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Joe Dickerson is one of North America?s best referees, but he?ll be off the field in a high-pressure position when the World Cup begins
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Joe Dickerson never set out to be a referee. As a player, he was told that reffing would be to make money on the side, learn responsibility, and ? more pertinent to his team ? learn the sport and begin to understand it on a granular level.
Those early assignments in the San Jose area have blossomed into a career that saw Dickerson honored as US Soccer?s male referee of the year in 2025. All of it has been driven by his ability to drill into details ? something he?ll be doing a lot of as a VAR official in the replay booth for this summer?s World Cup.
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Joe Dickerson never set out to be a referee. As a player, he was told that reffing would be to make money on the side, learn responsibility, and ? more pertinent to his team ? learn the sport and begin to understand it on a granular level.
Those early assignments in the San Jose area have blossomed into a career that saw Dickerson honored as US Soccer?s male referee of the year in 2025. All of it has been driven by his ability to drill into details ? something he?ll be doing a lot of as a VAR official in the replay booth for this summer?s World Cup.
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