Building on the professional reputation of the Metro DC-VA Youth Referee Academy in existence since 1999 the academy staff is pleased to offer all MD-NC-WVA-DC & VA referee’s between the ages of 13 - 20 an in-camp session this coming summer from the 13th thru the 17th of July on the University of Richmond campus in Richmond Virginia.

The highly knowledgeable and uniquely experienced core staff offers interested referee’s the opportunity to significantly improve their abilities and embark on a course of learning, education, and fun based on tried and tested USSF instruction and assessment techniques.  Mentored through each and every aspect of the game, referees will experience new opportunities, they will be taught different refereeing techniques and they will experience first hand how to employ them real-time, in challenging game situations.

To accurately reflect the established reputation the Academy has developed in its eight years of operation, a name change that reflected the staff’s ambitions and the camper’s expectations was necessary.   The staff believes that PRIDE Academy with its associated definitions accomplishes those goals….the Staff’s question to you is - "Are you ready to accept the challenge?"