
FIFA Laws/Rules: 2003 Playing Season
FIFA Laws/Rules: 2002 Playing Season
    and CYSA's clarification regarding sleeveless jerseys and substitutions after a caution
    and, USSF's rescinding of the original requirement
New FIFA Laws/Rules: 2001 Playing Season
"New" FIFA Laws/Rules From Previous Seasons
USSF Guidance to Referees on Medical Alert Jewelry
USSF Guidance to Referees on Headgear
CYSA-N Guidance to Referees on Casts, Braces, and Splints
USSF Guidance to Referees on Heat-Induced Illness (links to the USSF web site)
Thanks for the Good Conduct!
Guide to Refereeing Club Games for BRAND-NEW Referees
Useful Referee Links
FIFA
FIFA - Laws of the Game
FIFA - Questions on the Laws of the Game
USSF - United State Soccer Federation
USSF Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game
NFHS - National Federation of State High School Associations
CNRA - California North Referee Association
SFSRA - San Francisco Soccer Referee Association
D2RA - District 2 Referee Association
Abuse of Officials Bulletin Board
Referee Assault Information
Ask the Ref.com
Publications

Referee Handbooks
• Q&A of the Laws of the Game (.pdf)
• Referee Administrative Handbook (.pdf)
• Referee Pregame Cheat Sheet (.doc)

USSF Referee Memoranda

• 2005 USSF Memorandum (.pdf)
    • 2004 USSF Memorandum (.pdf)
    • 2004 USSF Memorandum on "Cautions and Cautionable Offenses" (.pdf)
• 2003 USSF Memorandum (.pdf)
• 7+7 Cautionable and Send-Off Offenses (.pdf)
• 7+7 Professional Point System (.pdf)
• 8 Mandatory Cautions (.pdf)
• Abandoning a Match (.pdf)
• Availability of Water During a Match (.doc)
• Celebration of Goals (.pdf)
• Ceremonial Restart After Misconduct (.pdf)
• Feinting on a Penalty Kick (.pdf)
• Injuries and Bleeding (.pdf)
• Jersey Sleeves Rule Suspended (.pdf)
• Law 4: Player's Equipment [Jewelry] (.pdf)
• Managing Match Time (.pdf)
• Mandatory Suspension from Red Card (.pdf)
• Mass Confrontation (.pdf)
• Misconduct and Display of Cards (.pdf)
• Misconduct by Attackers on a Free Kick (.pdf)
• Misconduct Involving Language/Gestures (.pdf)
• No Replacement for a Player Sent-Off (.pdf)
• Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity Denied (.pdf)
• Player Dress (.pdf)
• Player's Equipment (.pdf)
• Positioning at Free Kick Restarts (.pdf)
• Reducing at Kicks from the Mark (.pdf)
• Restarts after Striking, Throwing or Spitting (.pdf)
• Sending Off Substitutes and Non-Players (.doc)
• Sequential Infringements of the Law (.pdf)
• Shin guards (.pdf)
• Throw-In to Keeper from Teammate (.pdf)
• Use of Electronic Signal Flags (.pdf)