Brian Hall played his first soccer games in the nets as a goalkeeper in the American Youth Soccer Organization and at 14, became a member of the first AYSO PRO program (Player Referee Organization). Thus began his soccer officiating career, which has taken him around the world.

At age 24 he became the youngest referee to officiate an NCAA Division 1 men’s final. He also officiated the longest NCAA men’s final ever, which went eight overtime periods.

An MLS referee since the league’s inception in 1996, he is a three-time MLS Referee of the Year (2003, 2005 and 2006).

Hall reached the height of the officiating world in 1992 when he achieved the rank of FIFA referee. In 2002, the distinction of being the first American-born official appointed by FIFA to referee in a World Cup. Chosen by FIFA’s referee committee as one of the best referees in the tournament, he was one of 16 referees (along with Pierluigi Collina of Italy) selected for final round, a first for a U.S. referee.

Hall retired from FIFA’s International Panel of Referees in 2007, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 45. In 2004 he was inducted into the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association Hall of Fame. He has been a frequent guest presenter at AYSO’s events and AYSO counts him among its most distinguished alumni.