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Mark Geiger (born August 25, 1974) is an American soccer referee who officiates at domestic level in Major League Soccer (MLS) and who has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2008. He is also a member of the Professional Referee Organization (PRO). At international level, Geiger has refereed the 2012 Olympics; at the 2013 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups; and at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. At the 2014 World Cup, he became the first referee from the United States to officiate a knockout match at a World Cup tournament. Before becoming a full-time referee, Geiger was a high school mathematics teacher. ==Career== Geiger first took up refereeing in 1988. He became a United States Soccer Federation National Referee in 2003 and has been officiating in Major League Soccer since 2004. He has officiated in CONCACAF tournaments since becoming a FIFA referee in 2008, and has officiated Gold Cup and other international tournaments and fixtures. Geiger was selected for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in 2011, where he refereed the final. Geiger officiated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. He officiated the Group E game between eventual tournament champions Brazil and Austria at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Match Report - Brazil 3-0 Austria )〕 He then took charge of the Group B game between Uruguay and Cameroon at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Match Report - Uruguay 0-1 Cameroon )〕 He was appointed to the Round of 16 match between Spain and South Korea at Estadio Palogrande in Manizales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Match Report - Spain 0-0 Korea Republic )〕 Finally, he refereed the Final with American Assistant Referee Sean Hurd and Canadian Assistant Referee Joe Fletcher, between Brazil and Portugal at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Match Report - Brazil 3-2 Portugual )〕 This is the first time an American has ever been the referee at a major men's tournament final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geiger, Hurd and Fletcher to Officiate FIFA U20 World Cup Final )〕 Geiger was selected as the Major League Soccer referee of the year for the 2011 season, and then again in 2014. In 2012, Geiger was selected as one of 16 referees to officiate at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Geiger took charge of the Group D match between Spain vs. Japan and the quarterfinal between Japan vs. Egypt. In 2013, Geiger was an official at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.proreferees.com/roster-referees.php )〕 Geiger was selected as CONCACAF's representative referee for the 2013 Club World Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCWC 2013 Appointments of Match Officials )〕 Geiger was one of 25 referees appointed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Referee trios and support duos appointed for 2014 FIFA World Cup™ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Referees & Assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ )〕 Geiger described the assignment to the World Cup as "an immensely proud moment".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mark Geiger excited to fulfil World Cup dream )〕 Geiger officiated the 2014 World Cup Group C match between Colombia and Greece at the Estadio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte; the 2014 World Cup Group B match between Chile and Spain at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil Match Result: Spain v Chile )〕 and the 2014 World Cup Round of 16 match between France and Nigeria at the Estádio Nacional in Brasilia, the first American to referee in the knockout round of a FIFA World Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PRO 2014 World Cup assignments )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Geiger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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