A referee at a night flag football game with the Sideline Command wrist device on his arm, players blurred behind him

SC Referee · for officials

Run the game from your wrist or your phone.

Score, game clock, play clock, downs and timeouts on one screen. Every score you hold in reaches the league's live board, the coaches and the families in the stands.

Launch App → Create a referee account
  • Free for officials
  • Quick Game needs no league
  • Patent-pending wrist-worn officiating

Patent pending

The first wrist-worn officiating device in youth sports.

The Sideline Command wrist-worn officiating device on the scoring screen: Seahawks 7, Broncos 6, 3:40 in the second quarter, first down, with the TD, PAT and 2PT keys
Standalone
No phone needed on the field.
Connected
Wi-Fi or its own SIM.
Live
Scores flow to the league board, the coaches and the families.

Leagues can put the app on a wrist-worn device so your hands stay free for the flag. Same PIN, same games, same live board.

The wrist device on the game-clock screen: 9:46, timeout, a 45-second play clock, second quarter, fourth down
The referee app on an iPhone, mid-game: game clock, play clock, first down, Hawks 13 Coyotes 6 with +6, +1 and +2 score keys
No device? The phone runs the identical game.

What it does

Everything the game needs. Nothing it doesn't.

  • Hold to score

    +6, +1, +2. A short press-and-hold counts it, so a bump in your pocket never puts points on the board. Hold the score itself to fix a mistake.

  • Game clock + play clock

    Big, high-contrast clocks with day and night modes. Quarters and timeouts follow your league's rules.

  • Downs and turnovers

    Down tracking and a turnover key, so possession is never a sideline argument.

  • Signal drops? Keep reffing.

    Taps queue on the device and send when the connection comes back.

  • Emergency button

    Hold it for a second, pick medical, weather or a fight, and the league is alerted that a field needs help.

Who it's for

Three ways onto the field

  • Your PIN, your gamesLeague official

    Your league gives you a PIN. Enter it and your assigned games are waiting. Scores go straight to the league.

    Enter your PIN
  • Quick GamePickup & scrimmage

    No league? Name two teams, set the clock and go. Same scoreboard, nothing to set up.

    Start a Quick Game
  • Demo GameJust looking

    A private sandbox. Tap around a real game screen. Nothing is saved, nothing is broadcast.

    Try the demo
Two parents in the bleachers at a night game, reacting to the live score on a phone

The fan experience

You score it. The stands see it.

Show a QR code; families watch the score and clock live in the browser. No download.

The live scoreboard a family follows on a phone

How it connects

One score, everywhere it needs to be

  1. RefereeScores it on the wrist or a phone.
  2. CoachSees it on the sideline.Coach app
  3. LeagueThe live board updates.League platform
  4. FamiliesWatch it live.Team Hub

How to start

Ready by kickoff

  1. 1st down

    Get your PIN

    Your league sends it. Reffing on your own? Create an account, or skip it and use Quick Game.

  2. 2nd down

    Open the app

    On your phone browser or the wrist device: sidelinecommand.com/referee/app.

  3. 3rd down

    Pick your game

    Enter the PIN, tap your assigned game and start the clock.

Free for officials

Run the game from your wrist or your phone.

The referee app costs officials nothing: league games, Quick Game and the demo. Leagues set up their officials, assignments and devices on the league platform.

Launch App → Create a referee account