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 Federation, Major League Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association, the United Soccer League, the National Women's Soccer League, and the U.S. Open Cup.

The organization's targets are to increase the quality of officiating in U.S. and Canadian professional leagues, develop more professional-quality officials at a younger age, and produce officials who will represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions.

History

The U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer joined forces in 2012 to create the Professional Referee Organization and the aims for PRO is to develop a higher standard of officiating at a younger age and to produce referees who can represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions.

Then U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said, "We've always understood that the development of referees is an important aspect to the growth of the game in the United States. PRO is another step toward the improvement and professionalization of our top referees. With the additional resources and funding provided by the formation of PRO, we will continue to build upon the progress we've already made."

Staff

Major League Soccer awards

USL Championship awards

Roster

As of January 2022, these match officials are listed on the PRO rosters.

Referees

* Fotis Bazakos
* Allen Chapman
* Alex Chilowicz
* / Marcos DeOliveira
* Joe Dickerson
* Ismail Elfath
* Drew Fischer
* Tim Ford
* Jon Freemon
* Guido Gonzales, Jr
* Pierre-Luc Lauziere
* Jair Marrufo
* Rosendo Mendoza
* Ismir Pekmic
* Chris Penso
* Tori Penso
* Silviu Petrescu
* / Robert Sibiga
* Kevin Stott
* / Lukasz Szpala
* Ramy Touchan
* Ted Unkel
* Rubiel Vazquez
* Armando Villarreal

Assistant referees

* Frank Anderson
* Ian Anderson
* Lyes Arfa
* Kyle Atkins
* Claudiu Badea
* Peter Balciunas
* Micheal Barwegen
* Andrew Bigelow
* Cameron Blanchard
* Diego Blas
* Gjovalin Bori
* Chantal Boudreau
* Logan Brown
* Jose da Silva
* Brian Dunn
* Chris Elliott
* Gianni Facchini
* Adam Garner
* Ryan Graves
* Jeffrey Greeson
* Jeremy Hanson
* Jeff Hosking
* Jeremy Kieso
* Kevin Klinger
* Peter Manikowski
* Felisha Mariscal
* Brooke Mayo
* Ian McKay
* Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
* CJ Morgante
* Meghan Mullen
* Matt Nelson
* Kathryn Nesbitt
* Corey Parker
* Brian Poeschel
* Cory Richardson
* Corey Rockwell
* Mike Rottersman
* Jeffrey Swartzel
* Nick Uranga
* Chris Wattam
* Eric Weisbrod
* Jason White
* Adam Wienckowski
* Tyler Wyrostek

Video assistant referees

* Malik Badawi
* Carol Anne Chenard
* Geoff Gamble
* Jorge Gonzalez
* Hilario Grajeda
* Edvin Jurisevic
* Alejandro Mariscal
* Younes Marrakchi
* Daniel Radford
* José Carlos Rivero
* Sorin Stoica
* Kevin Terry, Jr.

Assistant video assistant referees

* Jozef Batko
* Jonathan Johnson
* Mike Kampmeinert
* Kyle Longville
* Craig Lowry
* Jeffrey Muschik
* Rene Parra
* Josh Patlak
* Robert Schaap
* Thomas Supple
* Fabio Tovar
* TJ Zablocki

Women's panel

* Danielle Chesky
* Jennifer Garner
* Katja Koroleva
* Felisha Mariscal
* Brooke Mayo
* Alicia Messer
* Kathryn Nesbitt
* Tori Penso
* Natalie Simon

International roster

As of January 2022, these officials' are on the international roster:

* Frank Anderson
* Ian Anderson
* Lyes Arfa
* Kyle Atkins
* Micheal Barwegen
* Cameron Blanchard
* Chantal Boudreau
* Logan Brown
* Allen Chapman
* Carol Anne Chenard
* Danielle Chesky
* Ismail Elfath
* Drew Fischer
* Tim Ford
* Jennifer Garner
* Edvin Jurisevic
* Jeremy Kieso
* Katja Koroleva
* Pierre-Luc Lauziere
* Felisha Mariscal
* Jair Marrufo
* Brooke Mayo
* Alicia Messer
* Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
* Meghan Mullen
* Kathryn Nesbitt
* Corey Parker
* Tori Penso
* Cory Richardson
* Corey Rockwell
* Nima Saghafi
* Natalie Simon
* Nick Uranga
* Rubiel Vazquez
* Armando Villarreal
* Chris Wattam

International appointments

In December 2018, Jair Marrufo as referee, Frank Anderson and Corey Rockwell as assistant referees, and Mark Geiger as an assistant video assistant referee, were selected to oversee the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final.

In June 2019, Ismail Elfath as referee, Kyle Atkins and Corey Parker as assistant referees, and Alan Kelly as the video assistant referee were assigned to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.

See also

* Select Group

References

External links

* {{official website

Association football referees
American soccer referees
Canadian soccer referees

United States Soccer Federation
Sports professional associations
Sports organizations established in 2012
2012 establishments in North America