With the explosive growth of the sport, the need for knowledgeable and experienced officials is greater than ever. The US Lacrosse Officials Development Program is the surest way to access everything you need to know to be a great lacrosse official.

US Lacrosse provides all of the tools — including a robust e-learning platform, in-person clinics, multi-level certification programs and rules tests — to fully equip the third team on the field. Visit uslacrosse.org/officials.

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YOUR SUPPORT

$270 million

Since 1998, US Lacrosse has invested more than $270 million in the sport’s growth thanks to the support of our national membership and the generosity of donors who believe in our mission.    

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Full-time US Lacrosse staff members are certified officials working in their communities — including four college officials and one, Liz Brush, who is internationally rated and has participated in several world championships.

One Stop Shop

“Being in an emerging market, the resources US Lacrosse provides are an essential one-stop shop for everything from training to managing a lacrosse officials association.” 
— Carlos Boyd
Great Plains Lacrosse Officials Association

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Percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. Here’s one for next year: Take every available e-learning course for officials (free for members). You could do one course per week and still have two left over.

16,271 Officials

At press time, there were 7,454 active women’s officials and 8,817 active men’s officials who are US Lacrosse members — enough to max out the new Pechanga Arena in San Diego, home of the National Lacrosse League’s San Diego Seals. That’s a lot of stripes.

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Officials that have attended at least one in-person US Lacrosse officials development opportunity — including ODP clinics (Level 1, 2 and 3), LaxCon and the West Regional Conference — since 2015.

THE 4TH TEAM

For every crew of officials, there are trainers, observers and assigners — not to mention understanding families and loyal pets — who put them there. US Lacrosse boasts 807 certified trainers and 528 certified observers, and in November unveiled a new certification program for assigners.

GEN Z FOR ZEBRA

Among the more than 16,000 lacrosse officials nationwide, 3,620 are age 18 and under, representing the largest age segment defined by US Lacrosse membership. US Lacrosse offers a junior official certification program for members age 14-18.