The MLS Referee of the Year is a
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...
award presented to the best
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 title ...
annually since 1997. Since 2008, the league has also presented an Assistant Referee of the Year award. The awards are voted on by the media, the players, and the club executives.
Winners
See also
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Professional Referee Organization
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 Federatio ...
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Referee (association football)
In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts conne ...
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Assistant referee (association football)
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 ...
References
{{MLS awards
Referee of the Year
Awards established in 1997