USSF Integration

Arbiter has an integration with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) that will allow assigners to track officials' USSF certification statuses through eligibility. With this feature, you will be able to quickly and easily see which officials are certified and which ones may need additional training or certification. Follow the steps below to learn how you can start utilizing the USSF integration.

Setting up an Eligibility

1. Click on Eligibility tab.
2. Click Create Eligibility Period or use the “+” button in the upper right-hand corner.
3. Fill in the specific information for this eligibility period:
   1. Give your eligibility period a name (Ex. 2023-24 Season).
   2. Group your eligibility period by date range or school year. Date range is most commonly used.
   3. Choose open and close dates for this eligibility period.
   4. Click Create.

4. Add your different eligibilities.
   1. This can either be broken into different categories or everything can be built under one eligibility.
   

5. Once your Eligibilities have been built, it’s time to add your different Eligibility tiers.
   1. Tiers can be arranged to fit a certain order of hierarchy. The official will show the highest level of achieved tier.

6. Add your requirements to your tiers.
   1. Select USSF Certification as requirement
   2. Choose type of USSF Certification (Coach, Referee, or Safety)
   3. Select name of USSF Certification

Monitoring Eligibility

1. Click on Monitor Eligibility subtab.
2. Search for an official to view the official's eligibility
3. Select the Official to open up their profile to view current eligibilities
   1. Eligible officials will show a "Completed" status and if applicable, an expiration date for the specific eligibility requirement
   2. Ineligible officials will show a red "Not Completed" indicating that the official has not yet completed the specific eligibility requirement or their previous certification is expired

Re-Syncing Eligibility:

Assigners can Re-Sync an official's Arbiter account with the Learning Center if the official is missing updated certifications. Please follow the steps below.

1. Click on Monitor Eligibility subtab.
2. Search for an official to view the official's eligibility
3. Select the Official to open up their profile to view current eligibilities
4. Click View Profile
5. Select Additional Information and then scroll down to the USSF ID field.
6. Click Re-Sync to retrieve latest updates from
7. Once the official has been re-synced, the eligibility calculation will run nightly and update the official's eligibility status.
   1. Updating an existing eligibility will also kick-off an eligibility calculation if you do not want to wait