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CONCACAF announced the names of match officials selected for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Costa Rica. A total of 28 match officials, 12 referees and 16 assistant referees, from 15 different countries earned assignments to the competition, which qualifies four teams directly to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. �We have appointed the top referees to officiate the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which...

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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the Federaci�n Mexicana de F�tbol Asociaci�n (FEMEXFUT) announced a joint effort to continue improving the standard of football within the region through a Program of Refereeing Excellence and Coaching Education. The program conducted in the new facilities of FEMEXFUT in Toluca, Mexico, provides an innovative platform to train Technical Development Directors...

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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced the winners for the annual CONCACAF Awards. In an equally-weighted vote among Member Association women�s and men�s national team coaches/captains, media and fans, Carol Anne Chenard won CONCACAF Female Referee of the Year honours, while Joe Fletcher finished as runner up for CONCACAF Male Referee of the Year.CONCACAF Female Referee of...

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Good news for Canadian referees. The U.S. Soccer Board of Directors voted to grant provisional Division II status to the North American Soccer League (NASL) and United Soccer League (USL) for the 2017 season. That means that FC Edmonton (NASL), Vancouver Whitecaps II, Toronto FC II and Ottawa Fury (USL) will all compete in 2017 at the Division II level.The board carefully considered...

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Canadian Carol Anne Chenard was chosen by IFFHS as the world�s fourth-best woman referee in 2016. Hungarian Katalin Kulcsar was named as the IFFHS 2016 World�s Best Woman Referee, winning support from football experts in 56 countries around the World in the 5th Annual IFFHS Women�s Awards. It was a very close ranking, Kulcsar had only 5 points more than Katarina Monzul (winner...

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The CSA Referees Committee has appointed five match officials (1 referee and 4 assistant referees) to the 2017 National List. Upon successful completion of the fitness test, the Laws of the Game examination and attendance at the National Camp, they will become full members of the List. Soccer Quebec recently posted the following CSA information about the new National match officials:Referee1. Mathieu Cardinal...

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One of Ontario's top match officials recently retired as a National Referee. Justin Tasev (photo) retires as one of the longest serving members of the National Program. After a successful playing career, Tasev started refereeing locally and moved through the ranks, until finally joining the National List in 2005. In that time, Justin developed into a top referee and has successfully officiated at...

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