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    "title": "Match officials appointed to the 2026 Futsal Canadian Championship",
    "modified_at": "2026-03-13 15:14:38",
    "published_at": "2026-03-13 15:23:00",
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    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: left\">Canada Soccer has published its list of match officials for the upcoming 2026 Futsal Canadian Championship in Calgary with matches to be played 9-12 April at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex in Tsuut&#039;ina Nation. The list features 26 referees and assistant referees as well as seven assessors. </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">This year marks the 10th edition of the Futsal Canadian Championship and it will be the first edition to feature Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals for both the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s divisions. The enhanced format offers a full four days of competition with meaningful matches for all participating teams, culminating with the two Canadian Finals on Sunday 12 April. The men&rsquo;s Final is scheduled to start at 14.15 local (16.15 ET / 13.15 PT) followed by the women&rsquo;s Final at 16.30 local (18.30 ET / 15.30 PT).</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">At the elite club level, Canada Soccer supports domestic futsal through the annual Futsal Canadian Championship for men and women. Futsal is an exciting and fast-paced sport played indoors on a small court with five players to each side. It features a sport-specific ball that does not bounce the same way as a traditional football bounces on grass or turf and the sport features its own unique Futsal Laws of the Game which differ from traditional football. Each match features two 20-minute halves with the clock stopped each time the match is interrupted as well as rolling substitutions so that players can come in and out of the match.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">The 2026 Futsal Canadian Championship will be hosted by Calgary United Soccer Association in partnership with Tourism Calgary. A proven host city that features world-class facilities and friendly volunteers, the Blue Sky City will again be the destination for the best futsal clubs in Canada.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Qualifiers to this year&rsquo;s Futsal Canadian Championship are already underway with 232 men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s futsal teams competing in provincial and territorial qualifying league and cup competitions through to the end of March 2026.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Supervisor of Officials / Superviseur des officiels : Joe Audi</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Referee assessors / &eacute;valuateurs de match : Shane Butler, Len Chelak, Garth Elgie, David Figliano, Laurie Hastings, Pierre MacKay, Dan Torabi</p><h4 id=\"match-officials-officiels-de-match\" style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Match officials / officiels de match :</strong></h4><p style=\"text-align: left\">Abed, Mustafa</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Al-Khafaji, Hassan</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Beaudoin, Audrey</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Benani, Adam</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Berna, Servando</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Cabeceiras, Kevin</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Chen, Mingyang (Phil)</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Gall, Emily</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Gall, Josh</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Garland, Luke</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Hatoum, Lara</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Holdaway, Shaelyn</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Ibrahim, Rabie</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Kmet, Gareth</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Lakhyan, Harsimrit</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">McEleney, Kevin</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">McGreavey, Alex</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Ng, Xerxes</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Rahmouni, Hassan</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Rapsomanikis, Jonathan</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Rodman, Matthew</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Ryu, Lillian</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Schrod, Phillip</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Tahir, Adam</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Vagenas, Nick</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Vaughan, Alexis</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-35a60740-7354-4607-b66c-e06293aeec77\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Canada Soccer Media</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:media@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"media@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>media@canadasoccer.com</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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