Vincent Mauro

Vincent Mauro (October 23, 1943 – June 15, 2024) was an Italian and American soccer referee who was listed on the FIFA International Referees List between 1985 and 1991.

Career Mauro was born in Pratola Serra, Campania, Italy, and emigrated to the United States in 1964, settling in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Mauro was appointed to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile and to the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. That same year he was chosen to oversee matches at the Asian Cup in Qatar and in 1989 served as the American representative at the Copa América in Brazil, where he was an assistant referee in the final between Brazil and Uruguay at Maracanã Stadium, working with Chilean referee Hernán Silva. Mauro was fluent in English and Italian, as well as having learned French in high school and possessing basic knowledge in Spanish and Portuguese.

After the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Mauro worked in the refereeing committees of New Jersey and New York as well as with other soccer leagues in the area. He returned to his native Italy in the mid-2000s, where he died on June 15, 2024, at the age of 80.