District II matches amongst its Member Association Teams have licensed Referees assigned to them by the Home Team's Association or Club. Thus, it is possible that the Match is officiated by a Referee from an organized Referee Chapter (such as EKCSRA), an Association Referee program (such as the NYSA), a specific Club program, or even by a volunteer Referee from the sidelines (should no other Referee appear).

What to do if Misconduct occurs

If you are the Referee at a District II Match (regardless of how you received the Assignment), and formal Misconduct occurs during the match, and you issue a Caution (Yellow card) or SendOff (Red Card), you MUST follow the appropriate procedures to "file your paper work". This means you ARE REQUIRED to file a formal report indicating why the card was issued for review by the District II Disciplinary Committee.

How to file a Misconduct Report

To make this easier for you to do and make the process of Misconduct Reporting more effective, District II is involved with a regional project that collects Misconducts from multiple Websites and distributes them, as appropriate. For background on this project, click to the RidgeStar Misconduct Site and read over the Information segment of that site.

If you (as a Referee) are associated with either the EKCSRA and/or the NYSA and received your assignment from them, please use their websites to file a Misconduct Report (yes, both these organizations are also involved with the Misconduct project).

If you are not associated with either of these organizations or did not obtain your Assignment from them, you can register as a Referee directly on the RidgeStar site (there is NO COST associated with this). Once you have done this, you will be able to file electronic Misconduct Reports to District II via this mechanism. District II would like to encourage you to file your Misconducts this way, as it has proven to be most effective in dealing with Misconduct in our area and helps us improve the quality of the experience for all participants.

The information on this page about Misconduct Reporting is primarily for the Referees that officiate at District II Matches, but may be of interest to other participants.