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AUSSIE OFFICIALS TO CONTROL 1ST LEG PLAY-OFF
Friday 4 November 2005
 Four
of Australia’s leading match officials headed by referee Mark Shield
will join the Qantas Socceroos when the focus of the footballing world
is on the intercontinental FIFA World Cup playoff matches on November
12.
At the same time that Australia tackles Uruguay in Montevideo, referee
Mark Shield, assistant referees Ben Wilson and Nathan Gibson, as well as
fourth official Matthew Breeze will control the Trinidad & Tobago v
Bahrain 1st leg playoff in Port of Spain.
Both Shield and Breeze, who are on the ‘A’ panel of referees in the
Hyundai A-League, are amongst a total of 44 that have been short-listed
for the final group of 30 referees that will officiate at the FIFA World
Cup Germany 2006.
Brisbane-based Shield was Australia’s lone representative at the 2002
FIFA World Cup where he was the tournaments youngest referee He has also
officiated at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2005 FIFA World Youth
Championship and 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Breeze who hails from Sydney most recently appeared at the 2005 FIFA
Confederations Cup in Germany where he controlled the third place
playoff. He also did the same fixture as well as several other matches
at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Gibson of Taree in NSW and Wilson from Canberra have had similar
experience having officiated along with Shield as a trio at the 2005
FIFA World Youth Championship.
Trinidad & Tobago having finished in fourth place in the CONCACAF region
will host the fifth ranked Asian nation Bahrain before the return leg on
November 16 with the winner qualifying for next year's FIFA World Cup.
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