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    "title": "National pre-season camp for referees concludes",
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    "subtitle": "Canada Soccer held its National Pre-Season Camp for referees in Toronto, ON on 20-22 February.",
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    "body": "<p>On-field and theoretical, in-class sessions were held on the Saturday and led by FIFA Futuro Instructors John Nielsen, Amato De Luca, Isaac Raymond, and Chair of the Referee Committee Carman King.</p><p>Committee member Kevin Jones and Alan Brown from PRO (Professional Referee Organization) were also in attendance.</p><p>An awards banquet was held Saturday night to highlight officials who attended FIFA and CONCACAF events in 2014:</p><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span>Carol Anne Ch&eacute;nard, Marie-Jos&eacute;e Charbonneau and Marie-Soleil Beaudoin for the 2014 CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s U-20 Championships</span></li><li><span>Carol Anne Chenard, Marie-Josee Charbonneau, Marie-Soleil Beaudoin and Sheena Dickson for the 2014 CONCACAF Women&rsquo;s Championship</span></li><li><span>Carol Anne Chenard, Marie-Josee Charbonneau, Suzanne Morisset and Michelle Pye for the FIFA Women&rsquo;s U-20 World Cup 2014</span></li><li><span>A special award was also given to Joe Fletcher for his appointment to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil</span></li></ul><p>The camp concluded on Sunday afternoon after additional on-field and classroom sessions on Sunday morning.</p><p>Five new officials were added to the National List for 2015 as well: Marie-Han Gagnon Chretien (QC), Chantal Boudreau (SK), Juan Marquez (BC), Andre Pickler (QC) and Pierre-Luc Lauziere (QC).<br>\u200b</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-d4a3eb25-4857-4063-b6f7-a175daae6467\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@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>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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