Vergara Named To Final List Of Officials

Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association today announced Canadian assistant referee Hector Vergara has been chosen as one of the 32 officials (16 referees and 16 assistant referees) who will work the final eight games of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.



Vergara, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has already worked four games at the World Cup including England vs Argentina and Sweden vs Senegal in the Round of 16.



Seventy-two officials selected for the 2002 FIFA World Cup were chosen based on their performance ratings over the past few years. Those 72 referees were evaluated after their first and second round games, and 32 were selected to continue working the elimination phase of the tournament.



CONCACAF is represented by four officials: Referees Brian Hall (USA) and Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico) and Assistant Referees Hector Vergara (Canada) and Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago)



Officials Selected for the Final Eight Matches (16 referees and 16 assistant referees)

Referees

Ali Bujsaim (UAE), Coffi Codjia (BEN), Pierluigi Collina (ITA), Hugh Dallas (SCO), Anders Frisk (SWE), Gamal Ghandour (EGY), Brian Hall (USA), Saad Mane (KUW), Urs Meier (SUI), Markus Merk (GER), Felipe Ramos Rizo (MEX), Oscar Ruiz (COL), Mark Shield (AUS), Carlos Simon (BRA), Gilles Veissiere (FRA)

Assistant Referees

Ali Al Traifi (KSA), Evzen Amler (CZE), Frederic Arnault (FRA), Dramane Dante (MLI), Miguel Giacomuzzi (PAR), Visva Krishnan (SIN), Leif Lindberg (SWE), Heiner Muller (GER), Michael Ragoonath (TRI), Jorge Rattalino (ARG), Mohamed Saeed (MDV), Philip Sharp (ENG), Igor Sramka (SVK), Ali Tomusange (UGA), Hector Vergara (CAN), Maciej Wierzbowski (POL)