Jair Marrufo

Jair Marrufo (born June 7, 1977 in El Paso, Texas) is an American soccer referee of Mexican descent. He has been a referee in Major League Soccer since 2002 and a FIFA referee since 2007.

Marrufo was 2008 MLS Referee of the Year.

Marrufo was suspended by MLS for the remainder of the 2009 MLS season as of September 1, 2009, for poor performances over the course of the season, and subsequently on February 5, 2010, Marrufo was removed from the 2010 World Cup referee list.

It was announced in 2013 that Marrufo would be a member of the newly formed Professional Referee Organization, the body responsible for refereeing appointments among the United States and Canada's top soccer leagues.

On July 8, 2014, Marrufo was assigned to the 2014 MLS All-Star Game, to be played on August 6 at Providence Park between an MLS All-Star team and Bayern Munich.

International

He was on the list of 38 referees to potentially referee the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but was later removed from that list following a pattern of poor performances during the 2009 MLS season.

His father, Antonio Marrufo, was a FIFA referee from Mexico and served on the Mexican Referee Commission. Jair Marrufo speaks fluent English and Spanish.

• MLS Referee of the Year: 2008

Major League Soccer

Season	G	Tot	PG	Tot	PG
2013	13	19	1.46	0	0
2014	17	26	1.53	2	0.12

Updated to matches played on November 3, 2014.
Source: http://www.proreferees.com/stats-referee-stats.php