Ricardo Salazar

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Ricardo Salazar
Full nameRicardo Salazar
Born (1972-09-06) September 6, 1972
Bakersfield, California, United States
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2000–presentMLSReferee
2007–presentCONCACAF Champions LeagueReferee
2009Pan-Pacific ChampionshipReferee
International
YearsLeagueRole
2005–presentFIFAReferee

Ricardo Salazar (born September 6, 1972) is a United States referee who currently referees for the Professional Referee Organization and International Matches.[1] He became a full time referee in 2007.

History

MLS

Since becoming a fully professional referee in 2007, Salazar has officiated many matches in Major League Soccer. He has also officiated many important CONCACAF Champions Cup matches, including the CONCACAF Champions Cup Semi Final between Pachuca CF and CD Motagua[2]

Salazar was also one of the referees picked to officiate in the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship.[3]

On June 19, 2011, Salazar refereed an MLS match between the New York Red Bulls and Portland Timbers, in which he issued a yellow card to Adam Moffat and a red to Red Bulls star Thierry Henry after an altercation. A commentator said during the television broadcast: "The referee, no one's paying to see him. There's no need to do that. It's ridiculous."[4] A day after the match, Red Bulls general manager Erik Soler issued a statement saying that "the level of refereeing was absolutely below the standards of what is required for a MLS match and completely unacceptable" and that MLS "cannot let these types of refereeing performances occur."[5]

Salazar officiated the 2012 U.S. Open Cup final between Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC. He handed out six yellow cards, all six to the Sounders, who went on to lose the game. He then called Sounders goalkeeper Michael Gspurning off his line during the game-deciding penalty kick shootout, after Gspurning blocked a shot by Sporting's Paulo Nagamura, who put his retake away to win the game. After a scoreless league match later in the year versus Salt Lake, Seattle's General Manager Adrian Hanauer and coach Sigi Schmid both expressed displeasure over the assignment and officiating of Salazar.[6][7]

On March 17, 2013, Salazar refereed an MLS match between the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA. Chivas' Velázquez was originally shown his first yellow card of the match after a challenge on Galaxy midfielder Colin Clark. The player was then immediately shown a red card. After the match, Chivas manager José Luis Sánchez Solá suggested that the ejection was based on favoritism.[8] The Professional Referees Organization (PRO) stated that the original caution card was shown by mistake and it was, in actuality, a red that was issued for the challenge. Chivas made a successful request to have the case reviewed by the independent panel and the card was overturned.[9]

On June 1st, 2013, Salazar refereed a match between Chivas USA and the Seattle Sounders FC. Late in the game, Salazar gave a straight red to Obafemi Martins of Sounders FC in the 71st minute of Seattle's 2-0 win at Chivas USA after a tussle with Goats player Gabriel Farfan. MLS rescinded the card.[10]

Currently there is a petition on Change.org [11] to draw attention to the consistent controversy that seems to follow games that Salazar officiates.

International

Since becoming a FIFA referee in 2005, Salazar had been chosen to officiate six international matches, four of which have been International Friendlies. On May 24, 2010 he officiated a friendly between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[12]

International Matches officiated

Date Home Away Result Competition
15 October 2008 Costa Rica Costa Rica Haiti Haiti 2 – 0[13] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF
27 May 2009 Ecuador Ecuador El Salvador El Salvador 1 – 3[14] Friendly Match
14 October 2009 El Salvador El Salvador Honduras Honduras 0 – 1[15] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF
10 May 2010 Mexico Mexico Senegal Senegal 1 – 0[16] Friendly Match
24 May 2010 Australia Australia New Zealand New Zealand 2 – 1[17] Friendly Match
29 February 2012 Estonia Estonia El Salvador El Salvador 2 – 0[18] Friendly Match
29 May 2013 Ecuador Ecuador Germany Germany 2 – 4[19] Friendly Match

See also

  • List of football referees

References

  1. ↑ "PRO Referee Roster". PROreferees.com. Retrieved June 5, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Ricardo Salazr History". WorldReferee.com. February 12, 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  3. ↑ "RefTalk with Ricardo Salazar". U.S Soccer Referees Federation. February 29, 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  4. ↑ Jones, Grahame (June 25, 2011). "MLS referees aren't keeping up with the game". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Zack Woolsey (June 20, 2011). "New York Red Bulls General Manager Erik Soler Blasts MLS Officiating". SB Nation. 
  6. ↑ Rudman, Steve (October 22, 2013). "Stay away from Sounders, Salazar". Sportspress Northwest (KING 5 News). Retrieved July 27, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Ruiz, Don (October 17, 2012). "Sounders GM: “I’m not at all happy that Salazar was assigned to this game"". The News Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Davis, Steve (March 18, 2013). "Ricardo Salazar’s explanation for red asks more questions". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Ricardo Salazar". MLSsoccer.com. March 17, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Ricardo Salazar". MLSsoccer.com. June 1st, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Adam Colling. "ricardo-salazar-he-severely-needs-evaluation". 
  12. ↑ "FFA Articles Aussies snatch farewell win". Football Federation Australia. May 24, 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  13. ↑ "Costa Rica - Haiti Match Report". FIFA. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Ecuador V El Salvador". Football Lineups. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  15. ↑ "El Salvador v Honduras". Football Lineups. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  16. ↑ "Mexico v Senagal". Football Lineups. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  17. ↑ "Australia v New Zealand". Football Lineups. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  18. ↑ "Estonia v El Salvador". Football Lineups. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012. 
  19. ↑ "Ecuador v Germany". Football Lineups. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013. 

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