Elite Side Referee's sole purpose is to advocate, assign, advise, and advance soccer referees looking to perform and reach a high level of officiating. ESR assigns more than 70% of Northeastern Oklahoma’s most competitive, high-level matches requiring the most developed, trained, and confident referees. ESR is aligned with the largest and most desired competitive club in WSA who has committed to support and assist in the ESR mission. ESR officials will receive mentorship, advancement training, online curriculum, monthly performance review, competitive assignments, protection, travel opportunities and increased game fees based on the category of ref achieved, bi-annual assessments at no additional costs, and finally, every referee in our “entry” category is equipped with a bright arm-band indicating they are completely off-limits to verbal abuse of any kind from ANYONE during their “entry” level training. This will help us keep our younger more inexperienced referees for a longer period allowing us to train them properly and building their confidence instead of ditching the uniform after 2 games. ESR referees will be supported but also held to a very professional, performance-based expectation to stay within the program.