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    "title": "Canada Soccer updates 2019 National List of Referees",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-04 16:23:34",
    "published_at": "2019-02-26 13:21:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-updates-2019-national-list-of-referees",
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    "subtitle": "Ahead of the 2019 professional season, Canada Soccer has completed its 2019 National Referee Camp and announced the 57 match officials who will comprise its 2019 National List of Referees.",
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    "body": "<p>Twenty-five men and women have been named to the National List, joining the sixteen who were named to the FIFA List in late 2018. In addition, with the launch of the Canadian Premier League in 2019, Canada Soccer&rsquo;s NextGEN referee program, that includes 16 young match officials will join the program.</p><p>&ldquo;The efforts of these men and women to develop and improve their abilities to manage the game across the country and around the world are immense,&rdquo; said Peter Montopoli, General Secretary, Canada Soccer. &ldquo;With expanded opportunities in our own backyard, more match officials will find themselves with prestigious international appointments.&rdquo;</p><p>The 2019 professional season will see the number of appointments for match officials in Canada grow substantially with the launch of the Canadian Premier League and coinciding expansion of the Canadian Championship. Canada Soccer&rsquo;s expanded National List of Referees is a reflection of that expansion.</p><p>Canada Soccer is responsible for the development and training of match officials for amateur and professional competitions in Canada. In partnership with our Provincial and Territorial Associations and sanctioned professional leagues, Canada Soccer provides development and training opportunities to advance to the national list of referees and nominations to the FIFA list.</p>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><h4 id=\"fifa-referee\" >FIFA Referee:</h4></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><h4 id=\"fifa-assistant-referee\" >FIFA Assistant Referee:</h4></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>David Gantar</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Philippe Briere</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Carol Anne Ch&eacute;nard</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Marie-Han Gagnon Chretien</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Sheena Dickson</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Chantal Boudreau</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Marie-Soleil Beaudoin</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Richard Gamache</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Drew Fischer</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Myriam Marcotte*</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Micheal Barwegen</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Chris Wattam</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Erina Cho</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Melissa Snedden</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Stephanie Fortin*</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><h4 id=\"national-referee\" >National Referee:</h4></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><h4 id=\"national-assistant-referee\" >National Assistant Referee:</h4></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>David Barrie</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Lyes Arfa</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Pierre-Luc Lauzi&egrave;re</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default 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<td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Sean Hornsby</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Yusri Rudolf</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Peter Manastyrsky</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Alexis Vaughan</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Jasmain Parr</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Mathieu Souare</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Peter Pendli</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Fabrizio Stasolla</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Andre Pickler</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Filip Dujic*</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Erick Laliberte</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Serge Topalian*</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Stefan Tanaka-Freundt</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Gabrielle Lemieux*</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Travis Lefebvre*</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>Daniel Boudreau*</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><h4 id=\"nextgen-referee\" >NextGen Referee:</h4></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n          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