Play of the Week 18: Game preparation
Whenever I speak to aspiring referees who have ambition to make it to the PRO level, they tell me that
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Chris Penso
MLS assignments: Week 17
The assignments for Week 17 of the 2017 MLS season: 06/21/2017 D.C. United v Atlanta United RFK Stadium (7:30pm ET) REF: NIMA
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MLS assignments: Week 16
The assignments for Week 16 of the 2017 MLS season: 06/17/2017 New York City v Seattle Sounders Yankee Stadium (1:00pm ET)
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MLS assignments: Week 15
The assignments for Week 15 of the 2017 MLS season: 06/10/2017 Chicago Fire v Atlanta United Toyota Park (4:00pm ET) REF:
Read morePlay of the Week 4: Mass confrontation – changing priorities
By PRO Training & Development Manager Paul Rejer In Play of the Week 4 of the 2017 series, we are
Read morePlay of the Week 1: Decisive decision making
By PRO Training & Development Manager Paul Rejer There are many aspects to referees’ decision making and, obviously, making the
Read moreMLS AR of the Year Frank Anderson: “We’re only as good as our next call”
Image: Frank Anderson follows referee Chris Penso out ahead of the 2016 MLS All-Star game “Referees say ‘we are only
Read moreMLS week 33: A closer look at the assigned PRO officials
Image: Corey Parker, Nima Saghafi, Fotis Bazakos and Ian Anderson are all on Decision Day duty Sunday. 4pm ET. Week
Read moreMLS week 29: A closer look at the assigned PRO officials
Image: Referee Sorin Stoica is on duty in MLS Week 29, assigned to D.C. United versus Orlando City Jaime Herrera
Read moreMLS week 27: A closer look at the assigned PRO officials
Image: Drew Fischer referees Portland Timbers versus Real Salt Lake in Week 27 Silviu Petrescu and MLS All-Star referee Chris
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