Paul Tamberino

Paul Tamberino is a retired American soccer midfielder and referee who officiated on the collegiate, professional and international levels. He was the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Major League Soccer Referee of the Year and is currently working for Major League Soccer.

Tamberino grew up in

. That year, he began his career as a referee. Tamberino officiated most of his days on the fields in Baltimore. He became a national referee for US Soccer in 1987 where he officiated numerous games in RFK stadium in Washington DC where teams from Central America would play on weekends. He later refereed in the ASL where one of his highlights when Sheffield Wednesday played against the  professional Baltimore team.

In 1990, he became a

. Later he was inducted into the NISOA Hall of Fame.

Tamberino officiated a

International

Tamberino was a long time international referee. He officiated at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship 1992. He was the line referee for three Group D matches at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.^[5] He also officiated 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) games in S. Korea, Honduras, EL Salvador along with Olympic qualifier in Bermuda

Tamberino retired from refereeing in 2001, where he worked for the

He now resides in Florida.

References

• Nothing Diry, Nothing Cheap