One last World Cup match for ‘Pegger
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 09/07/2010 (5818 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Winnipegger Hector Vergara will make World Cup history on Saturday when he works the bronze medal game between Germany and Uruguay as the first assistant referee.
It will be Vergara’s 14th World Cup match as either referee or assistant referee which would be a tournament record.
The 43-year-old Winnipegger, who is executive director of the Manitoba Soccer Association, also worked two first round matches — the 1-1 opening round match between Italy and Paraguay and the final group stage game between Brazil and Portugal that saw both those teams advance to the round of 16 with a nil-nil draw.
Vergara was also the reserve assistant referee in the Spain-Paraguay quarter-final game that Spain won one-nil.
Vergara, who moved to Canada from Chile in 1978 when he was 11, has worked in two previous World Cup tournaments.
In 2002 in South Korea and Japan, Vergara worked six matches. He worked five matches at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, including the semi-final between Italy and Germany.
In South Africa, Vergara is the only Canadian among an officiating crew of 84. He’s the only Canadian expected to see the field during the tournament. Portugal’s third goalie (Daniel Fernandez) is from Vancouver but did not play.
It will be the final World Cup match for Vergara, who turns 44 in December, as FIFA has a mandatory retirement age of 45 for officials. The World Cup is held every four years.