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2. Many of the top referees for international soccer are multilingual.

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:46 AM

15 hrs ago

Team captains sometimes are, too.

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Question - during the World Cup how do referees and players communicate with each other? [View all] rurallib 15 hrs ago OP

English is the official language dalton99a 15 hrs ago #1

Many of the top referees for international soccer are multilingual. WestMichRad 15 hrs ago #2

Thanks a bunch folks - it has been driving me crazy rurallib 15 hrs ago #3

Having refereed a few international games sarisataka 13 hrs ago #4

makes me feel like I am on the field rurallib 13 hrs ago #5

#1: Signals Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #6

The teams know what languages the ref speaks maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #9