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The FIFA International Referees List is an annual publication of the global list of FIFA international referees in the football-variants controlled by FIFA — association football (outdoor football), futsal and beach soccer. Members of the list are qualified to officiate at international level and are entitled to wear a FIFA badge on their ...
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 United States Soccer Federation ( USSF ), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is a full member of FIFA and governs American soccer at the international, professional, and amateur ...
Rich Martinez ( 2014 –present) back judge. John McGrath ( 2002 –present) head linesman. Dana McKenzie ( 2008 –present) head linesman 2008–2015; line judge 2016–present. Phil McKinnely ( 2002 –present) head linesman. Jim Mello ( 2004 –present) head linesman. David Meslow ( 2011 –present) field judge.
Official (gridiron football) Field judge Brad Freeman (88) and line judge Jeff Seeman (45) at an NFL game in October 2014. In gridiron football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. During professional and most college football games, seven officials operate on the field.
Mike Pereira (born April 13, 1950) [1] is a former American football official and later vice president of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) and currently the head of officiating for the United Football League (UFL). Since 2010, he has served as a rules analyst for Fox Sports, for which he has gained the nickname " Mikey Rule ...
The video assistant referee ( VAR) is a match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those reviews. The assistant video assistant referee ( AVAR) is a match official appointed to assist the VAR in the video operation room and around the pitch.
The American Youth Soccer Organization ( AYSO) is one of the two main national organizations in youth soccer in the United States for children aged 4 through 19. [7] AYSO was established as a non-profit soccer organization in Torrance (a suburb of Los Angeles, California) at Jefferson Elementary School in 1964 [8] with nine teams.