MSYSA Resources
MI Safer Sports Testing Program
Referee Resources
WSSL does not certify or schedule referees. Each individual club has a referee assignor who schedules games for their club. Some clubs share a single assignor. Information on getting certified, contact info for local and statewide assignors, contact info for reporting verbal/physical referee abuse, the FIFA Laws of the Game and more can all be found at https://www.michiganrefs.org
Health Resources
U.S. CDC Concussion Heads-Up
MSYSA Concussion Resources
U-M Concussion Center Research
U-M NeuroSport Concussion Study Call (877) 877-9333, (734) 930-7400 or email NeuroSport@med.umich.edu
SafeSport
Education Resources
U.S. Soccer Learning Center
MYSYA Coaching Resources
How to Coach Kids
At Home Family Health Fitness
Sites
Offside (#Stop by Brian Barlow) – https://www.facebook.com/youreoffside
I Love to Watch You Play (By Alex Flanagan & Asia Mape) – https://ilovetowatchyouplay.com/
Articles
2019/11/29 – Are youth soccer buzzwords like ‘elite’ and ‘premier’ misleading parents? (By soccerwire.com)
2019/6/19 – How Technology Put Officials in a Tough Spot (By Kevin Seifert, ESPN)
2019/3/13 – Why Coaching From the Sidelines Will Always Backfire for Sports Parents (By Stack.com)
2019/2/21 – Abuse of officials in youth sports must stop (By Yuya Kiuchi, Lansing State Journal)
2019/1/9 – Dear Mom and Dad Cool It (By Karissa Niehoff, Traverse City Record-Eagle)
2018/11/1 – Why Sports Parents Sometimes Behave So Badly (By Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, NY Times)
2018/10/11 – How referee shortage could impact high school, youth sports (By Eric Lacy, Lansing State Journal)
2018/9/26 – John Bieniewicz is murdered on the pitch (Video by Brian Barlow, Offside)
2018/9/12 – Teen referee assaulted after penalizing coach with red card (By Ch. 7 KVIA staff, El Paso, TX)
2018/7/16 – What's Killing Youth Soccer in America Is Also Hurting Most Every Other Sport (By Bob Cook, Forbes)
2018/7/16 – U.S. men's soccer team didn't make the 2018 World Cup for this reason (By Carlo Celli & Nathan Richardson, USA Today)
2018/3/29 – Youth sports referees across the U.S. are quitting because of abusive parents (By Scott Stump, Today.com)
2016/8/3 – Three Questions That Turn Losing into Learning (John O’Sullivan, Changing the Game Project)
2015/2/20 – Plea deal in soccer ref death: Man to serve 8-15 years (By Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press)
2014/9/1 – Putting Kids Back Into Kids’ Sports (By Chris Ballard, Experience Life)
2013/10/10 – Parents Ruin Sports for Their Kids by Obsessing About Winning (By Lisa Endlich Heffernan, The Atlantic)
2012/6/27 – Athletics trainers: Don't use exercise as punishment (By Erin Egan, USA Today)
2012/4/12 – Why Soccer Players Are Smarter than You (By Cassie Shortsleeve, Men’s Health)
2011/6/8 – Tips for staying cool while playing sports (By Jenilee Matz, myOptumHealth)