Emeritus and Honorary Referees
Referees who wish to retire from the highest level the referee has attained may choose to become an Emeritus referee. The emeritus grade allows the International, National or State Referee the option of retiring from those levels of officiating while retaining that grade and continuing to referee at a lower level. Referees at this level wishing to move on to Emeritus status shall have held the corresponding non-Emeritus grade for a minimum of three years prior to the request.
Honorary referees are referees who have retired from officiating completely. These referees retain their highest grade as an honorary grade. Honorary referees are no longer certified to officiate in any match.
Emeritus and Honorary Referee Grades break down in the following manner:
- Grade 13 - National Referee Emeritus
- Grade 15 - State 1 Referee Emeritus
- Grade 16 - State 2 Referee Emeritus
- Grade 17 - Honorary Referee
National Referee Emeritus - Grade 13
- Hernani Branco (*)
- Angelo Bratsis
- George Cortes
- Dilvo DiPlacido
- Frank Hasek (*)
- Peter Kokolski
- Dave Lawrence
- Victor Matheson
- John Matthew
- Erich Simmons
- Augusto St. Silva
- Charles Van Nederpelt
- Russ Wolf
- Rachel Woo
State 1 Referee Emeritus - Grade 15
- Jeffrey Ardis
- Syrus Attai
- Antonio Braga
- Nigel Bright
- Rigoberto Buruca
- Raymond Cabral
- Robert "Ted" Carlson
- Richard Filippetti (*)
- Richard Frongillo
- Dennis Hogan
- Daniel Hristov
- Andrew May
- John McKay (*)
- John Medeiros (*)
- Daniel O'Leary
- Dmitrios Ptohos
- Pasquale Puleo
- Samuel Richards
- Jeffrey Rousseau
- Michael Rugnetta
- Francesco Scarsella
- Boris Senic, Sr
- Edward Shea
- Alex Tankersley
- Andy Weiss
State 2 Referee Emeritus - Grade 16
- Denis Allen
- Damian Arrondo
- Dalton Baker
- Bruce Beaupre
- Brion Berman
- Humberto Borges (*)
- Gerry Carrington
- Gregory Chandler
- Sam Checca
- Alfred Cosentino
- Noel Cotterell
- Randolph Croteau
- Dave Del Buono
- Chris Dowd
- Soorena Farboodmanesh
- Constantine Heropoulos
- Jay Jolicoeur
- Marc Lamoureux
- Arthur Lewis
- John Lopes
- Manuel Lopes
- Victor Mendes
- Luis Merlos
- Lukengu Musanda
- Elie Nassif
- Henry Neufville
- Ed Rae
- Ed Rae, Jr.
- Clifford Rober
- Ernesto Rodriguez
- Walter Seaberg, Jr
- Jonathan Simon, D.C.
- Jonathan Simon, Esq.
- Joel Simons
- Thomas Stagliano
- Ashley Stevens
- Robert Stowell Sr
- Jean Bosco Tagne
- John Utter
- Les Waguespack
Honorary Referee - Grade 17
- John Wright (*)
(*) deceased