Association Meetings and Training
Soccer Happenings
Check out our calendar, you’ll see AHSAA meetings, USSF meetings, and tournaments that need referees. If you want to add an event to the calendar, please submit your request below.
NASRA General Meeting
NASRA General Meeting and Training
Get ready for the 2026 season (and learn some techniques to make it to the end of the season) with an overview of Referee Fitness and Injury Prevention with Tarver Pyke. Remember that AHSAA requires referees to attend meetings prior to the start and during the season. Please make every effort to attend.
🗓 Date: Tuesday, January 21st
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Merrimack Soccer Central, 3501 Triana Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35805
Food will be provided. And some prizes for some extra motivation to attend!
AHSAA NASRA Prepare Training Day
Mandatory Training for AHSAA 2026 season. Mandatory if you are planing to work the upcoming season. Register here.
Event Address: Merrimack Turf Fields, Huntsville AL
Contact us at Dominic Aragon at vicepresident@nasoa.org or Jackie Svehlak president@nasoa.org if you have any questions.
Registration is required for this event in order for you to receive credit for attending an AHSAA rules meeting. Registration will also enable us to ensure we have a 2025-2026 AHSAA soccer rules book available for you (assuming you haven't received a copy yet).
Thanks for registering for the 2026 PREPARE Event!
The training event will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
Lunch and snacks are provided! If you have special dietary requirements, please make sure you document those in your response in the registration form.
We recommend you bring a portable chair to use while you are at the fields.
There is no cost to attend this event.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026
NASRA General Meeting
NASRA General Meeting and Training
Training Topic TBA. Remember that AHSAA requires referees to attend meetings prior to the start and during the season. Please make every effort to attend.
🗓 Date: Wednesday, January 28th
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Merrimack Soccer Central, 3501 Triana Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35805
Food will be provided!
NASRA General Meeting
NASRA General Meeting and Training
Training Topic TBA. Remember that AHSAA requires referees to attend meetings prior to the start and during the season. Please make every effort to attend.
🗓 Date: Tuesday, February 10th
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Merrimack Soccer Central, 3501 Triana Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35805
Food will be provided!
NASRA General Meeting
NASRA General Meeting and Training
Training Topic TBA. Remember that AHSAA requires referees to attend meetings prior to the start and during the season. Please make every effort to attend.
🗓 Date: Tuesday, February 24th
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Merrimack Soccer Central, 3501 Triana Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35805
Food will be provided!
NASRA Membership Meeting - Back Forty
Come and hang out with your fellow referees. Discuss those calls you made and those pesky offside traps. Drop in any time between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
Location: The Back Forty at 3254 Leeman Ferry Rd SW Huntsville, AL 35801
NASRA Membership Meeting - Back Forty
Come and hang out with your fellow referees. Discuss those calls you made and those pesky offside traps. Drop in any time between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
Location: The Back Forty at 3254 Leeman Ferry Rd SW Huntsville, AL 35801
NASRA AHSAA Kick Off Meeting
NASRA High School Soccer Kickoff Meeting
The high school soccer season is almost here, and it’s time to get ready the right way. Join us for the mandatory NASRA Kickoff Meeting as we prepare for the 2026 AHSAA High School Soccer Season.
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Time:5:30 PM
Location: John Hunt Park
2200 Jaycee Way SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
This meeting is required for all NASRA high school referees and will cover:
Rules review and key points for the upcoming season
Preseason training and expectations
What you need to know before your first assignment
We will also have food, prizes, and an opportunity to connect with fellow referees and mentors.
Whether you are a returning official or new to high school soccer, this kickoff meeting sets the foundation for a successful season. Attendance is mandatory, so please plan to attend and be ready to start the season strong.
We look forward to seeing you on January 7.
NASRA MEETING
As we gear up for the 2026 AHSAA high school soccer season, we’d like to invite you to a warm-up meeting this Tuesday, November 18, 2026, at 6:00 PM at Merrimack Soccer Central, 3501 Triana Blvd, Huntsville, AL 35805. Food will be provided.
This is not our formal training—think of it as a preseason huddle. We’ll cover what you can do now to get ready, what to expect when training officially begins in January, and how to set yourself up for a smooth start to the season. Kris Bailey will be leading the training.
We strongly encourage new referees or anyone considering officiating this spring to join us. We’ll walk through the basic requirements for registering with AHSAA, explain the steps you’ll need to complete, and give you the chance to meet fellow referees and ask questions in a relaxed setting.
USSF/NASRA Law Changes Training
MEETING CANCELED
With the club season starting up, there are some critical rule changes this year that all referees must be aware of to ensure consistency and fairness in our matches.
Key Topics:
Law 12 - There has been a significant change regarding the goalkeeper. A GK who controls the ball with their hands(s)/arm(s) for more than 8 seconds, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. You must understand the visual and verbal procedures required before calling for a corner kick in these situations.
Law 3- Communication with Captains Only Guideline
Law 8- The Start and Restart of Play - Dropped Ball
All referees must understand and implement these changes. Please make an effort to attend at least one of the upcoming meetings to stay up to date.
USSF/NASRA Law Changes Training
With the club season starting up, there are some critical rule changes this year that all referees must be aware of to ensure consistency and fairness in our matches.
Key Topics:
Law 12 - There has been a significant change regarding the goalkeeper. A GK who controls the ball with their hands(s)/arm(s) for more than 8 seconds, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. You must understand the visual and verbal procedures required before calling for a corner kick in these situations.
Law 3- Communication with Captains Only Guideline
Law 8- The Start and Restart of Play - Dropped Ball
All referees must understand and implement these changes. Please make an effort to attend at least one of the upcoming meetings to stay up to date.
Madison Blaze Jamboree Tournament
Contact USSF Assignor Claudiu Muntele for more information at
muntele@yahoo.com.
USSF/NASRA Law Changes Training
With the club season starting up, there are some critical rule changes this year that all referees must be aware of to ensure consistency and fairness in our matches.
Key Topics:
Law 12 - There has been a significant change regarding the goalkeeper. A GK who controls the ball with their hands(s)/arm(s) for more than 8 seconds, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. You must understand the visual and verbal procedures required before calling for a corner kick in these situations.
Law 3- Communication with Captains Only Guideline
Law 8- The Start and Restart of Play - Dropped Ball
All referees must understand and implement these changes. Please make an effort to attend at least one of the upcoming meetings to stay up to date.
NASRA Association Meeting
In person meeting. Elections for high school assignor, vp, secretary and two member at large positions will take place. Address: Holiday Inn Express & Suites 5101 Governors House Dr SW Huntsville AL (by Space Center).
We’ll have pizza! Bring your own drinks.
See you there!
Southern Coast Cup High School Soccer Tournament
To fully staff the number of games that are on this schedule, I will need at least 90 officials at the tournament. The event staff have secured 15 hotel rooms with double occupancy, so I have the capacity to bring in 30 officials from outside of the Mobile/Baldwin County area. Thus, I will be relying on support from the Mobile and Baldwin County referees for the majority of the assignments.
So that I can start building out a spreadsheet of available officials, I am asking that you please email me at fjonesiiihsc@gmail.com by Friday, March 14th, 2025 if you would like to be considered for game assignments. In your reply, I need the following information-
1- Name
2- Years of referee experience
3- Limitations (ex- you only can be an AR, only want to work JV games, no more than a certain number of games per day)
4- If you will need a hotel room (Mobile and Baldwin County Referees are not eligible for a hotel room)
5- What days will you be available and what times are you available on those days
6- Conflicts (ex-you do not want to be assigned to a certain school)
7- Special dietary needs
As many of these games are going to be very competitive matches, I will be looking to put together referee crews from the top officials who register. Thus, not everyone who applies to work this event will be selected for game assignments.
If you have already sent me your interest to work this event, you do not need to send me this information again. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Frank
Frank R. Jones III,
Cell Phone- 614-313-5787
NEW US Soccer Referee Abuse Program
US Soccer recently rolled out a new program in their continuing efforts to stop Referee abuse. The new program mandates reporting and sets out punishment guidelines for both verbal and physical abuse.
The Alabama SRC is rolling out a series of Zoom meetings to help you understand the new policy, your role in reporting, and the guidelines for sanctions. Our first such Zoom meeting will be held this Sunday, March 9th, beginning at 7 pm. You are strongly encouraged to attend and learn more about this policy, how you are expected to report any instances of abuse, and what is being done across the sport to quell abusive incidents.
The Zoom link is below, and a reminder will be sent later this week. Please join us to learn more about this important initiative and new policy.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://nylife.zoom.us/j/3608992574?omn=95828772243&from=addon
Meeting ID: 360 899 2574
First AHSAA Contest Begins
Get ready! High School season is set to start on February 6, 2025.
AHSAA Soccer NW DISTRICT Camp
Referee's - The 2025 AHSAA soccer season is right around the corner and its time to register for the 2025 NW District Referee Camp to be held on Saturday, January 18th at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville beginning at 9am.
Please register early. Registration closes on Monday, January 6th. Follow instructions on the registration form to secure your spot by submitting the $40 fee.
2025 NW District Camp Registration