Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Webb will direct MLS's development of video technology (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, referee Howard Webb gestures during the Champions League group G soccer match between FC Porto and Atletico de Madrid in Porto, northern Portugal. Moments before the start of the most game of his life, Webb had been struck down by another bout of Obsessive compulsive disorder, a condition in which a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. Webb kept the condition secret throughout a career that saw him referee the Champions League final and World Cup final in the same year, 2010, fearing the harsh world of soccer would mark him down as mentally unsound. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, file)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Howard Webb, the retired English referee who worked the 2010 World Cup and Champions League finals, will move to New York and manage Major League Soccer's development of video technology for on-field officials.


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