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U.S. Soccer Federation’s Referee Membership has grown tremendously in the past decade and at the conclusion of 2004 the total number of referees – including instructors and assessors – registered through the USSF surpassed 140,000. This figure is one of the largest among the 204 nations belonging to FIFA. U.S. Soccer Referees call games at every level of the sport in the United States, including youth, amateur and professional games, as well as sanctioned international competitions.
American referees are playing an increasing role in CONCACAF and continue to get more and better appointments to work international matches. In2004, U.S. Soccer referees worked 185 international matches in the United States alone, as well as officiating in numerous international tournaments outside of the U.S.
Some of the events at which the United States was represented included the Algarve Cup, the Four Nations Tournament, the Toulon Tournament, the 2004 Olympic Games and numerous CONCACAF qualifiers and international friendlies outside of the United States. Director of International and Professional Development, Esse Baharmast, supervises the development of referees for international assignments.
The hard work of U.S. Soccer’s Referee Program was rewarded early in 2005 when long-time official Kevin Stott was honored by FIFA as one of 46 international referees selected to compete for one of the 30 referee positions at the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006.
U.S Soccer originally began comprehensively training and developing a large number of referees in the early 1970s. The referee program has grown to become of the largest in the world, and is conducted by qualified state referee instructors in a consistent manner throughout the nation. The training program includes a requirement for referees to attend advanced national training programs annually and is under the direction of Alfred Kleinaitis, Manager of Referee Training and Development.
At the end of each year, FIFA announces the list of international referees and referee assistants that are eligible to officiate FIFA sanctioned matches in the coming year. The current American contingent, which represents a total of approximately 130,000 registered officials in the United States, includes ten referees, 12 referee assistants and two Futsal referees. Following is a look at the current U.S. Representatives on the FIFA list |
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| Jennifer Bennet (Calif.) |
2003 |
05/04/1970 |
| Margaret Domka (Wis.) |
2009 |
08/13/1979 |
| Mark Geiger (N.J.) |
2008 |
08/25/1974 |
| Jair Marrufo (Texas) |
2007 |
06/19/1977 |
| Arkadiusz Prus (S.C.) |
2004 |
02/06/1964 |
| Ricardo Salazar (Calif.) |
2005 |
09/06/1972 |
| Kari Seitz (Calif.) |
1999 |
11/02/1970 |
| Sandra Serafini (N.C.) |
2006 |
11/03/1968 |
| Baldomero Toledo (Calif.) |
2007 |
02/06/1970 |
| Terry Vaughn (lowa) |
2004 |
04/01/1973 |
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| Marlene Duffy (Calif.) |
2008 |
08/04/1979 |
| George Gansner (Mo.) |
2002 |
10/13/1971 |
| Sean Hurd (Fla.) |
2009 |
11/09/1971 |
| Charles J. Morgante (Pa.) |
2007 |
05/24/1974 |
| Veronica Perez (Calif.) |
2008 |
10/31/1979 |
| Kermit QuisenBerry (Fla.) |
2004 |
09/27/1968 |
| Corey Rockwell (Ariz.) |
2007 |
02/26/1974 |
| Chris Strickland (Calif.) |
2002 |
11/29/1966 |
| Thomas Supple (Mass.) |
2004 |
02/17/1965 |
| Fabio Tovar (Calif.) |
2006 |
01/03/1967 |
| Anthony Vasoli (Ill.) |
2008 |
10/20/1970 |
| Adam Wienckowski (Md.) |
2007 |
08/02/1975 |
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| Shane Butler (Mo.) |
2005 |
01/05/1975 |
| Jason Krnac (Ohio) |
2005 |
12/03/1973 |
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Referee Inspectors
U.S. Soccer will appoint certain National Assessors as Referee Inspectors. This designation is at the discretion of U.S. Soccer and is reviewable at any time. Referee Inspectors will be empowered to assess all games but specifically at the Pro-Level and international level. In addition, all National Referees and National Candidates must have at least one of their annual assessments as a referee conducted by a Referee Inspector. Below is the current list of Referee Inspectors as of 5/1/2008*
| Esse Baharmast |
Brian Hall |
David Olmos * |
| Rudy Bettmann |
Holly Hollingsworth |
Steve Olson |
| Thomas Bobadilla |
Scott Hopkins * |
Dionysios Papadopoulos * |
| Angelo Bratsis |
Richard Huber * |
Ali Saheli |
| Alan Brown * |
Sandra Hunt |
Nasser Sarfarez |
| Ryan Cigich * |
Alfred Kleinaitis |
Herb Silva |
| Brian Darling * |
Joseph Krzyzaniak * |
Ulrich Strom * |
| Rick Eddy |
Farhad Mansourian |
Paul Tamberino |
| Richard Grady |
David McKee |
Greg Watson |
| Merritt Guthrie * |
Joe Michna |
Don Wilbur |
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Annual Assessment Requirements for National Referee Candidates and National Referees
Annual assessment requirements for National Referee Candidates and recertifying National Referees requires that each receive one passing assessment, as the referee, from an assessor specified/approved by U.S. Soccer (Referee Inspector).
Annual Assessment Requirements for National Referee Candidates and National Referees * Annual assessment requirements for National Referee Candidates and recertifying National Referees requires that each receive one passing assessment, as the referee, from an assessor specified/approved by U.S. Soccer (Referee Inspector). An asterisk (*) indicates that only games assessed by this inspector on or after June 1, 2009 will meet this component.
In addition, all National Referees and National Referee Candidates must have one referee and one assistant referee assessment done on a “Professional League Match game or other game approved by U.S. Soccer.” Below is the list of approved games:
LIST OF U.S. SOCCER APPROVED GAMES
- Amateur State Cup Championship Match
- Armed Forces Tournament (Men & Women)
- California Premier Soccer League – California North (For National Referee maintenance assessment purposes only)
- Donnelly Cup
- Interstate Amateur Cup Games (Men & Women)
- International Team Games involving 2 National Teams U-17and higher (Men & Women)
- National Cup Finals (Amateur/Men & Women)
- National Cup Finals (Open/Men & Women)
- National Cup Finals (Over 30)
- National Cup Finals (U-20)
- National Cup Finals (U-23/Men & Women)
- National Cup Finals (U-19)
- Open State Cup Championship Match (Men & Women)
- U.S. Soccer Development Academy Games
- National Cup Games within state, between Amateur teams
- US Soccer Open Cup
- Professional League (MLS, A-League, USL D3Pro pre-season and post-season matches). Only when such games are marked “Approved” for upgrade or maintenance assessment for National Referees and National Referee Candidates on the pro assignment schedule page
- Regional Open/Amateur/O-30, U-20, U-23 Cup Finals
- Regional State Select Matches
- Regional Tournament of Champions (Finals only)
- US Youth Soccer U-19 National Championship Games
- State Cup Finals (U-20, U-23)
- USL PDL Games (Regular Season and Playoffs)
- W-League Regular Season and Playoffs
- Youth U-19 Regional Championships (Men & Women)
- Selected games between US pro teams (Div 1, 2 and 3) and foreign (club or national) teams. Only when such games are marked “Approved” for upgrade or maintenance assessment for National Referees and National Referee Candidates on the pro assignment schedule page
Selected games between two foreign (club or national) teams. Only when such games are marked
- “Approved” for upgrade or maintenance assessment for National Referees and National Referee Candidates on the pro assignment schedule page.
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