MLS Referee of the Year Award

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annual award association football award sports award

The MLS Referee of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor recognizing the league’s top-performing match official for that season.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
MLS Referee of the Year	2
MLS Referee of the Year Award canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10609674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MLS Referee of the Year Award
Context triple: [Major League Soccer trophies and awards, includesAward, MLS Referee of the Year Award]

A. Football Writers’ Association Manager of the Year
The Football Writers’ Association Manager of the Year is an annual English football award given by journalists to the manager judged to have been the most outstanding over the season.
B. LMA Service to Football Award
The LMA Service to Football Award is a special honor presented by the League Managers Association to recognize individuals who have made outstanding long-term contributions to the sport of football.
C. MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award
The MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing goalkeeper over the regular season.
D. MLS Defender of the Year Award
The MLS Defender of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing defensive player over the regular season.
E. MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award
The MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the player who has demonstrated the most impactful return to form after injury, illness, or a significant setback.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MLS Referee of the Year Award
Target entity description: The MLS Referee of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor recognizing the league’s top-performing match official for that season.

A. Football Writers’ Association Manager of the Year
The Football Writers’ Association Manager of the Year is an annual English football award given by journalists to the manager judged to have been the most outstanding over the season.
B. LMA Service to Football Award
The LMA Service to Football Award is a special honor presented by the League Managers Association to recognize individuals who have made outstanding long-term contributions to the sport of football.
C. MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award
The MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing goalkeeper over the regular season.
D. MLS Defender of the Year Award
The MLS Defender of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing defensive player over the regular season.
E. MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award
The MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the player who has demonstrated the most impactful return to form after injury, illness, or a significant setback.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ association football award ⓘ sports award ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Professional Referee Organization ⓘ
awardedIn	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
category	officiating award ⓘ
competitionLevel	top division in United States and Canada ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleCompetition	MLS postseason matches ⓘ MLS regular season matches ⓘ
eligibleRecipients	MLS referees ⓘ
field	sports officiating ⓘ
firstAwarded	1997 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
givenFor	outstanding refereeing performance in an MLS season ⓘ
governingBody	Major League Soccer ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	none ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.mlssoccer.com ⓘ
hasRelatedAward	MLS Assistant Referee of the Year Award ⓘ
inception	1997 ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
league	Major League Soccer ⓘ
notableRecipient	Alan Kelly ⓘ Brian Hall ⓘ Ismail Elfath ⓘ Jair Marrufo ⓘ Kevin Stott ⓘ Mark Geiger ⓘ
partOf	Major League Soccer year-end awards ⓘ linked to: Major League Soccer trophies and awards
presentedBy	Major League Soccer ⓘ
purpose	to recognize the league’s top-performing referee each season ⓘ
recognizesRole	match referee ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting ⓘ
shortName	MLS Referee of the Year ⓘ linked to: MLS Referee of the Year Award
sport	association football ⓘ soccer ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	end of MLS regular season ⓘ
votersInclude	MLS coaches ⓘ MLS general managers ⓘ MLS players ⓘ club executives ⓘ media ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Major League Soccer trophies and awards → includesAward → MLS Referee of the Year Award ⓘ

Mark Geiger → awardReceived → MLS Referee of the Year ⓘ

linked to: MLS Referee of the Year Award

MLS Referee of the Year Award → shortName → MLS Referee of the Year ⓘ