Soccer Mom Sunday: Tori Penso
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What Soccer Mom visits her kids at school activities during the day, then catches a flight to another city to referee a professional soccer game over the weekend? This Soccer Mom Sunday episode’s guest does! Tori Penso is a Professional Soccer Referee at the highest levels in the game - from the NWSL to the MLS in the United States. She is also the first American referee to ever officiate a World Cup final! When she was in STL to referee St. Louis CITY SC versus the Houston Dynamo, we got a chance to sit down and talk about her incredible story of coming up through the referee ranks, balancing a high-level profession with being a Mom to her 3 daughters, and juggling schedules with her professional referee husband, Chris. Listen in for her stories, her wisdom, and her focus on BEING THE CHANGE that challenges the status quo to build a better future for our daughters to dream.
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