{{Short description|American soccer referee}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox football official | name = Kevin Stott | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1967}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | otheroccupation = teacher | years1 = 1996-2022 | league1 = Major League Soccer | role1 = Referee | internationalyears1 = 1995–2008 | confederation1 = FIFA Listed | internationalrole1 = Referee |role2=VAR|years2=2022-}}

'''Kevin Stott''' (born 1967) is a soccer referee for PRO<ref name="PRO Referee Roster">{{cite web |title=PRO Referee Roster |url=http://www.proreferees.com/roster-referees.php |publisher=PROreferees.com |access-date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603223128/http://www.proreferees.com/roster-referees.php |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> from the United States. He was a FIFA referee from 1995 to 2008.<ref name=fifa>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610000144/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=usa/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html FIFA list of US referees]</ref> Stott was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Stott was selected as MLS Referee of the Year in 2010, after being selected as a finalist seven times.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ESPN Los Angeles|title=Best ref:So Cal's Kevin Stott|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/losangeles/soccer/post/_/id/4133/best-ref-so-cals-kevin-stott|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119141714/http://espn.go.com/blog/losangeles/soccer/post/_/id/4133/best-ref-so-cals-kevin-stott|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2015|date=November 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Mlssoccer.com|title=Stott names adidas Referee of the Year|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2010/11/05/stott-named-adidas-referee-year|date=November 5, 2010}}</ref> He was the referee for the MLS Cup in 2001, 2005, and 2009. He was also the VAR for the MLS Cup in 2023, and the fourth official in 2000, 2006, and 2017. <ref>{{Cite web |title=MLS Cup Roll of Honor |url=https://proreferees.com/officials/mls-cup-roll-of-honor/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Stott was given a referee assignment for an MLS Cup Playoff game every season for 26 straight years. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Refereeing World: The last original MLS referee to retire |url=https://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/stott-ends-his-27-year-professional.html |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Refereeing World}}</ref>

Stott was the referee for the US Open Cup final in 2000. He also refereed matches at the U20 and U17 World Cups, CONCACAF Gold Cups, CONCACAF Champions League, and World Cup Qualifiers. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Refereeing World: The last original MLS referee to retire |url=https://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/stott-ends-his-27-year-professional.html |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Refereeing World}}</ref>

Stott transitioned to the primary role of a VAR in 2022, after 27 years on the field as a referee in the MLS. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Refereeing World: The last original MLS referee to retire |url=https://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/stott-ends-his-27-year-professional.html |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Refereeing World}}</ref>

==Honors== * MLS Referee of the Year: 2010

==Card statistics== {{Fb ref cards header |title=Major League Soccer}} {{Fb ref cards seas |s=2013 |g=14 |y=33 |r=1}} {{Fb ref cards seas |s=2014 |g=16 |y=43 |r=3}} {{Fb ref cards footer |u=November 3, 2014 |s=http://www.proreferees.com/stats-referee-stats.php}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{PRO|kevin-stott}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140908155101/http://www.proreferees.com/roster-kevin-stott.php archive]) * {{WorldReferee.com|kevin_stott<!-- was 18 -->}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190708224324/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=18 archive]) * {{Soccerway referee|kevin-stott/82090}} * {{WorldFootball.net referee}}

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