Stéphanie Frappart, Neuza Back and Karen Diaz will become soccer's first all-women refereeing team when they officiate today's Germany-Costa Rica FIFAWorldCup match. 2022 marks the first time women officials are working the men's WorldCup.
of Mexico and Neuza Back of Brazil — must pass the same fitness tests and are held to the same performance standards as their male colleagues. But Nesbitt said that hasn’t always meant they’ve been viewed the same.
“The women that have come this far have been dealing with that pressure for years. We’re all very experienced with what that feels like and are ready for the challenge.”Making it to a World Cup as an official is far more difficult than getting there as a player.
Karen Díaz Medina of Mexico officiates a Liga MX game Aug. 27 in Mexico City. “If you want to be a professional football official, follow your own path, accept it and fight with all your passion,” she said. “When I was a little girl, I used to play football and my classmates would say, ‘Ay, you play like a man,’ ” she said in Spanish. “And now those characteristics that hurt me, those words that hurt me in that moment, now those are the skills that have helped me achieve my dreams.
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