Arturo Angeles (born September 12, 1953) is a retired soccer referee from the

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. He supervised one match (

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–

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) during the

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in his native country.

Biography

Angeles was born in

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.WORLD CUP '94 : Temple City's Angeles Outstanding in His Field
LA Times, June 12, 1994 Whilst studying engineering at the

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he played for the university team as a goalkeeper. He later became a civil engineer and worked for the

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whilst living in

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. He began refereeing in 1973, starting in the high school leagues. He joined the US Soccer Federation referee programme in 1975, and moved up to the North American Soccer League.Artuto Angeles Conditioning Next Generation of Referees
US Soccer, 19 July 2003 He was awarded his FIFA badge on 1 January 1988. He refereed at the

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, refereeing the match between Argentina and Norway. In 1990, he was added to FIFA's list of potential referees for the 1994 World Cup, and was eventually among the final 24 selected. He refereed two matches at the

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was he ...

, two matches at the

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and one match at the

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. In the build-up to the 1994 World Cup, Angeles was forced to prepare alone as the United States did not have a national league at the time; he joined a running club and refereed friendly international matches in

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. He later refereed in the new Major League Soccer, and was selected as the referee for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final.1998 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup
US Open Cup He retired in 2008.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angeles, Arturo American soccer referees USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni American civil engineers American civil servants FIFA World Cup referees 1953 births Living people Copa América referees Sportspeople from Mexico City 1994 FIFA World Cup referees CONCACAF Gold Cup referees Olympic football referees People from Temple City, California Mexican emigrants to the United States Engineers from California Major League Soccer referees