Corkman Alan Kelly 'honoured' to be named top soccer referee in America

Widely recognised as the best referee in Ireland for a number of years, Corkman Alan Kelly is now officially the top of his game in the USA.

Last week Kelly collected the MLS Referee of the Year award in only his second season stateside.

Kelly was one of the three nominees for the 2014 award last season after only arriving in January but after a full season under his belt, he was voted top match official for 2015 by MLS clubs, players and media — accumulating more the twice the amount of votes the other two nominees (Baldomero Toledo and Jair Marrufo) received.