A quick note:
As the MLS announced on April 2, the "Game First" initiative is designed to improve the quality of play in the MLS. As part of the scope, several steps have been undertaken to improve game officiating, including the hiring of four full-time professional referees (Jair Marrufo, Ricardo Salazar, Baldomero Toledo, and Terry Vaughn ) and overall coordination by Esse Baharmast, US Soccer's Director of Advanced & International Referee Development.
The US Soccer website has more on this aspect of the iniative, and even has bios for the four referees. I think this is an excellent step in the right direction, and I'm looking forward to seeing results in this aspect of the US soccer culture. It seems that the scope may extend beyond MLS to other aspects of American soccer (like national team play) since the hiring comes from the US Soccer level rather than at the MLS level. This is all the better, although the two organizations are so intermingled that it's hard to read the full impact of such bureaucratic moves. Still, I'm optimistic.
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