Starting in the Summer of 2024, OSA will be using GotSport for Risk Management approval for coaches.  This system is will provide integrated access and links to all the items required by OSA as well as tracking when you are due for each item.  With this system, coaches must meet requirement for the full soccer year and requirements will be reset for everyone at the same time every summer, ensuring that no coach becomes "un-cleared" during a season.

***It is critical that the same email and exact first and last name is used for EVERYTHING: GotSport, DemoSphere, US Youth Soccer Digital Learning Center, CDC/NFHS, etc!!!***

• Login to your GotSport profile here: GotSport  & Select the person icon in the top right if needed to select your personal profile
• Make sure you have a good photo for yourself while navigating your profile
• SafeSport: valid for one year - Once you've already taken the initial course, you will cycle through a new refresher course for the next 3 or 4 years before needing to re-complete the initial course and restart the cycle.
• Lindsay's Law: valid for one year
• Background check: valid for two years
  • In GotSport, our club treasurer has setup an account that automatically pays for the background check from a club account - DO NOT PAY FOR THIS
• Concussion training: valid for two years
  • If you have a current concussion training certificate, there is a place to upload this.  It must be either a CDC Heads Up or NFHS Concussion Training certificate and must be valid at least through the end of the next spring season
  • This is the one item that does not sync back to GotSport, so you must save your certificate on your computer and upload that into GotSport
  • NHFS is recommended, as they keep your certificate in your profile: http://www.nfhslearn.com/
• While accessing your profile, under you "Account" tab, check the "Certifications" option in the lower portion of the left hand menu.  Then click on the "Get Licenses" green button in the top left to sync your coaches license
• If you have questions about a particular item, there is a significant amount of information included in the "Details" tab for each item, read through that for help
• If you aren't playing MVYSA, don't worry about the MVYSA requirements, if you are coaching in MVYSA, make sure you switch to "Available Forms" and complete the "Code of Conduct" form
• For the MVYSA Coaching Certificate requirement, GotSport syncs your license status from US Youth Digital Learning Center.  Ideally, you should get this fulfilled without uploading a copy of your certificate.  The upload form is there for older licenses or licenses not obtained or recorded in US Youth Digital Learning Library