Overview
Players/Coaches who will turn 18 before the end of the Seasonal Year are required to complete a SafeSport course. For those that are not yet 18, the parent must first sign into GotSport and sign the Parent Acknowledgement before the course can be complete. This article will demonstrate how the parent signs the agreement, and what needs to be completed for the course to be complete.
Video from September 2022, some screens and buttons might look different or be shown in a different place. The below step by step guide is up to date as of December 2023. Link to Video
Instructions
Step 1.
- First, the parent/guardian will need to login to their account and locate the "Family" button and click on it. The button can be access through the tabs at the top, or the tabs on the left side after clicking Account.
- Click onto the name of your child.
Step 2.
- Input a unique Email/User ID for the child/player.
- Ideally, the email will match the email that is used for SafeSport.
- After inputting a UserID, click Save
Step 3.
- Still within the child's profile, click on the "Dashboard"
Step 4.
- Under Requirements, you will see the Safe Sport option.
- Click on "Details" next to SafeSport
Step 5.
- After clicking Details, you will now see the Parent Acknowledgement.
- Input your first, last name, and signature.
Step 6.
- After the parent has submit the acknowledgment, the player can now complete the course. The parent can sign out of GotSport and the player can sign in.
- Click "Dashboard"
- The SafeSport requirement should now show as "Pending"
- Click Details next to the requirement.
Step 7.
- Click Start Course
- A new window will open to create your SafeSport course.
The courses to be taken are:
- SafeSport Trained - U.S. Soccer Federation (also referred to as "Core" training)
- SafeSport Refresher 1
- SafeSport Refresher 2
- SafeSport Refresher 3
Step 9.
- Upon completion of the course, you can sync your course to show as fulfilled.
- Click Dashboard again and Details next to SafeSport
Step 10.
- The next step is to sync the SafeSport certificate to the SafeSport requirement within your GotSport account. To do so, click the Details button next to SafeSport
- First, you can click the Check Records button to see if it auto-syncs.
- If that doesn't work, you can copy/paste your completed code that is found on your completion transcript.
- The third and final option is to click the "Show SafeSport Upload Form" which will allow you to upload a PDF of the certificate. This will change the status to review and your governing body will need to manually approve the certificate before it will show as fulfilled.