MLS Referee of the Year Award

The MLS Referee of the Year is a Major League Soccer award presented to the best referee annually since 1997. Since 2008, the league has also presented an Assistant Referee of the Year award.^[1] The awards are voted on by the media, the players, and the club executives.^[2]

Winners

Season[3]	Referee	Assistant referee
1997	/ Esfandiar Baharmast	not awarded
1998	Paul Tamberino
1999
2000
2001
2002	Kevin Terry
2003	Brian Hall
2004	Abiodun Okulaja
2005	Brian Hall
2006
2007
2008	Jair Marrufo	Kermit Quisenberry
2009	Alex Prus	Greg Barkey
2010	Kevin Stott	Craig Lowry
2011	Mark Geiger	Corey Rockwell
2012	Silviu Petrescu	Ian Anderson
2013	Hilario Grajeda	Kermit Quisenberry
2014	Mark Geiger	Paul Scott
2015	Alan Kelly	Corey Parker
2016		Frank Anderson
2017	Allen Chapman	Corey Parker
2018	Alan Kelly	Joe Fletcher
2019	Allen Chapman	Brian Dunn
2020	Ismail Elfath	Kathryn Nesbitt
2021	/ Robert Sibiga	Cory Richardson
2022	Ismail Elfath[4]	Corey Rockwell
2023	Victor Rivas[5]	Ian McKay
2024	Drew Fischer[6]	Kyle Atkins

See also

• Professional Referee Organization
• Referee (association football)
• Assistant referee (association football)