Arturo Angeles

Arturo Angeles (born September 12, 1953) is a retired soccer referee from the United States. He supervised one match (Argentina–Greece) during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in his native country.

Biography Angeles was born in Mexico City. Whilst studying engineering at the University of Southern California he played for the university team as a goalkeeper.

He began refereeing in 1973, starting in the high school leagues. He joined the U.S. Soccer Federation referee programme in 1975, and moved up to the North American Soccer League. He was awarded his FIFA badge on January 1, 1988. 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 later refereed in the new Major League Soccer, and was selected as the referee for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final. He retired in 2008.