USSF National Referee, Alejo Calume, from the United States officates in various professional leagues and competitions in the US like the US Open Cup, USL Championship, USL League One, NISA and MLS NEXT PRO.  ..read more

PRO and Ex-FIFA referee, Carol Anne Chenard, from Canada refereed at the top international level for several years including in several Concacaf and FIFA events and the Olympics. She currently works as a video assistant referee in the MLS ..read more

We speak with USSF Referee Paul Werle from Ohio, USA to discuss various refereeing topics such as the referee retention problem and practical advice for new and young referees ..read more

Kevin Houghton is an entrepreneur, Inventor, sports coach and referee from Preston, Lancashire, UK. We talked about his refereeing career and the fascinating story of how he went from coach to referee to than owning of one the biggest refereeing brands in the world despite all his hardships ..read more

Keith Hackett was FIFA referee from 1981 to 1991, the former general manager of the PGMOL and is a UEFA referee expert. Keith has refereed matches in the Premier League, FA Cup (2 Finals), Community Shield (1 Final), Euros, Olympics, World Cup qualifiers, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and U-20 World Cup. He spoke about his time as a referee, key attributes that make for successful referees and and the current state of refereeing in the Premier League ..read more

James Perryman has been refereeing since 2012 and is currently a regional referee. He has been an assignor, SDI and DRA in Alaska and was the President for the Anchorage Soccer Referee Association from 2017 to 2019. He spoke about how his way of thinking about refereeing has changed from when he started, his unique skills that have made him successful as a referee and the people who have helped him get to the level he has reached today ..read more

Rubiel Vazquez has been refereeing in the MLS since 2017 and was listed on the FIFA panel in 2020. He has been the 4th official for the 2019 MLS Cup, 2020 Concacaf League Final, 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup and on the whistle for the 2021 USL Championship Final. He talked about why he decided to become a PRO referee, the sacrifices he had to make along the way, his MLS debut and misunderstood aspects of refereeing ..read more

Ex FIFA and PRO referee, Ted Unkel, refereed in the MLS from 2012 to 2021 and was listed on the FIFA panel from 2016 to 2021. He discussed various refereeing topics such as VAR, emotions in a match, game management and advice for young referees ..read more

Marcos DeOliveira has been refereeing in the MLS since 2014 when he debuted in a match between the Chicago Fire and Portland Timbers. He came on to discuss various refereeing topics such as fitness, game management and advice for up-and-coming referees ..read more

We invited Ben Glass to come speak with us about his extensive experience as a referee which started in 1974, at the age of 16, refereeing youth, adult and high school matches in Northern Virginia. He provided us with great pieces of practical advice for new referees and we touched on a few other topics like fitness, assignors, getting past mistakes as a referee ..read more