First Calgary man appointed match official for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

A Calgary referee has been selected to become a match official at the ultimate soccer tournament of anyone's career: the 2022 FIFA World Cup, taking place in Qatar this November. Drew Fischer will be the only Canadian match official at the upcoming global championship, and he's the only Albertan ever to have been called up. "It's an awfully long way from doing local park games in Calgary," said Fischer. He's been appointed as one of the video assistant referees, which requires reviewing video pl