The Blue Statement · Sep 29, 2021
Three years after controversial game, Marrufo is assigned to a Sporting KC game
Peter G. Aiken Perusing the official game notes when Sporting KC sends them out is a regular task. The first thing to check is injury updates, then take a glance at records between the teams and check who will be the referee. Normally it is rather mundane and boring but for the Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas match, the referee name jumped out.
Jair Marrufo
When Sporting KC and Dallas kick off Wednesday evening, it will be just a week shy of three years since Jair Marrufo last officiated a Kansas City match. Nearly 100 games and 1089 days, since one of the senior referees in MLS was the referee for a Sporting KC game.