All you need to know about the Women's World Cup Final referee.
Fans may well recognise referee Penso, who oversaw‘There’s nothing better than this moment I’m living right now,’ Penso said, who saw FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina reveal her name in front of her fellow tournament officials.Tori Penso is one of the leading officials of the game.USAPenso was aged 10 when her mother allowed her to play football for the first time and began her refereeing career at the tender age of 14, reffing boys’ and girls’ youth games.
She told FIFA.com: ‘Quite simply, she didn’t want me to have bumps and bruises all over my legs, but I saw my two brothers kicking a ball around and all I cared about was doing the same. ‘When I was 14, I told my mum I’d like to start earning some money for myself, and she replied, “You can do it on the pitches where you spend so much time already”. And so I started reffing matches for money.’She continued to play football while studying for a marketing degree in Texas, but couldn’t see a career path in the beautiful game. ‘There were no full-time female referees in the States, and so I didn’t really see it as a career.
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