In World Cup host Qatar, where the role of women is closely prescribed, three women referees will officiate matches, marking the first time a woman will be in charge on the game's biggest stage.
FILE - Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita warms up during a training session Monday, June 27, 2022, at JFA YUME Field in Chiba, near Tokyo. Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita knows that being one of three women picked to officiate matches at the— the first time a woman will be in charge on the game's biggest stage — is not simply about soccer.
“I would be very happy if women could play an active role in sports in this way, and if sports and especially soccer could lead this,” Yamashita said in an interview with The Associated Press. "In Japan, there is still a long way to go in the world of soccer , so it would be great if this could connect to the promotion of female participation in different ways, not only in soccer or in sports.
Yamashita has worked games in Japan’s men’s league, and has also been in charge of the Asian equivalent of the men’s Champions League. She was also a referee at last year’s Tokyo Olympics. “I would hope that in the future the selection of elite women’s match officials for important men’s competitions will be perceived as something normal and no longer as sensational.”
Then there’s the stress, the largest stage, and the attention she is certain to generate at the World Cup.
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