We’re rapidly running out of daylight on the season, and the title is still undecided. This puts even more pressure on the referees than they usually face. Any mistake could impact who wins the title. Liverpool play at Norwich on Sunday, with Andre Marriner (above) in the middle. Poor Andre has not had the … steadiest of seasons. Let’s hope
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NOTE: This refers to an appointment in the past. See the sidebar for updated appointments. It’s a good weekend to be a female fan of the Serie A referees, because all the pretty boys come out to play. Daniele Doveri, Andrea De Marco, Marco Guida…they’re all here. Even Gianluca Rocchi and Daniele Orsato are hanging out on the wings. Speaking of pretty
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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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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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Here are your referees for this weekend’s MLS games. Saturday Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas REFEREE: RICARDO SALAZAR AR1: Peter Manikowski AR2: Mike Kampmeinert 4TH: Mark Kadlecik Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids REFEREE: IOANNIS STAVRIDIS AR1: Kevin Klinger AR2: Matthew Kreitzer 4TH: Daniel Radford Columbus Crew vs. Toronto FC REFEREE: ISMAIL ELFATH AR1: George Gansner AR2: Jason White 4TH: Sorin
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It should be a nice, uneventful week for Premier League referees, though at this stage in the season – and with the title race still somewhat open – I guess “uneventful” is a relative term. Martin Atkinson (above) probably has the toughest job on paper. Arsenal visits Everton on Sunday. With the teams at fourth and fifth respectively, Everton need to
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For the record, Mark Clattenburg is on fire this year. Just when I said I suspected that there would be no non-World Cup referees in the Champions League quarterfinals, he comes up big for Real Madrid v. Dortmund. It’s a shame, really. Howard Webb’s struggles are well-known, and Clatts is having the year of his life. If the last 6-9 months were
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We’re in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which means shit gets real for both the teams and the referees. From this point on, I’d be surprised to see an “outlier” amongst the Champions League referees. I think you’ll see the best of the best: The men who are not only at the top of their UEFA form, but are
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Here are Serie A referees for the weekend of March 29 and 30, and Monday, March 31. The spotlight game is no doubt Napoli v Juventus. Napoli are in third place and Juventus lead the league, so this is a big game for Daniele Orsato (above). Orsato is beginning to get a lot of the big games. To this point, I’d
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Here are the MLS referees for this upcoming weekend, March 29 and 30. You’ll notice that some of the officials – including the fourth official for my hometown Earthquakes, Ioannis Stavridis – were replacement referees. So, it does appear that PRO is working some of these guys into the rotation. Plus, MLS may have scored the jackpot on Best Referee
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