Referee banned from officiating in Concacaf competitions for six months after asking Lionel Messi for his autograph, a source ...

Statement from Concacaf does not detail any punishment, but says official “acknowledged his mistake" and apologized for the ...

Lionel Messi has been the face of MLS & his club since his arrival in America. During the games we have seen the opposition ...

Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava has found himself in hot water after asking Lionel Messi for his autograph during last week's CONCACAF Champions Cup game.

The Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) have handed a six-month ban to Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz for asking for an autograph from Argentine ...

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Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava faces a CONCACAF disciplinary sanction for seeking Lionel Messi's autograph after a match. Ortiz made the request for a relative with special needs, but it ...

CONCACAF is set to impose a disciplinary sanction on Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava after post-match footage emerged showing him approaching Lionel Messi to request an autograph.

Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava found out the hard way that there are consequences for seeking an autograph from eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and World Cup winner Lionel Messi -- he was hit ...

Concacaf has disciplined referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava after he was seen apparently asking Lionel Messi for his shirt following Inter Miami CF's Concacaf Champions Cup win over Sporting Kansas City ...

Referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava has been banned for six months after asking Lionel Messi for his autograph, ESPN reports.