29 March 2016Costa Rica � JamaicaReferee: Drew Fischer (CAN, photo)Assistant Referee 1: Joe Fletcher (CAN)Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Belleau (CAN)Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA) ...
Michael Barwegen goes for a chance to become an assistant referee at the highest rank of North American soccer. He will be in Texas for the Generation Adidas Cup, a tournament hosted by FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. The competition is a 10-day tournament featuring MLS youth academies and top international youth teams. For Barwegen, it is essentially an MLS tryout camp....
The 2016 MLS season just started. Much of PRO�s strategy heading into the 2016 season revolved around continuing to improve officials� detection and adjudication of what the organization�s general manager, former Premier League referee Peter Walton, describes as �key match incidents.� That is, incidents that have a significant impact on the outcome of any given game. People don�t normally get upset if we...
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the appointment of Brian Hall as Director of Refereeing. Hall will lead all aspects of refereeing in the Confederation, playing a key role in improving the Refereeing Department�s operations and developing a professional workforce that enables CONCACAF referees to achieve and maintain a consistent, high-quality performance on the field.�Refereeing is...
The 5th edition of the CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region, is hosted by Grenada and takes place from 3 to 13 March 2016. A total of eight teams play in the tournament. Canadian refereeing is represented by referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (photo)...
PRO has released their roster for 2016 with 88 match officials: 23 referees, 50 assistant referees and 15 fourth officials. Canada is represented by four referees (Silviu Petrescu � full-time, Drew Fischer � part-time, David Gantar � part-time, Geoff Gamble � part-time), seven assistant referees (Joe Fletcher, Philippe Briere, Daniel Belleau, Richard Gamache, Gianni Facchini, Marco Arruda, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho) and one fourth official...
Canada Soccer's national officials are looking ahead to another successful season following their pre-season camp in Toronto, Ontario. The three-day camp featured referees and assistant referees on the 2016 National List."This camp was an opportunity for our officials to come together to receive high-level instruction and training in preparation for the coming international and domestic season," said Isaac Raymond, Canada Soccer's Manager of...
3 March 2016USA � EnglandReferee: Tatiana Guzman (NCA) Assistant Referee 1: Marie-Han Gagnon (CAN) Assistant Referee 2: Emperatriz Ayala (SLV) Fourth Official: Miriam Leon (SLV)9 March 2016USA � GermanyReferee: Carol-Anne Chenard (CAN)Assistant Referee 1: Marie Charbonneau (CAN)Assistant Referee 2: Chantal Boudreau (CAN)Fourth Official: Michelle Pye (CAN) ...
