There are over 50 different referees at the expanded 2026 World Cup.

The MLS Players Association on Tuesday urged a quick resolution to the lockout of the league's referees and cautioned that the use of replacement game officials during the labour dispute could ...

In fact, a very prominent sight throughout this tournament will be referee Ismail Elfath. Elfath was the head referee for the match between Group F opponents Netherlands and Japan, where he handed out ...

World Cup official Tori Penso's husband Chris, a longtime MLS referee, was named in an Unfair Labor Practice filing during ...

LOS ANGELES — When Tori Penso blows her whistle at the start of her first assignment in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, she will have made history. Penso will become the first American woman to ever referee ...