Canada Soccer is proud to announce that 15 officials have been named to the 2016 FIFA List of Referees and Assistant Referees. The list features seven referees and eight assistant referees.
All seven Canadian referees were in fact retained from the 2015 FIFA List. Those seven referees are Marie-Soleil Beaudin, Mathieu Bourdeau, Carol Anne Chénard, Sheena Dickson, Drew Fischer, David Gantar, and Michelle Pye.
From the eight Canadian assistant referees, seven return from the 2015 FIFA List while Richard Gamache has been appointed for the first time. The eight assistant referees are Gamache, Daniel Belleau, Chantal Boudreau, Philippe Brière, Marie-Josée Charbonneau, Joe Fletcher, Marie-Han Gagnon Chretien, and Suzanne Morisset.
From this past calendar year, referees were appointed to international competitions including 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers (Belleau, Bourdeau, Brière, Fischer, Fletcher, and Gantar) and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 (Charbonneau, Chénard, Morisset, and Pye).
Also in 2015, Canadians were appointed to the CONCACAF Gold Cup (Belleau, Brière, Gantar), the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Bourdeau, Fischer, Fletcher), the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship (Brière, Gantar), the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship (Bourdeau, Fischer), and the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship (Beaudoin, Boudreau, Gagnon Chretien).
In Canada, Canadians were appointed to professional matches in the Amway Canadian Championship, Major League Soccer, and the North American Soccer League. Canadians were also appointed to the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (Beaudoin, Boudreau, Bourdeau) and Parapanamerican Games (Rudolf, Vaughan).
FIFA Referees
\u200bMarie-Soleil Beaudoin
\u200bMathieu Bourdeau
\u200bCarol Anne Chénard
\u200bSheena Dickson
\u200bDrew Fischer
\u200bDavid Gantar
\u200bMichelle Pye
FIFA Assistant Referees
\u200bDaniel Belleau
\u200bChantal Boudreau
\u200bPhilippe Brière
\u200bMarie-Josée Charbonneau
\u200bJoe Fletcher
\u200bMarie-Han Gagnon Chretien
\u200bRichard Gamache
\u200bSuzanne Morisset
National List Referees
\u200bPierre Acouri
\u200bDavid Barrie
\u200bGeoff Gamble
\u200bChris Grabas
\u200bFrancis Latulippe
\u200bPierre-Luc Lauziere
\u200bJuan Marquez
\u200bSilviu Petrescu
\u200bAlain Ruch
\u200bYusri Rudolf
\u200bRobert Schaap
\u200bJustin Tasev
\u200bAlexis Vaughan
National List Assistant Referees
\u200bLyes Arfa
\u200bMarco Arruda
\u200bMicheal Barwegen
\u200bPhilippe Bettez-Quessy
\u200bGianni Facchini
\u200bSean Hornsby
\u200bDereck Illingworth
\u200bPeter Manastyrsky
\u200bJean-Francois Marchand
\u200bOscar Mitchell-Carvalho
\u200bChristian Palavicino
\u200bPeter Pendli
\u200bAndre Pickler
\u200bChris Wattam