The Canadian Soccer Association is proud to announce that 14 officials have been named to the 2010 FIFA List of Referees and Assistant Referees. The list features seven referees (four male and three female) and seven assistant referees (five male and two female).

The seven Canadian referees were retained from the 2009 FIFA List. Those seven referees are Steven Depiero, Mauricio Navarro, Silviu Petrescu, Paul Ward, Carol-Ann Chénard, Darci Kruse and Michelle Pye. Amongst the seven Canadian assistant referees on the 2010 FIFA List, there is one new appointee: Philippe Brière of Montréal, QC. Brière was included on the international list along with returning officials Daniel Belleau, Darren Clark, Joe Fletcher, Héctor 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: 18 including this coming season, which is three 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 | Arbitres de la FIFA
Steven DePiero (ON) – since/depuis 2002
Mauricio Navarro (BC) – since/depuis 2000
Silviu Petrescu (ON) – since/depuis 2002
Paul Ward (BC) – since/depuis 2007
Carol-Anne Chénard (ON) – since/depuis 2006
Darci Kruse (AB) – since/depuis 2007
Michelle Pye (BC) – since/depuis 2007

FIFA Assistant Referees | 2010 | Arbitres assistants de la FIFA
Daniel Belleau (QC) – since/depuis 2007
Philippe Brière (QC) – since/depuis 2010
Darren Clark (BC) – since/depuis 2008
Joe Fletcher (ON) – since/depuis 2007
Héctor Vergara (MB) – since/depuis 1993
Suzanne Morisset (QC) – since/depuis 2008
Shauna Poirier (NS) – since/depuis 2009

Canadian Referees | 2010 | Arbitres canadiens
David Barrie (ON)
Carrie Belyea (AB)
Mathieu Bourdeau (QC)
Mark Budda (BC)
Mike Edmunds (NL)
Geoff Gamble (ON)
Dave Gantar (AB)
Jonathan Lavergne (QC)
John Oliva (ON)
Fabrizio Romano (AB)
Alain Ruch (BC)
Domenic Scali (ON)
Justin Tasev (ON)

Canadian Assistant Referees | 2010 | Arbitres assistants canadiens
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 Palavicino (MB)
Martin Reid (BC)