Jair Marrufo grew up playing soccer like many kids in his El Paso neighborhood. And like many kids who grew up playing soccer, Marrufo dreamed about some day running onto the field at a World Cup.
His father knew he was unlikely to make it there with a ball at his feet, though, so when his son was 19, he stuck a whistle in his mouth.
"I never imagined that I'm going to pick up the whistle and be a World Cup referee," he said. "All the hard work that you go through in every game leads up to that moment.