George Gansner – FIFA

 

Personal

38 years old

Lives in St Louis, Missouri

Married since 2002 with 2 children

 

Playing Career

CYC

Select Soccer

Mehlville High School St Louis

Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

German Landesliga – Hannover (1995)

                                                                                                   

United States Soccer Federation

Began refereeing Missouri at age 12 (1984)

Refereed U-12 Region II final at age 14

1st Missouri Young Referee of the Year (1989-90)

Started MLS 1997…14th year in League with nearly 200 games

FIFA in 2002, 9th year representing US internationally

Second youngest US Referee ever to be a FIFA official

Youngest FIFA Assistant Referee ever in US

Also a Referee Instructor

 

Referee Career Highlights

o        USA Women vs. Brazil (1999), USA Women vs. Finland (1999)

o        Club Teams Refereed: Celtic, Manchester United (x2), Chelsea (x2), AC Milan (x2), Barcelona (x2), Inter-Milan, Club America, Chivas de Guadelajara, Atlas, Atlante, Tecos, Morelia, Santos Laguna, Pumas, others.

o        National Teams Refereed: Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Canada, El Salvador, Panama, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, China, Bulgaria, Scotland, Nigeria, Jordan, Zambia

o        CONCACAF Champions Cup Final – 2006 (Azteca Stadium, Mexico City)

o        2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

o        2007 U-20 World CupCanada

o        U-17/U-20 World Cup QualifyingCanada, Honduras, Mexico

o        World Cup QualifyingMexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica