The Professional Referee Organization has announced the referee assignments for Week 3 of the 2016 MLS season:
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
New York City FC vs. Orlando City SC
Yankee Stadium (7 pm ET; UniMas, UDN in the US, MLS LIVE in Canada)
REF: ALLEN CHAPMAN
AR1: Claudiu Badea
AR2: Danny Thornberry
4TH: Jose Carlos Rivero
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Chicago Fire vs, Columbus Crew SC
Toyota Park (5 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: ROBERT SIBIGA
AR1: Craig Lowry
AR2: Anthony Vasoli
4TH: Jorge Gonzalez
New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo
Red Bull Arena (7 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: JAIR MARRUFO
AR1: Adam Garner
AR2: Peter Balciunas
4TH: Jaime Herrera
FC Dallas vs. Montreal Impact
Toyota Stadium (9 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: ARMANDO VILLARREAL
AR1: Peter Manikowski
AR2: Jeremy Hanson
4TH: Kevin Terry Jr.
Seattle Sounders vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
CenturyLink Field (10 pm ET; MLS LIVE in the US, TSN1 in Canada)
REF: MARK GEIGER
AR1: Frank Anderson
AR2: Matthew Nelson
4TH: Alejandro Mariscal
LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes
StubHub Center (10:30 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: ISMAIL ELFATH
AR1: Corey Rockwell
AR2: Kathryn Nesbitt
4TH: Daniel Radford
Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake
Providence Park (10:30 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: HILARIO GRAJEDA
AR1: Ian Anderson
AR2: Mike Rottersman
4TH: Baboucarr Jallow
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
Philadelphia Union vs. New England Revolution
Talen Energy Stadium (2:30 pm ET; MLS LIVE)
REF: NIMA SAGHAFI
AR1: Sean Hurd
AR2: Adam Wiencowski
4TH: Alan Kelly
D.C. United vs. Colorado Rapids
RFK Stadium (5 pm ET; ESPN2 in the US, MLS LIVE in Canada)
REF: CHRIS PENSO
AR1: CJ Morgante
AR2: Gianni Facchini
4TH: Geoff Gamble
Sporting Kansas City vs. Toronto FC
Children’s Mercy Park (7 pm ET; FS1 in the US, TSN2 in Canada)
REF: BALDOMERO TOLEDO
AR1: Eduardo Mariscal
AR2: Jason White
4TH: Fotis Bazakos
