Professional Referee Organization

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 North American Soccer League, the United Soccer League, the National Women's Soccer League, and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Professional Referee Organization (PRO)
FoundedNovember 2012
Headquarters420 Fifth Avenue
7th Floor
New York
NY 10018[1]
Area served
United States and Canada
Key people
Nick Primavera
(COO)

Howard Webb
(General Manager)[2]
WebsiteProfessional Referee Organization
Howard Webb

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]

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

Since PRO's inception:

Year[5] Referee Assistant Referee
2012
Silviu Petrescu
Ian Anderson
2013
Hilario Grajeda
Kermit Quisenberry
2014
Mark Geiger
Paul Scott
2015
Alan Kelly
Corey Parker
2016
Alan Kelly
Frank Anderson
2017
Allen Chapman
Corey Parker
2018
Alan Kelly
Joe Fletcher
2019
Allen Chapman
Brian Dunn

Match Officials

Referees[6]


Assistant Referees[7]
  • Frank Anderson
  • Ian Anderson
  • Kyle Atkins
  • Claudiu Badea
  • Peter Balciunas
  • Micheal Barwegen
  • Andrew Bigelow
  • Cameron Blanchard
  • Gjovalin Bori
  • Eric Boria
  • Philippe Briere
  • Logan Brown
  • Jose da Silva
  • Brian Dunn
  • Chris Elliott
  • Gianni Facchini
  • Richard Gamache
  • Adam Garner
  • Jeffrey Greeson
  • Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein
  • Jeremy Hanson
  • Jeff Hosking
  • Jonathan Johnson
  • Jeremy Kieso
  • Kevin Klinger
  • Craig Lowry
  • Peter Manikowski
  • Apolinar Mariscal
  • Eduardo Mariscal
  • Felisha Mariscal
  • Ian McKay
  • Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
  • CJ Morgante
  • Matt Nelson
  • Kathryn Nesbitt
  • Corey Parker
  • Brian Poeschel
  • Cory Richardson
  • Corey Rockwell
  • Mike Rottersman
  • Nick Uranga
  • Chris Wattam
  • Eric Weisbrod
  • Jason White
  • Adam Wienckowski
  • TJ Zablocki


Video Assistant Referees[8]


Assistant Video Assistant Referees[9]
  • Jozef Batko
  • Mike Kampmeinert
  • Kyle Longville
  • Jeffrey Muschik
  • Rene Parra
  • Josh Patlak
  • Robert Schaap
  • Thomas Supple
  • Fabio Tovar


Women's Panel[10]
  • Karen Abt
  • Danielle Chesky
  • Jennifer Garner
  • Katja Koroleva
  • Felisha Mariscal
  • Brooke Mayo
  • Alicia Messer
  • Kathryn Nesbitt
  • Deleana Quan


FIFA International Match Officials[11]
Jair Marrufo
Referees
Drew Fischer
Dave Gantar		Karen Abt
Danielle Chesky
Ismail Elfath
Katja Koroleva
Jair Marrufo
Nima Saghafi
Ted Unkel
Rubiel Vazquez
Armando Villarreal
Assistant Referees
Micheal Barwegen
Philippe Briere
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Chris Wattam		Frank Anderson
Ian Anderson
Kyle Atkins
Cameron Blanchard
Logan Brown
Jennifer Garner
Apolinar Mariscal
Eduardo Mariscal
Felisha Mariscal
Brooke Mayo
Alicia Messer
Kathryn Nesbitt
Corey Parker
Deleana Quan
Corey Rockwell
Nick Uranga


Notable 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.[12]

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 Under 20 World Cup Final.[13]

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See also

References
  1. "Headquarters".
  2. "Key people".
  3. "About PRO".
  4. "U.S. Soccer, MLS create new referee program".
  5. "MLS Awards Roll of Honor".
  6. "2020 Referees Roster".
  7. "2020 Assistant Referees Roster".
  8. "2020 Video Assistant Referees Roster".
  9. "2020 Assistant Video Assistant Referees Roster".
  10. "2020 Women's Panel Roster".
  11. "2020 FIFA Refereeing International Lists" (PDF).
  12. "PRO officials selected to oversee FIFA Club World Cup Final".
  13. "PRO crew rewarded with U-20 World Cup Final assignment".
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