Here are the referees for this weekend’s MLS matches. There’s also a Wednesday match this week, April 16. Saturday Toronto FC vs. Colorado Rapids REFEREE: DAVE GANTAR AR1: Philippe Briere AR2: Richard Gamache 4TH: Justin Tasev Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire REFEREE: JOSE CARLOS RIVERO AR1: Daniel Belleau AR2: Scott Kachmarik 4TH: Drew Fischer Philadelphia Union vs. Real Salt Lake
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NOTE: This refers to an appointment in the past. See the sidebar for updated appointments. Well, no doubt, this weekend’s Big Match is Liverpool v. Manchester City. With four points dividing them, and City still with two games in hand on both Liverpool and Chelsea, this match could decide the title, pardon the hyperbole. And when you think hyperbole, you
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Antonio Mateu Lahoz has gotten the nod for the El Clasico version of the Copa Del Rey final. Barcelona and Real Madrid will face off in Valencia on Wednesday, April 16. Mateu Lahoz is Valenciano himself, which may have tipped the scales in his favor, despite his never having refereed a Clasico before. The fact that top Spanish referee Alberto
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Here are the referees for the Europa League Quarterfinals, to be played April 10 Pavel Kralovec (CZECH) Benfica v. AZ Kralovec is a popular referee within FIFA, who was on the top 52 list for the World Cup, but didn’t quite make it. Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP), Juventus v. Lyon Undiano is also not on the World Cup list, losing
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It could be the biggest game of the year: the one that decides the title. Liverpool v. Manchester City. Big game = big referee. Right now, the biggest referee in English football is undoubtedly Mark Clattenburg. Sure, Howard Webb is still The Man, and he will be going to Brazil and not Clattenburg. But as I’ve mentioned here before, Clatts
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It’s the attack of the middle-aged bald(ing) referees for Champions League on Wednesday, April 9. Jonas Eriksson of Sweden will referee Bayern Munich v. Manchester United, and Howard Webb of England will officiate Atletico Madrid v. Barcelona. The last time Jonas Eriksson officiated a Manchester team in the Champions League, he had a really hard time of it (see above).
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I’m going to be honest with you guys: I didn’t watch much football today. I was out late last night killing zombies. Long story. But pretty much first thing in the morning, my phone started buzzing with texts: “Did you see it??” “Anthony Taylor sucks.” “Not a yellow card!” So, after a couple
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The referees for the first two quarterfinal second legs are Pedro Proenca of Portgual and Damir Skomina of Slovenia. Proenca will be at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea v. PSG, and Skomina will officiate Real Madrid v. Dortmund. Proenca is about as safe a bet as you can get. Not only is he a World Cup referee, but he’s just so good
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Andre Marriner and Michael Oliver will be officiating the two FA cup semi finals on April 12 and 13. If you’re the betting type, you can feel pretty comfortable putting your money on Mark Clattenburg for the FA Final on May 17. Not only is he one of the few “big guys” in English refereeing not to have officiated a
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Way back on February 2, Serie A referee Andrea DeMarco made the decision to postpone the Roma v. Parma match due to torrential rains and a boggy pitch. The match was replayed on Tuesday, April 2, with the same referee. In fact, everything was the same: The kickoff time was the same Two players who were suspended then, but not
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