Canadian referee Silviu Petrescu has been named the MLS referee of the year.
He defeated Baldomero Toledo and Armando Villarreal in the final vote. Petrescu is the first Canadian to win the award.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record has a profile of Petrescu you can view here.
Petrescu will be in charge of the MLS Cup final next month in L.A.
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