MYL contracts with the Eastern Mass Lacrosse Officials Association (EMLOA) to schedule and manage referees for all boys 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 MYL games.

Level 1/2 games are officiated by Associate Officials (high school aged officials) who get their training from EMLOA, but are scheduled by the home town for every level 1/2 game. Associate Officials can also be the 2nd official for a 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 game.

2025 Spring Season

The following Officials Rate Cards has been approved by Mass Youth Lacrosse (MYL), and the Eastern Mass Lacrosse Officials Association (EMLOA).

For more information on becoming a youth lacrosse official/umpire please visit:

www.emloa.org (Boys Game Official)

www.emwlua.org (Girls Game Umpire)

MYL Pre-Game Checklist: Head Coaches & Officials must meet together to review the Mass Youth Lacrosse mandatory Pre-Game Checklist and Coaches Card Presentation before the start of all MYLL Classic and MYL Select games.

MYL Certified Coach’s Sideline Badge: EMLOA must check during the Pre-Game Conference that both Head Coaches—and ALL Select coaches—have a 2025 MYL Coach Badge with Certification Sticker. For Classic Games, a check that ALL coaches on the sideline have 2025 MYL Coach Badge (with or without certification sticker).

Season Goals & Guidelines: Our goal is all MYL Classic games will have two referees officiating at all L78, L56 & L34 league contests. We understand that many MYL Town Programs will not have the resources to do this. Two referees will only be mandated to be assigned & officiate all MYL L78 games, with one of the two refs coming from either the pool of MYL Sr. Associate Officials (SrAO) or AOs from the town of the home team, or a 2nd EMLOA ref can be assigned. MYL strongly encourages member programs to also deploy their town AOs to their L56 home games as a 2nd official—and their AOs also continue as a single ref at L12—so their AOs will get more experience, become better officials and all our games can be officiated with an extra pair of impartial eyes and the overall game experience improves. Town AOs can be promoted to Sr. AOs during season—and as a Sr. AO, they can also be the lead official at L34 games—when their experience warrants it AND ONLY after they are approved & signed off by a EMLOA. NOTE: An AO promotion to a Sr. AO is NOT automatic. Town AOs must demonstrate a strong knowledge of the rules, maturity level on the field and solid game mechanics before they can be nominated to be considered for a Sr. AO promotion. Go to www.emloa.org for more info.

EMLOA RATE CARD FOR BOYS MYL GAMES