Anita J. Hood (Veteran) - Inducted 2019

Anita J. Hood’s served a 41 year uninterrupted career as Referee Assignor, League Secretary (30 years) and ‘At-Large’ delegate (25 years) to the Adult State Soccer Association.

As Referee Assignor, she worked with most of the Virginia, DC, West Virginia and some Maryland leagues as they developed over the years.  During her tenure she made 134,000 – 150,000 individual assignments to the Youth, Adult, Co-Ed, High School, and International matches.

She assisted in the development of Referee training programs that increased the number of DC/No VA registered referees from 49 to well over 1200. As the State Youth and Adult programs developed, she lent her expertise assisting and training new assignors. She worked with administrators, coaches, and league officials as a referee advocate for dispute resolutions.