Quality referees, 13 years of age and older, are always needed.

To qualify as a licensed referee you must take a certification course hosted by the MN State Referee Association.

All licensed referees must complete the recertification course each year to maintain their status.

If you would like additional information, or would like to referee for the Eagan Soccer Association, please contact our referee assignors:

     Southside Referees
     Shaji Varghese:  612-812-8955
     Ajay Varghese:  651-955-6905

EAA relies on participation from hundreds of coaches and parents who volunteer many hours of their time to the youth of Eagan.

Every season we need nearly 200 coaches to make this a successful season. We provide all the equipment and coaching plans and are happy to pair coaches up to keep working together.

Please consider volunteering a couple hours a week to help kids enjoy the season and learn the sport of soccer.

April 23, 2025 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at the Northview shed (1049 Northview Drive).

Contact Mike at president@eagansoccer.org if you have questions!

3 Compliance Items:

Background check (10 minutes)

APS training (90 minutes) 

Concussion training (45 minutes)

 

All Head and Assistant Coaches are required to complete a background check annually. Please be sure to add this email to your list of senders so emails do not go to your spam: adminassistant@eaasports.org.

 

Coaches Eligibility:

1) Complete the Coach Membership Registration HERE 

2) Once you complete the registration, look for an email from SE regarding your membership status. It may go to any email listed in your SE account.

3) Complete 2024 Background Check via link sent in email 

1. You will be asked to upload a current concussion certificate so have it ready to upload or say "no" if you need to complete it to submit later (valid for 3 years).
2. If you are also planning to coach other sports in 2024, please mark ALL of them on your background check.

4) Complete the 2024 APS Training via link sent in email (valid for 2 years).

5) Visit HERE to monitor missing items or to find links if not emailed after registration.

6) Visit HERE for instructions IF you need to complete concussion training (valid for 3 years).

 

If you are coach compliant from another EAA sport, please reach out to adminassistant@eaasports.org to see if you are exempt from completing coach compliance.

 

Below are some helpful tips to help you navigate the concussion website. They suggest doing so from a desktop (not iphone or ipad) and using Google Chrome for the best results.

 

Direct link to CDC course for coaches:
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1089818/

 

CDC Concussion Course Access Tips

1. Create your account

2. Choose "other" (blue underlined option) as your purpose for training, then "confirm these selections" 

3. "National/CDC, Other" should now be listed, then click "continue" 

4. Select "Not a State Employee"

5. Select "Metro "

6. Select "Metro East" 

7. Select "Dakota" 

8. Select "Other"

 

Organization

Name: Eagan Athletic Association

Department/Division: Your sport (soccer, track, baseball, etc)

Title: Coach

 

Professional Role (optional)

Volunteer

 

Work Settings (optional)

Non-Profit Organization

 

Course Title

HEADS UP to Youth Sports: Online Training for Coaches

 

 

Need to take the Pre-Assessment first (green button) first -- that is what launches the course. Once you register for the course you are moved to a pre-assessment pending status. Please click the green “Assessment” button to begin the pre-assessment. If you are on a mobile device, the assessment link will be in the green “More Actions” button. Once you have completed the pre-assessment, the button will update to a Launch button. Click the “Launch” button to begin the course content. You may need to turn off the pop-up blocker for your browser before the browser will open the pre-assessment.