Bruce Arena sleeps a little easier tonight

Bruce sleeps a little easier tonight. His refereeing nemesis, Jamaican referee Peter Prendergast, has been forced out with an injury.

Jamaican referee Peter Prendergast has pulled out of the World Cup finals after injuring a knee, FIFA announced on Monday.

Under the new system of having the referee and his two assistants working together as a team at the finals, linesmen Anthony Garwood of Jamaica and Joseph Taylor of Trinidad & Tobago, are also out of the event.

In a statement FIFA explained that in-depth medical examinations confirmed that Prendergast would not be fit enough to officiate at any matches at the finals which start on June 9.

Maybe its not too late for FIFA to name a U.S.-based refereeing crew.