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'''Alex Chilowicz''' (born 12 March 1987) is an American [[Referee (association football)|association football referee]] working in the [[English Football League]] since 2023.<ref name="chilowicz-becomes-efl-official">{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2023/december/12/former-mls-referee-alex-chilowicz-becomes-efl-official/ |title=MLS Referee Alex Chilowicz becomes EFL Official |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 December 2023 |website=EFL.com |publisher=[[English Football League]] |access-date=29 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303033408/https://www.efl.com/news/2023/december/12/former-mls-referee-alex-chilowicz-becomes-efl-official/ |url-status=live |archive-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> Chilowicz was previously employed by [[Professional Referee Organization|PRO]] and officiated in [[Major League Soccer]] between 2017 and 2023.<ref name="pro-chilowicz">{{cite web |url=https://proreferees.com/roster/referees/alex-chilowicz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201221753/https://proreferees.com/roster/referees/alex-chilowicz/ |title=Alex Chilowicz |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |publisher=[[Professional Referee Organization]] |url-status=live |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref>
==Career==
In 2014, Chilowicz was named Referee of the Year by the New Jersey Soccer Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Referee of the Year |url=https://www.soccernjsa.com/referee-of-the-year/ |website=soccernjsa.com |publisher=New Jersey Soccer Association |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925073509/https://www.soccernjsa.com/referee-of-the-year/ |archive-date=25 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Chilowicz debuted as a referee in Major League Soccer on 19 August 2017, taking charge of a match between the [[Colorado Rapids]] and [[D.C. United]] in [[Commerce City, Colorado|Commerce City]]. In a career spanning seven seasons, Chilowicz was the referee for 106 regular-season MLS matches and served as [[video assistant referee|VAR]] for 62 regular-season matches. He was the VAR for the [[2018 MLS All-Star Game]] and fourth official for [[MLS Cup 2020]].<ref name="pro-chilowicz"
In December 2021, Chilowicz refereed at [[2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying]] in the [[Dominican Republic]]. In May 2022, Chilowicz refereed at the [[2022 Caribbean Club Championship]], also in the Dominican Republic. On 10 June 2022, Chilowicz refereed his first competitive match between senior national teams, taking charge of a [[2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B|CONCACAF Nations League B]] match between [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in [[Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Arnos Vale]].
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