Professional Referee Organization

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Professional Referee Organization
FoundedNovember 2012
Headquarters420 Fifth Avenue
7th Floor
New York, NY 10018[1]
Area served
United States and Canada
Key people
Websitewww.proreferees.com
Former referee Howard Webb is now PRO's general manager.

Professional Referee Organization (PRO) is the organization responsible for managing the referee and assistant referee program in professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada, working alongside the United States Soccer Federation, Major League Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association, the United Soccer League, the National Women's Soccer League, and the U.S. Open Cup.

The organization's targets are to increase the quality of officiating in U.S. and Canadian professional leagues, develop more professional-quality officials at a younger age, and produce officials who will represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions.[3]

History[]

The U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer joined forces in 2012 to create the Professional Referee Organization and the aims for PRO is to develop a higher standard of officiating at a younger age and to produce referees who can represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions.

Then U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said, "We've always understood that the development of referees is an important aspect to the growth of the game in the United States. PRO is another step toward the improvement and professionalization of our top referees. With the additional resources and funding provided by the formation of PRO, we will continue to build upon the progress we've already made."[4]

Major League Soccer awards[]

For a list of recipients before PRO's creation in 2012, see MLS Referee of the Year Award.

Since PRO's inception, the following referees have been named as Referee of the Year and Assistant Referee of the Year in Major League Soccer.[5]

Year Referee Assistant Referee
2012 Canada Silviu Petrescu United States Ian Anderson
2013 United States Hilario Grajeda United States Kermit Quisenberry
2014 United States Mark Geiger United States Paul Scott
2015 Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly United States Corey Parker
2016 Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly United States Frank Anderson
2017 United States Allen Chapman United States Corey Parker
2018 Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly Canada Joe Fletcher
2019 United States Allen Chapman United States Brian Dunn
2020 United States Ismail Elfath United States Kathryn Nesbitt

Roster[]

As of 2021, the following match officials are included on PRO's roster.[6]

Referees[]

Assistant referees[]

  • United States Frank Anderson
  • United States Ian Anderson
  • United States Kyle Atkins
  • United States Claudiu Badea
  • United States Peter Balciunas
  • Canada Micheal Barwegen
  • United States Andrew Bigelow
  • United States Cameron Blanchard
  • United States Diego Blas
  • Albania Gjovalin Bori
  • United States Eric Boria
  • Canada Chantal Boudreau
  • Canada Philippe Briere
  • United States Logan Brown
  • United States Jose da Silva
  • United States Brian Dunn
  • United States Chris Elliott
  • Canada Gianni Facchini
  • Canada Richard Gamache
  • United States Adam Garner
  • United States Ryan Graves
  • United States Jeffrey Greeson
  • United States Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein
  • United States Jeremy Hanson
  • United States Jeff Hosking
  • United States Jeremy Kieso
  • United States Kevin Klinger
  • United States Peter Manikowski
  • United States Apolinar Mariscal
  • United States Eduardo Mariscal
  • United States Felisha Mariscal
  • United States Ian McKay
  • Canada Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
  • United States CJ Morgante
  • United States Matt Nelson
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
  • United States Corey Parker
  • United States Brian Poeschel
  • United States Cory Richardson
  • United States Corey Rockwell
  • United States Mike Rottersman
  • United States Jeffrey Swartzel
  • United States Nick Uranga
  • Canada Chris Wattam
  • United States Eric Weisbrod
  • United States Jason White
  • United States Adam Wienckowski
  • United States TJ Zablocki

Video assistant referees[]

Assistant video assistant referees[]

  • United States Jozef Batko
  • United States Jonathan Johnson
  • United States Mike Kampmeinert
  • United States Kyle Longville
  • United States Craig Lowry
  • United States Jeffrey Muschik
  • Canada Rene Parra
  • United States Josh Patlak
  • Canada Robert Schaap
  • United States Thomas Supple
  • United States Fabio Tovar

Women's panel[]

  • United States Karen Abt
  • United States Danielle Chesky
  • United States Jennifer Garner
  • United States Katja Koroleva
  • United States Felisha Mariscal
  • United States Brooke Mayo
  • United States Alicia Messer
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
  • United States Tori Penso
  • United States Deleana Quan

International roster[]

Jair Marrufo officiating a 2018 FIFA World Cup match

The following PRO officials are included in FIFA's roster for international matches.[7]

Referees[]

Assistant referees[]

  • United States Frank Anderson
  • United States Ian Anderson
  • United States Kyle Atkins
  • Canada Micheal Barwegen
  • United States Cameron Blanchard
  • Canada Chantal Boudreau
  • Canada Philippe Briere
  • United States Logan Brown
  • United States Jennifer Garner
  • United States Apolinar Mariscal
  • United States Eduardo Mariscal
  • United States Felisha Mariscal
  • United States Brooke Mayo
  • United States Alicia Messer
  • Canada Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
  • United States Corey Parker
  • United States Deleana Quan
  • United States Corey Rockwell
  • United States Nick Uranga
  • Canada Chris Wattam

Video match officials[]

International appointments[]

In December 2018, Jair Marrufo as referee, Frank Anderson and Corey Rockwell as assistant referees, and Mark Geiger as an assistant video assistant referee, were selected to oversee the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final.[8]

In June 2019, Ismail Elfath as referee, Kyle Atkins and Corey Parker as assistant referees, and Alan Kelly as the video assistant referee were assigned to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Headquarters". Professional Referee Organization.
  2. ^ "Support Staff". Professional Referee Organization.
  3. ^ "About PRO". Professional Referee Organization.
  4. ^ Avi C. (6 March 2012). "U.S. Soccer, MLS create new referee program". SBI Soccer.
  5. ^ "MLS Awards Roll of Honor". Professional Referee Organization.
  6. ^ "Roster". Professional Referee Organization. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. ^ "2021 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF).
  8. ^ "PRO officials selected to oversee FIFA Club World Cup Final". Professional Referee Organization. 21 December 2018.
  9. ^ "PRO crew rewarded with U-20 World Cup Final assignment". Professional Referee Organization. 13 June 2019.

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