Personal
Dan Heldman
Manassas, Virginia
Married to Deborah Heldman since 1971
Sons Eric and Richard, Grandchildren Rhiannon, Caleb, Parker
Special Assistant, Administrative Office of the US Courts
BA, MA, PhD -- Political Science
United States Soccer Federation
National Instructor Trainer (1999 – present)
Emeritus State Referee (1996 – present)
State Assessor (1994 – present)
National Instructional Staff (1996 – present)
Member, Educational Materials Review Committee (1999 – present)
Guide to Procedures (1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Advice to Referees (with Jim Allen, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Guide for Fourth Officials (with Josef Zeevi)
Laws of the Game – Made Easy (2003)
USSF Liaison/Editor: Soccer Officials Guidebook (1999)
Offside – Made Easy (2004)
USSF National Clinics conducted in Tennessee, Colorado, Germany, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Texas, Minnesota, Missouri, and New Mexico
NCAA (to 2003)
Referee
National Assessor
National Clinician
Virginia Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association, Vice President (Training), 2001-2003
Metro DC/VA
Assessor of the Year (1993)
Instructor of the Year (2000)
State Director of Instruction (2003-2005)
DCV Meritorious Service Award, 2005
Miscellaneous
Contributing Editor (Soccer), Referee Magazine
Commonwealth Soccer Officials Association
“Ask A Referee” web page at USSF URL (with Jim Allen)