CSA Announces 2010 FIFA And National Officials
The Canadian Soccer Association has prepared its 2010 FIFA List of Referees and Assistant Referees. This year’s list features seven referees (four male and three female) and seven assistant referees (five male and two female).
Seven Canadian referees were retained from the 2009 FIFA List. Those seven referees are Steve Depiero, Mauricio Navarro, Silviu Petrescu, Paul Ward, Carol-Ann Chénard, Darci Kruse and Michelle Pye.
There is one new Canadian assistant referees on the 2010 FIFA List: Philippe Brière of Montréal, QC. Brière was included on the international list along with returning officials Daniel Belleau, Darren Clark, Joe Fletcher, Hector Vergara, Shauna Poirier and Suzanne Morisset.
Mr. Brière is the 91st Canadian appointed to the FIFA List of Referees and Assistant Referees since 1955. Of note, Mr. Vergara of Winnipeg, MB is the longest-serving Canadian official on the FIFA List, having first been appointed in 1994. Mr. Vergara in fact holds the Canadian record for most years on the FIFA List: 17 including this coming season, which is two more than former referees Tony Evangelista and Harry Sadler. This past year, Mr. Vergara’s appointments included the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 and the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009.
Along with the FIFA announcement, the Canadian Soccer Association’s Referees Committee announced its National List of Match Officials for 2010.
New to the Referee List are David Barrie (Ontario), Carrie Beleyea (Alberta) and Alain Ruch (British Columbia).
New to the Assistant Referees List are Marco Arruda (British Columbia), Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Québec), Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho (Québec) and Christian Palavencino (Manitoba).
The National List of Officials will be verified subject to the successful completion of the requisite fitness test by the officials. That fitness test will take place at the pre-season meeting of national officials in early 2010.
Canadian officials on the International and National lists operate in professional soccer on a regular basis throughout the year.
| FIFA Referees 2010 | Prov | Since |
| Steven DePiero | ON | 2002 |
| Mauricio Navarro | BC | 2000 |
| Silviu Petrescu | ON | 2002 |
| Paul Ward | BC | 2007 |
| Carol-Anne Chénard | QC | 2006 |
| Darci Kruse | AB | 2007 |
| Michelle Pye | BC | 2007 |
| FIFA Assistant Referees 2010 | ||
| Daniel Belleau | QC | 2007 |
| Philippe Brière | QC | 2010 |
| Darren Clark | BC | 2008 |
| Joe Fletcher | ON | 2007 |
| Hector Vergara | MB | 1994 |
| Suzanne Morisset | QC | 2008 |
| Shauna Poirier | NS | 2009 |
| Canadian Referees 2010 | ||
| David Barrie | ON | |
| Carrie Belyea | AB | |
| Mathieu Bourdeau | QC | |
| Mark Budda | BC | |
| Mike Edmunds | NL | |
| Geoff Gantar | AB | |
| Jonathan Lavergne | QC | |
| John Oliva | ON | |
| Fabrizio Romano | AB | |
| Alain Ruch | BC | |
| Domenic Scali | ON | |
| Justin Tasev | ON | |
| Canadian Assistant Referees 2010 | ||
| Marco Arruda | BC | |
| Cameron Blair | AB | |
| Pierre Cantave | ON | |
| Marie-Josée Charbonneau | QC | |
| Bedik Charchafian | QC | |
| Nicolas Dubuc | QC | |
| Kevin Duliba | BC | |
| Andrew Foster | BC | |
| Richard Gamache | QC | |
| Angelo Gertsakis | ON | |
| John Gray | NS | |
| Mike Lambert | ON | |
| Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho | QC | |
| Christian Palavencino | MB | |
| Martin Reid | BC |
