Professional Referee Organization (PRO) is the organization responsible for managing the referee and assistant referee program in professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada, working alongside the United States Soccer Federation, Major League Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association, the United Soccer League, the National Women's Soccer League, and the U.S. Open Cup.
The organization's targets are to increase the quality of officiating in U.S. and Canadian professional leagues, develop more professional-quality officials at a younger age, and produce officials who will represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions. The referees employed by PRO are represented by the PSRA.
History
The U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer joined forces in 2012 to create the Professional Referee Organization and the aims for PRO is to develop a higher standard of officiating at a younger age and to produce referees who can represent the United States and Canada in FIFA competitions.
Then U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said, "We've always understood that the development of referees is an important aspect to the growth of the game in the United States. PRO is another step toward the improvement and professionalization of our top referees. With the additional resources and funding provided by the formation of PRO, we will continue to build upon the progress we've already made."
Staff
Major League Soccer awards
USL Championship awards
Roster
As of February 2023, these match officials are listed on the PRO rosters.
Referees
Mark Allatin
Fotis Bazakos
Allen Chapman
Alex Chilowicz
/ Matthew Conger
/ Marcos DeOliveira
Joe Dickerson
Filip Dujic
Ismail Elfath
Drew Fischer
Tim Ford
Jon Freemon
Guido Gonzales, Jr
Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Jair Marrufo
Rosendo Mendoza
Ismir Pekmic
Chris Penso
Tori Penso
Michael Radchuk
Victor Rivas
Nima Saghafi
/ Robert Sibiga
Kevin Stott
/ Lukasz Szpala
Ramy Touchan
Ted Unkel
Rubiel Vazquez
Armando Villarreal
Assistant referees
Ian Anderson
Lyes Arfa
Kyle Atkins
Peter Balciunas
Micheal Barwegen
Andrew Bigelow
Cameron Blanchard
Diego Blas
Chantal Boudreau
Logan Brown
Jose da Silva
Brian Dunn
Chris Elliott
Gianni Facchini
Adam Garner
Ryan Graves
Jeffrey Greeson
Jeremy Hanson
Walt Heatherly
Eduardo Jeff
Jeremy Kieso
Kevin Klinger
Kevin Lock
Felisha Mariscal
Brooke Mayo
Ian McKay
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Meghan Mullen
Matt Nelson
Kathryn Nesbitt
Corey Parker
Ben Pilgrim
Brian Poeschel
Cory Richardson
Corey Rockwell
Mike Rottersman
Kali Smith
Jeffrey Swartzel
Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
Nick Uranga
Chris Wattam
Jason White
Adam Wienckowski
Tyler Wyrostek
Video assistant referees
Malik Badawi
David Barrie
Carol Anne Chenard
Geoff Gamble
Jorge Gonzalez
Luis Guardia
Edvin Jurisevic
Alejandro Mariscal
Younes Marrakchi
Daniel Radford
José Carlos Rivero
Sorin Stoica
Kevin Stott
Kevin Terry, Jr.
Assistant video assistant referees
Claudiu Badea
Jozef Batko
Gjovalin Bori
Jonathan Johnson
Mike Kampmeinert
Craig Lowry
Jeffrey Muschik
Rene Parra
Josh Patlak
Robert Schaap
Thomas Supple
Fabio Tovar
Eric Weisbrod
TJ Zablocki
International roster
As of February 2023, these officials' are on the international roster: