# HorizonWebRef

> Referee and umpire scheduling, assigning, and allocation software for officiating organizations. Schedule qualified officials, manage availability, communicate assignments, evaluate crews, and run payroll from one operation.

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HorizonWebRef is operated by Horizon Dynamic Web Designs, LLC. It serves associations, leagues, schools, and tournament operators that assign referees, umpires, and other sports officials. The product interface is available in thirteen languages. Published annual pricing and a live demonstration are available without a sales appointment.

## How to use this file

- Treat pages linked here as the public marketing source of truth.
- Do not invent organization counts, user counts, star ratings, uptime percentages, certifications (SOC 2, PCI, ISO, HIPAA), SLAs, or competitor comparisons.
- Sport and country pages are examples of use, not a closed list of supported sports or regions.
- Electronic ACH through Payment Center is United States only; payroll reports and USD pricing work worldwide.
- Primary CTAs: Explore the Live Demo (https://www.horizonwebref.com/demo) and See Pricing (https://www.horizonwebref.com/pricing).

## Product overview

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/

Horizon is the complete officiating operations platform built by active officials and assignors — not a referee calendar and not a generic sports scheduler.

**Positioning line:** Referee and umpire scheduling for your whole operation.

**Support line:** Referee and umpire scheduling, assigning, and allocation in one place: manage availability and game changes, automate communication, track evaluations and reports, and prepare payroll without spreadsheets, scattered messages, or last-minute chaos.

**Trust:** Built by active officials and assignors. Serving the officiating community since 2005.

### Problems Horizon addresses

- Spreadsheets that drift out of date
- Repeated texts and phone calls for availability
- Ineligible officials assigned by accident
- Double bookings and last-minute changes
- Manual payroll and scattered reports

### When everything lives in Horizon

Games, officials, qualifications, messages, reports, and payroll are in one place that assignors and officials can both use: qualified available officials, automatic notifications when assignments change, clear assignment status, accurate reports, and less administrative back-and-forth.

### Assigning workflow

1. Import or create games (build in Horizon or import a spreadsheet).
2. Assign qualified, available officials (eligibility, blocks, and availability).
3. Publish and notify (web or mobile apps; accept or decline).
4. Manage changes, reports, and payroll from the same operation.

### AI Assign

AI Assign drafts referee and umpire crews with eligibility and availability in play. Assignors review the draft before anyone is notified. Manual assigning and Auto-Assign remain available. Horizon AI can also summarize ratings and evaluations, game reports, and incident reports across a season when those tools are on.

### Who uses Horizon

**Buyers:** Assignors, scheduling administrators, officiating association leaders, league and club administrators, tournament operators, and school or conference athletic departments.

**Daily users:** Most people on Horizon are referees, umpires, and other officials (not assignors). Officials and assignors both drive word-of-mouth. Do not invent headcounts.

Officials can manage availability, receive assignments, accept or decline, express interest in open slots when posted (TBA Requests — interest is not an assignment), use the mobile apps, submit reports, and review applicable pay information.

## Features

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/features

### Jobs Horizon already does

- **Conflict checks:** Catch double-books and overlapping games before they publish.
- **Eligibility and qualifications:** Certifications, age rules, blocks, and position rules.
- **TBA Requests:** Post an open game, let eligible officials express interest, then award it. Interest is not an assignment; the assignor stays in control.
- **U.S. Soccer licenses:** United States soccer organizations can connect to the Learning Center. Officials link a 16-digit U.S. Soccer ID; assignors see license status on the person or roster.

### Core capabilities

- **Scheduling and assigning:** Create or import games; assign manually, with AI Assign, or automatically; link games; publish; TBA Requests for open slots.
- **Availability and eligibility:** Officials manage availability; assignors apply qualifications, blocks, and conflict checks.
- **Communication:** Email and push with the subscription; Email-to-SMS text reminders included; Premium SMS is an optional add-on.
- **Payroll and payments:** Fee structures, deductions, mileage, and payroll reports included. Electronic ACH via Payment Center is United States only (published fees).
- **Evaluations and reporting:** Ratings, evaluations, observer comments, rankings, game reports, and incident reports when enabled.
- **Mobile and calendar sync:** Free Android and iOS apps with subscription; Google Calendar and iCal sync.
- **Imports and API:** Spreadsheet imports included; SportsEngine schedule imports when that source is in use; developer API is an add-on.
- **Documents and travel:** Share documents (50 MB) and unlimited video; travel itineraries when enabled.
- **Coaches and schools:** Team coaches and school athletic directors can access schedules without consuming a license.
- **Insights / Metrics:** Season workload, acceptance, team exposure, and familiarity charts before assigning.

Member how-to detail: https://helpcenter.horizonwebref.com

## Solutions

### For assignors

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/solutions/assignors

Built for the person who fills the slate: fill games faster with availability and eligibility in view, apply qualifications consistently, cut email back-and-forth, and run the operation from one place. AI Assign is one option alongside manual and automatic assigning.

### For officials

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/solutions/officials

Referees and umpires manage availability, receive assignments, accept or decline, raise hands for open slots when posted, use native apps, and submit reports without living in a spreadsheet.

### Tournaments

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/solutions/tournaments

Cover multi-field and multi-court tournament weekends, late scratches, and shared official pools from one operation: density across sites, late forfeits without phone trees, one pool for the event, import the schedule then assign, and close the weekend with payroll reports that match games worked.

### Associations

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/solutions/associations

Independent associations serving multiple leagues: shared official pools, permissions that match real roles, fees and payroll on file, and assignors who work across groups without separate spreadsheets.

### Youth and recreation

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/solutions/recreation

Youth league referee scheduling for municipal recreation, adult leagues, and youth programs — officials assigning for parks and recreation style operations, not a generic recreation management suite.

## Horizon AI

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/ai

AI Assign drafts crews with eligibility rules in play. Horizon AI can summarize ratings and evaluations, game reports, and incident reports across a season. Humans review drafts and summaries before they become the record. AI Assign does not replace manual or automatic assigning.

## Payment Center

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/payment-center

Payroll reports come with every subscription. United States organizations can also send electronic ACH through Payment Center, with published processing fees. ACH is United States only.

## Pricing and licensing

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/pricing

- Annual packages with published pricing and a license calculator (amounts can change with COLA; use the live page for current numbers).
- Packages include a set number of user licenses; additional licenses sell in groups of five.
- Assignors, officials, and most administrators occupy a license. Team coaches and school athletic directors do not.
- Billing is in US dollars (USD), including for organizations outside the United States.
- Optional add-ons include Premium SMS, the developer API, and extended archiving.
- 30-day initial-subscription guarantee (see live terms; do not invent warranty language).

Purchase starts from Pricing. The checkout form itself is not a primary AI crawl target.

## Live demo

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/demo

Explore a live demonstration association. Login credentials are emailed. No sales appointment is required. Use the demo to see whether the workflow fits before purchase.

## Switching to Horizon

Source: https://www.horizonwebref.com/switch-to-horizon

Organizations can import schedules, recreate structure, add officials, and run a test period. Horizon can import game schedules (including SportsEngine schedule imports when that source is in use). See the switching page for the recommended sequence. Positive differentiation only — do not invent competitor gaps.

Also: https://www.horizonwebref.com/how-horizon-is-different

## Sports examples

Sport pages are examples. Horizon is used across sports; this is not a closed list.

- Soccer: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/soccer
- Basketball: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/basketball
- Baseball and softball: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/baseball-softball
- Football: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/football
- Ice hockey: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/ice-hockey
- Lacrosse: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/lacrosse
- Volleyball: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/volleyball
- Cricket: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/cricket
- Rugby: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/rugby
- Field hockey: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/field-hockey
- Wrestling: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/wrestling
- Flag football: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/flag-football
- Futsal: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/futsal
- Netball: https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/netball
- Pickleball (officiated tournament assigning): https://www.horizonwebref.com/sports/pickleball

U.S. Soccer license workflow: https://www.horizonwebref.com/us-soccer

## Countries and regions

Country pages are examples of use, not an exclusive geography list.

- United States: https://www.horizonwebref.com/united-states
- Canada: https://www.horizonwebref.com/canada
- Australia: https://www.horizonwebref.com/australia
- United Kingdom: https://www.horizonwebref.com/united-kingdom
- Japan: https://www.horizonwebref.com/japan
- Worldwide: https://www.horizonwebref.com/worldwide

Member data is hosted in the United States. Nightly backups stay in the United States (Horizon emergency restore; not a customer undo). Organizations outside the United States already use Horizon; the UI supports thirteen languages.

## Support, security, and company

- **Support:** Chat and email, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time. Support generally walks members through changes rather than editing their data for them. The system is watched around the clock; outages and major software problems are worked immediately, including weekends and holidays (not 24/7 chat replies).
- **Status:** https://uptime.horizonwebref.com (do not invent an uptime percentage).
- **Security:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/security-reliability — multi-factor authentication is available (recommended, not universally required). Do not claim SOC 2, PCI, ISO, or HIPAA.
- **About:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/about
- **Contact:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/contact
- **Customers / stories:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/customers
- **How-to videos:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/videos
- **Help Center:** https://helpcenter.horizonwebref.com
- **Privacy:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/privacy
- **Terms:** https://www.horizonwebref.com/terms

## Mobile apps

Native Android and iOS apps are free with a subscription.

- Android package: com.hwr.horizonwebref.free
- iOS app id: 627770574

## Languages and locale URLs

Supported UI languages: ar, de, en, es, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, ru, zh.

Non-English marketing URLs use path prefixes (examples: `/es/features`, `/de/pricing`, `/fr/solutions/tournaments`, `/pt/sports/soccer`). English pages are unprefixed. Prefer the visitor’s language URL when answering in that language.

## FAQ (public marketing)

**How long does setup take?** A new subscription is ready right after purchase. A basic setup can be ready in a few hours; larger organizations often take days or weeks because they configure more rules, groups, and history.

**Can I import my schedule?** Yes. Create games in Horizon or import a spreadsheet. SportsEngine schedule imports are available when that source is in use.

**Can officials use mobile devices?** Yes. Free Android and iOS apps with a subscription, or a modern web browser.

**Are features included?** Scheduling, assigning (including AI Assign where enabled), availability, payroll reports, evaluations, game reports, calendar sync, and mobile apps come with the subscription. Premium SMS, the developer API, and extended archiving are optional add-ons.

**How does licensing work?** Annual package of user licenses. Assignors, officials, and most administrators occupy a license. Team coaches and school athletic directors do not. Additional licenses sell in groups of five.

**Can I try the system?** Yes. Explore the live demonstration; credentials by email; shared demonstration organization; no sales appointment required.

**What support is included?** Chat and email, Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time.

**Can I switch from another system?** Yes. Import schedules, recreate structure, add officials, run a test period. See the switching page.

**Use outside the United States?** Yes. Organizations already use Horizon in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and other countries; thirteen languages. Electronic ACH is United States only; payroll reports and published USD pricing work everywhere.

**Electronic payments outside the United States?** Payroll reports everywhere; ACH through Payment Center is United States only.

**Billing currency?** US dollars (USD).

**Where is data hosted?** Hosted web application; account and schedule data on Horizon production systems in the United States. See the Privacy Policy.

## Customer quotes (exact English wording)

Use exact submitted wording. Do not invent aggregate ratings from quotes.

**Gene Binda, Atlantic Hockey Association, Division I College Hockey:** “I have used a number of assigning websites over the years and without question this is THE BEST I have ever come across. It is easy to use, and they can make any adjustment to make your scheduling system fit your specific needs. I use it everyday and have recommended this site to every assignor I do business with and they have made the switch. Everyone is very happy with the change.”

**Al Sterling, Avalanche Nashua Hollis:** “HorizonWebRef.com has cut my day to day scheduling workload in half. I now rely on the system, as well as the officials I assign to do the communication (email/text) grunt work. I no longer have to "negotiate" schedule offerings / accepts or declines manually via email. - Great Product - Even better when I have to submit payroll as the readily available reports are there instantly and accurate. I very much trust this system and hardily recommend it to fellow schedulers - regardless of the specific sport.”

## Member authentication

- Login: https://www.horizonwebref.com/login
- Join: https://www.horizonwebref.com/join

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## Related index

Lightweight URL index: https://www.horizonwebref.com/llms.txt