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Natalie Simon (born ca. 1989) [1] is an American international soccer referee for the Professional Referee Organization of the United States. In 2022, she became one of four American women to hold a FIFA international refereeing badge , and the first African-American woman to do.
Referee Assistants [1] Fourth official Reserve AR Video Assistant Referee Assistant VAR 1996: Esse Baharmast: Scott Olson Paul Tamberino: Brian Hall — — 1997: Brian Hall: Scott Olson Greg Barkey: 1998: Kevin Terry: Chip Reed Laszio Negy: Paul Tamberino: 1999: Tim Weyland: Nathan Clement Craig Lowry: Brian Hall: 2000: Paul Tamberino: Craig ...
She began her professional refereeing career in the National Women's Soccer League and later moved to Major League Soccer, where in 2020 she became the first woman to referee a regular season match in 20 years. Penso was the referee for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final, the first World Cup final to feature an American referee.
The following is a list of association football referee's who have officiated in at least one Major League Soccer match. Pages in category "Major League Soccer referees" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
The 2024 MLS referee lockout was a labor dispute between the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), the organization responsible for assigning and managing referees and other match officials for Major League Soccer, and match officials represented by the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA), a labor union for professional match officials in Canada and the United States.
Referee Victor Rivas gives a yellow card to Matt Miazga of FC Cincinnati during the penalty kick shootout against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on Nov. 4, 2023 in Harrison, New Jersey.
Organized youth soccer affiliated with Major League Soccer began with various MLS academy teams playing in the Super Y-League at its foundation in 1999. In 2007, the United States Soccer Federation created an elite academy league called the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which featured academy teams of MLS teams, along with several non-MLS academies across the United States and Canada.
She became the first woman from Mississippi to receive a national referee license from the United States Soccer Federation when she was 23 years old. [2] In January 2023, Nichols became the youngest Black woman, as well as the first woman from Mississippi, to earn a FIFA referee badge. [2] [4]