PRO quartet named as officials for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Four PRO officials have been selected for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. Kyle Atkins, Ismail Elfath, Alan
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Officials’ 2017 milestones acknowledged at camp
Seven officials received commemorative presentations during the course of PRO’s preseason camp at the end of January to mark their
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Play of the Week: Playoffs – Positioning
Positioning overwhelmingly continues to be the number one contributory reason affecting decision making. Therefore it is an appropriate way to
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MLS Awards – Referee and AR of the Year nominees announced
Allen Chapman, Ismail Elfath and Mark Geiger are the finalists for the MLS Referee of the Year Award, while Jeremy
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Play of the Week 27: DOGSO – You decide!
In this week’s Play of the Week we are again discussing DOGSO (Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity). As all
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2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final crew announced
The 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final between Sporting Kansas City and New York Red Bulls will be refereed
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Eight PRO officials assigned to 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The match officials for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup have been announced, with eight members of PRO selected. Drew Fischer,
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MLS 2017 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
Read morePlay of the Week 8: Advantage and quick free-kicks
By PRO Training & Development Manager Paul Rejer In Play of the Week 8 we are discussing the role of
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Play of the Week 7: DOGSO Law change – Handball
By PRO Training & Development Manager Paul Rejer In Play of the Week 6 we examined how the new law
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