The 27 referees and assistants: AFC: Referee: Moradi, Masoud (IRN) Assistant: Saeed, Mohamed (MDV) Assistant: Hiroshima, Yoshikazu (JPN) CAF: Referee: Codja, Coffi (BEN) Assistant: Adjovi, Hugues (BEN) Assistant: Aderodjou, Aboudou (BEN) CONCACAF : Referee : Batres, Carlos (GUA) Assistant : Salinas, Reynaldo (HON) Assistant : Ramirez Diaz, José (MEX) CONMEBOL: Referee: Larrionda, Jorge (URU) Assistant: Cresci, Fernando (URU) Assistant: Rial, Walter (URU) Referee: Amarilla, Carlos (PAR) Assistant: Cano, Nelson (PAR) Assistant: Bernal, Manuel (PAR) OFC: Referee: Shield, Mark (AUS) Assistant: Ouliaris, Jim (AUS) Assistant: Lockrey, Stewart (AUS) UEFA: Referee: Merk, Markus (GER) Assistant: Muller, Heiner (GER) Assistant: Wierzbowski, Maciej (POL) Referee: Cardozo Cortez, Lucilo (POR) Assistant: Pinheiro Devesa N., José M. (POR) Assistant: Silva Cardinal, José M. (POR) Referee: Ivanov, Valentin (RUS) Assistant: Krasyuk, Gennady (RUS) Assistant: Dupanau, Yury (BLR) http://fifa.com/en/display/article,69744.html
On behalf of all Americans, I'd actually like to thank FIFA for the absence of Hugh Dallas As hard as it is to thank FIFA, Hugh Dallas sucks. Also, props for no Pendergrast.
On behalf of football, I'd like to thank FIFA for the absence of Hugh Dallas too. Believe me, more teams than the US have suffered from his incompetence.