MLS referees withdrew from the 2024 season’s first week of the season after the rejection of a collective bargaining deal. In fact, it has since caused widespread confusion. The outcome is that the ...

Major League Soccer might open its regular season Wednesday using replacement officials after members of the Professional Soccer Referees Assn. (PSRA) overwhelmingly rejected a labor deal with the ...

The most recent MLS matchday saw the replacement referee crisis hit a new level with rampant errors across the league’s games. The issues were so bad that the Professional Soccer Referees Association ...

Emerson Sloop, second from left, poses with an all-female international referee crew in a tournament on March 28, 2025. Initially, Emerson Sloop was in it for the doughnuts. Sloop first became ...

UEFA refereeing director Roberto Rosetti says European soccer must avoid going in the direction of microscopic VAR ...

CARSON, CA - FEBRUARY 25: Referee Gabriele Ciampi talks with Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami FC during an MLS regular season game between Inter Miami CF and Los Angeles Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports ...

The Professional Referees Organization (PRO) has a plan in place ready to be executed for exactly who will be MLS’ replacement referees with the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) locked ...

The Prince of Wales went to see a program aiming to diversify the sport's referee ranks Prince William is hitting the soccer field and taking on the role of referee. On March 11, the Prince of Wales, ...

On Friday, a queer German soccer referee, Pascal Kaiser, proposed to his boyfriend, Moritz, at the RheinEnergieStadion, a stadium in Cologne, Germany. After Moritz said yes, the 50,000 fans roared in ...

My 13-year-old loves all things soccer, so training to be a youth referee seemed like a great idea. After completing a training course, he was able to pick up games that fit into his schedule.

Local soccer officials have voted to boycott the 2023-24 high school soccer season, two weeks before CIF-Southern Section matches are scheduled to kick off. The vote of Unit I of the Southern ...