USMNT vs Ghana: who is Joe Dickerson, the referee for the friendly?
American referee Joe Dickerson will be in charge of Tuesday’s game in Nashville. Licensed in 2013, he made his MLS debut in October 2017.
North American referee Joe Dickerson has been designated to oversee Tuesday’s friendly between the USMNT and Ghana at Geodis Park in Nashville.
California resident Dickerson has been a professional match official since January 2013 and has built up a wealth of experience both in domestic competition as well as in international soccer during the past decade. He speaks both English and Spanish.
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Referee Joe Dickerson will be joined on Aug 10 by Micheal Barwegen, Chris Elliott, and Tim Ford on the field, with Jorge Gonzalez and Tom Supple in the VOR.
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MLS debut
A graduate of the University of California, Davis, Dickerson was handed his first MLS match in October 2017 - the Philadelphia Union’s 6-1 home win against Orlando City on matchday 34. Since then he has officiated a total of 89 MLS games - 19 of them during the current regular season.
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This will be his third international match. He made his debut in June, after being selected to referee the Gold Cup First Round game between Suriname and Puerto Rico. He was in charge of Saturday’s friendly between Mexico and Ghana, which ended 2-0 to the Aztecs.
On Tuesday, he will be accompanied by line officials Logan Brown and Jose Da Silva with Kevin Broadley acting as fourth referee.