The Professional Referee Organization has announced Howard Webb will be taking on the role of Manager of Video Assistant Referee Operations in March, 2017.
PRO has oversight of professional referee training and development in the USA and Canada, and will be the primary body responsible for the deployment of VAR in MLS during the coming season.
Webb's appointment to his latest role had been tipped last year. More recently, Al Arabiya reported he had resigned his position with the Saudia Arabia Football Federation and accepted the opportunity to work in North America.
Webb will have a high profile role in the MLS effort to implement VAR, which the league hopes to see in use in regular season games after the 2017 All-Star Game.