Refs for the first 16 games . . .

of the World Cup have been announced and can be found here. The ref for the first match of the World Cup is Horacio Elizondo, and his ARs are Dario Garcia and Rodolfo Otero. All are from Argentina -- part of FIFAs plan of using refereeing teams to cover WC games.

A crew from Paraguay will work the US-Czech Republic team, led by Carlos Amarilla. He's been a FIFA ref since 1997.