Tori Penso follows the steps of Stéphanie Frappart, being the second woman to officiate at Men's World Cup. A full female trio to handle Czech Republic - South Africa.
Match #25
Group A
18 June 2026, 18:00 CET
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
CZECH REPUBLIC - SOUTH AFRICA
Referee: Tori Penso USA
Assistant Referee 1: Brooke Mayo USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kathryn Nesbitt USA
Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL
Reserve AR : Isaac Trevis NZL
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Tatiana Guzman NCA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Joe Dickerson USA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Mohammed Obaid Khadim UAE
Red and white stripes? Or i see wrong?
ReplyDeleteThat’s looks really good
DeleteCall me a scrooge but not a fan of the stripes on the kit.
DeleteThere is also a blue one.
DeleteHonoring Letexier's and Turpin's performances by wearing the French flag. ;)
Lmaoo @philipp probably for the 250th anniversary of US especially with a US ref.
DeleteGreat to see Penso looking thrilled to be there before kick off, looking relaxed and ready for action
ReplyDeleteDid I miss something or were South Africa awarded a free kick after one of their players pushed an opponent in the back on 21 minutes?
ReplyDeleteYeah, probably saw the foul and accidentally pointed in the wrong direction. Clear Mistake.
DeleteBesides that solid performance so far
Full-Sequence: https://streamable.com/zx7s57
DeleteShe's had a good read on challenges so far. A couple of challenges that have been careless where it would be easy to get it wrong and say they were reckless
ReplyDeleteCorrect YC for reckless challenge and good for allowing the advantage to be played and then cautioning at the next stoppage.
ReplyDeleteClip YC 33': https://streamable.com/tlcubl
DeleteCorrect yellow card. God knows how the SA player is complaining about it
ReplyDeleteGood YC, generally realy like her performance so far
ReplyDeleteGood interpretation of deflection vs deliberate play for that offside
ReplyDeleteAt first glance, it looked like a wrong offside call to me, but I'm probably mistaken.
DeleteOffside call, I did not see where it was acutally?
ReplyDeleteInitial ball forward. The ball came of the head of the Czech defender but correctly judged as a deflection and the offside was given when the attacker then got the ball
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DeleteAnother correct YC and well managed on the protests by the South Africans who are behaving disgracefully.
ReplyDeleteReally solid performance by Penso so far (38 mins). I particularly like her communication style; controlled body language, smiling and she keeps the conversation short without being dismissive.
ReplyDeleteAgree. The personality with the players is very positive but also to the point. I did not watch her referee much in the Women World Cup but she is quite solid.
DeleteFNALLY a YC for dissent
ReplyDeleteYC for RSA5: Persistent infringement or dissent?
ReplyDeleteEither would be correct for me.
DeleteClip: https://streamable.com/9fp3wr
DeleteAbout situation in 21 minute, where we have pushing from RSA and foul for RSA called,was there handball that she saw?
ReplyDeleteA fairly positive first half performance from Penso and team. Strong foul detection and sanctions applied consistently with good use of advantage applied throughout. AR2 has applied herself well with good judgement on a few situations. Very personable and has a lot of soft skills when handling players which is working so far. 2 correct YC's (one for reckless and one for persistent or dissent) and hopefully she will continue this in the second half which I think may present more challenges for her. Only minor complaint of note would be the the overrule when AR2 incorrectly signaled a throw in and the incident on 21'.
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