Allen Chapman (born August 18, 1974) is an American
soccer referee
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other tit ...
and member of
PRO. He lives in
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
.
Chapman regularly referees matches for Major League Soccer, and has done so since 2012.
During an August 2016
USL match in New Jersey, Chapman became the first
video assistant referee
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a match official in association football who reviews decisions made by the referee.
The assistant video assistant referee (AVAR) is a current or former referee appointed to assist the VAR in the video ope ...
to be used during a professional match.
Chapman is also a former player and coach. He played professionally for the
Arizona Sahuaros
Sporting Arizona FC is an American soccer team based in Arizona. Founded in 1989, Sporting Arizona FC is Arizona's professional development club.
The foundation of Sporting's development model is to bring international talent to play in Arizona, ...
between 2000 and 2002.
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1974 births
Living people
American soccer referees
Sportspeople from Arizona
Major League Soccer referees
North American Soccer League referees
USL Second Division players
Association footballers not categorized by position
Association football players not categorized by nationality
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