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U.S. Soccer Referees Work More than 400 Games in the U.S. in July

Aug. 3, 2004

Throughout the month of July in the United States, the tally of matches being played that required U.S. Soccer to place an officiating crew in charge of the game read like this: 17 U.S. National Team games, 364 professional games and 33 international games. Those matches included everything from games on the U.S. Women?s National Team?s Olympic send-off tour to a number of games involving European powerhouse clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea and Bayern Munich. The overall tally of games also included international friendly matches like El Salvador vs. Guatemala in Los Angeles.