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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.
Assistant referee signalling that an offside offence has occurred. In association football, an assistant referee (also known as a linesman) is an official who assists the referee in administering the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the Laws, at most organised levels of football the match officiating ...
Football officials are commonly, but incorrectly, referred to collectively as referees, but each position has specific duties and a specific name: Common positions include referee (which is the lead member of the officiating team), umpire, head linesman (or down judge), line judge, field judge (or back umpire), side judge, back judge and center ...
In 2003, U.S. Soccer opened their National Training Center at Dignity Health Sports Park (then named Home Depot Center) in Carson, California. The $130 million facility includes a soccer-specific stadium, home to the MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy. Additionally, four grass soccer fields, a FieldTurf soccer field and a general training area are ...
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Art McNally (1959–1967) field judge; referee; Director of Officiating 1968–1990; assistant supervisor of officials 1996–2022 (first official inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2022) Lloyd McPeters (1993–2002) line judge 1993–1996; back judge 1997; field judge 1998–2002
Sarah Thomas (née Bailey; born September 21, 1973) [2] [3] is an American football official, currently for the National Football League (NFL).. Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium.
O'Neill was an assistant referee in the UEFA Women's Champions League, refereeing nine Champions League matches between 2011 and 2019. [ 5 ] O'Neill began her career as an international match referee in 2013 with a 2015 World Cup qualifying match between the Netherlands and Albania , [ 6 ] running the line for six matches in these qualifications.