Welcome to Refereeing for Lazers Soccer Club and AFC Lightning!

We field referees for Lazers Recreation Games and AFC Lightning Select Games at Peachtree City Athletic Center (PAC), Glenloch and Tyrone Handley Park. Game levels can range from U10 recreation to U19 SCCL and DPL leagues. Tournament events are available as well.

Referees make good money participating in a sport they love. Whether you are 14 and looking for something to make some money - or a Mom or Dad of a player that wants to keep active - officiating has something for everyone.

NEW REFEREES

All new referees, whether currently certified or looking to learn how to become a referee - CLICK HERE to learn how.

ASSIGNING

We utilize Arbitersports as an assigning platform. If you need to get setup with us to get assignments, please go to the new referee page CLICK HERE to get an account.

Arbiter has great support pages if you want to dig into how to use this system to it's fullest potential. Click the icon next to your name in the top right corner and click Help.

We limit ArbiterSports accounts to active referees due to the cost involved in carrying referee accounts with this system. If you want to get updates but can't be an active referee, please join the GroupMe channel below.

Georgia Soccer Referee Resources:

https://www.georgiasoccer.org/referees/

Recertification:

Referees looking to get recertified for 2024 should look to the US Soccer Learning Center for the recertification course. If you were certified in 2021 or 2022, and still want to recertify for 2024, you can do that.

Click HERE for the Georgia soccer recertification course.

Communication

ArbiterSports Email/Notification

The primary notification system we will be using to communicate to officials will be through ArbiterSports system. Please make sure your contact information is updated.

Groupme Announcement Channel
Join the groupme announcement channel for access to announcements and other information - https://groupme.com/join_group/85744555/Ie11juvS

This is an announcement channel not a group chat - you will only get posts from the assignor staff.

Pay

Pay will be processed every 2 weeks on the Monday following the second weekend.

1099 Tax Information

Tax information is handled by ArbiterPay and 1099s are issued by Arbiter going forward. If you worked Spring 2023 and were paid by Gameofficials in September, you will receive a 1099 from Gameofficials. If you worked through Arbiter in 2023 and made over $600, you will receive a 1099 from Arbiter. If you have questions regarding 1099s, please contact christian@lazers.soccer.

Questions
If you have any questions, contact Ken Wilcox at ken@lazers.soccer.