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...
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...
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...
Unexpectedly, three match officials from Quebec decided to retire from refereeing and, consequently, they will be removed from the FIFA List at the end of this year. Referee Mathieu Bourdeau (36) ended his career after only two years on the FIFA List due to work and family commitments. Assistant referees Marie-Josee Charbonneau (34) and Suzanne Morisset (32) joined Carol Anne Chenard�s team and...
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced the shortlists and the opening of fan and media voting for the fourth-annual CONCACAF Awards, to honor the year�s standout performers and achievements from across Confederation events. The CONCACAF Awards honour players and achievements in CONCACAF-sanctioned tournaments and competitions involving the Confederation�s national teams at all levels, including FIFA World Cups...
After two years in the USL, Montreal Impact�s USL affiliate FC Montreal are set to cease operations. After many speculations in the past couple of days about FC Montreal shutting down and Ottawa Fury becoming the new USL team affiliate, it seems the rumors were true. Tony Marinaro said that players who sign with Ottawa Fury FC that their rights will belong to...