"Controversial Brazilian referee Carlos Eugeneo Simon has been selected to officiate the historical USA-England match on June 12. Assistant Referee 1 Altemir Hausmann and Assistant Referee 2 Roberto Braatz are both also from Brazil. Eddie Maillet of the Seychelles is the Fourth Official.
Simon, 44, has officiated at three World Cups and at the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals. He issued a total of 17 cards, almost six per game, in three 2006 World Cup games. One incident involved the ejection of Sweden's Teddy Lucic with two yellow cards, the first of which was for a shirt tug on Miroslave Klose of Germany, who advanced to the quarterfinals and finished third. In 2009, Simon was suspended by the Brazilian federation for "a repetition of mistakes committed during the competition." England has experience with Simon as he officiated England's 2002 opening group game in Japan.
FIFA didn't select any U.S. referees to officiate the 2010 World Cup."
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