HSSOA How To Become A HSSOA Referee
To become a HSSOA referee and join the best soccer assigning chapter in Texas you need to complete the following steps:
1. Join TASO, as a new or returning member. Don’t forget to choose Houston as your home Chapter! The cost is $85 before the end of September, $120 after that. TASO member portal
2. Once available, expected during the first week of August complete the TASO on-line training videos. This means watching all of them. Make sure when you have completed watching a video that you see a green bar in the upper left corner that says Completion requirements MET.
3. Pass the on-line TASO soccer test – 80=passing score; 90=to be considered for the Regional or State play-offs The test is available in either English or Spanish language. You get twenty (20) chances to make a passing grade.
4. Pay your HSSOA membership and initial assigning credits. Once a member of HSSOA you will be sent a login to this website’s private member area. From there you can pay via the “Make Payment” menu option via debit or credit card.
The payment required to HSSOA depends on your membership status and if you owe or have previous credits. Please note that these payments are completely separate to the TASO registration.
The amounts shown here assume no credits with or nothing owed to HSSOA. For returning members your actual amount to be paid is shown under Member Balances.
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Membership Type |
Paid Before October 1st 2025 |
Paid Between October 1st 2025 & April 1st 2026 |
Paid After April 1st 2026 |
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Full Membership (Previous Member, not U21 or a student) |
$130 |
$150 |
$130 |
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New Member (Never Been a HSSOA Member) |
$115 |
$125 |
$115 |
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U21 or Student Member (U21 at 12/1/25 or a student at an accredited place of learning) |
$105 |
$105 |
$105 |
The membership payment to HSSOA is the main source of income that funds the Chapter. This pays for:
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training events by professional instructors
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business and administrative expenses, bookkeeping, website
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local fitness testing for qualification for State play-offs.
As part of your payment to HSSOA all members have $100 put into their accounts to cover an initial assigning credit deposit of 20 games. HSSOA charges a $5 assigning fee per game to cover the costs of our assignors and the Assignr software and is paid at the same rate for all types of games and for all positions worked.
The $5 fee is deducted from your HSSOA account as the season progresses. As you do more games you will need to top up your account so you can be assigned more games. A weekly update of balances is listed on this website and you will be notified if your balance dips below zero. If you stay in negative, you will not be assigned and we will require a bigger deposit to be reinstated.
All games are assigned through Assignr software, accessed through a computer and also a free mobile App. Instructions for navigating the portal can be found here
If you are a first year referee, you are required to attend one of our scheduled on field training sessions, dates and times and location to be published on the website.
