Paul Tamberino is a retired American soccer midfielder and referee who officiated on the collegiate, professional and international levels.
[1] He played collegiate soccer at Essex Community College before transferring to the University of Maryland for the 1976 season.
He became a national referee for US Soccer in 1987 where he officiated numerous games in RFK stadium in Washington DC where teams from Central America would play on weekends.
He later refereed in the ASL where one of his highlights when Sheffield Wednesday played against the professional Baltimore team.
[5] He also officiated 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) games in S. Korea, Honduras, EL Salvador along with Olympic qualifier in Bermuda Tamberino retired from refereeing in 2001, where he worked for the US Soccer Federation Director of Referee Development.