Mama of 3 // FIFA Referee // PRO Match Official (MLS) // NISOA Managing Director // Adjunct Prof // Weatherhead MBA // FSU Alum // FL Native // Living my Dream
Joined July 2009
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24 Aug 2023
An unbelievable moment. ✨
The moment you find out you've been selected to referee the #FIFAWWC final.
Congratulations, @ToriPenso 👏
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18 May 2025
Loving @AmericanAir’s new system that only allows you to board with your group zone. 🔥 @Delta take note. 📝 #travels
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4 Mar 2025
Respect the call. Introducing a stronger policy to protect our referees.
Learn More > ussoc.cr/RespectTheCall
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20 Feb 2025
New for the 2025 season, MLS is strengthening on-field communication with the Only the Captain rule. Only the Captain designates a team captain as the sole player permitted to communicate with the referee regarding key decisions.
2025 MLS Season Preview: mlssoccer.app.box.com/file/1…
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9 Jan 2025
Congrats to Katy and Guido on earning the first US Soccer Referee of the Year award! I’ve learned a lot from these two in my career. Excellent selections!
#respectthewhistle
9 Jan 2025
Respect the whistle.
Kathryn Nesbitt and Guido Gonzales Jr. voted 2024 U.S. Soccer Referees of the Year. » ussoc.cr/ROTY-24
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30 Dec 2024
Thank you, Ted.
For being a role model to myself and so many others. For showing up, serving the game, and doing it in your own way. We’ll miss you on the pitch, but more so in the locker rooms and spaces we shared, because it’s always been about the people. Cheers to you!
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21 Nov 2024
Yaaasss! 🙌🏼 Investments create opportunities. I’m thrilled to see the referee team will benefit from his gift as well - An integral part of the game.
Where you water it will grow. 🌷
20 Nov 2024
Michele Kang's generous gift will provide more professional development opportunities, including education and mentorship, to female referees, doubling the number of female referees in the game.
For more » ussoc.cr/MicheleKang
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🔥 👏🏼
21 Nov 2024
🏆 // 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
Alyssa Nichols will referee the 2024 @NWSL Championship.
Full crew details >> refs.pro/NWSL24POf.
#PRO | #WePlayHere | #NWSLChampionship
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4 Nov 2024
⚽️// Referee abuse and assault is unacceptable.
#PRO | #LeadingTheWay
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9 Oct 2024
Thank you, Jen. It's an honor to take the field in MLS and make space for our daughters. The future is brighter because of our work. #mywhy #womeninsport
8 Oct 2024
To my daughters of 8 and 16, there was a hero at the @stlcitysc game at @stlcitypark on Saturday night. And she was @ToriPenso ⚽️
An incredible professional at the highest officiating level of the game, you and your fellow female referees still work often under a different microscope than some of your male peers, with a different level of respect to be earned.
That is a heavy burden.
Thank you for carrying it for your daughters and mine 💖
On field photos courtesy of @ZieglerAlan.
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10 Sep 2024
Let’s go!! 🔥 💪🏼
10 Sep 2024
NEWS: U.S. Soccer Referees Natalie Simon, Meghan Mullen and Kali Smith will work their third match of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup when they officiate the Japan-Nigeria Round of 16 match on Thursday in Bogotá, Colombia.
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19 Aug 2024
This moment. My world. My heart. My purpose. My passion. All three teams on the pitch lead by my daughter & Penso girls. It matters, it’s always mattered. #AllIn
@ToriPenso @TedUnkel @CPenso82
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2 Jul 2024
👏Congratulations, Edina Alves Batista! You did it again!👏
The Brazilian has become the first woman to officiate a match in the 108-year history of the @CopaAmerica.
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“See her, be her” 💕
22 Jun 2024
Pictures that go hard - when you see your friend FIFA AR Megan Mullen.
See her, be her.
#AllIn #referee #FIFA #womeninfootball #womeninsoccer #Messi #Argentina
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21 Jun 2024
Congratulations to U.S. Soccer Referees Natalie Simon, Meghan Mullen and Kali Smith who have been appointed as officials for the 2024 U-20 @FIFAWWC.
All three will take part in their first FIFA competition from Aug. 31-Sept. 22 in Colombia.
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30 May 2024
Meet Andrew Kirst, a trailblazer for Deaf American soccer referees! Catch the Colorado native officiating Saturday’s #USdeafWNT match vs. Australia in Denver at 2pm ET on @truTV, @StreamOnMax, and the @Telemundo app.
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28 May 2024
🎉 // Congratulations to #PRO’s Kyle Atkins, Ismail Elfath, Brooke Mayo, Kathryn Nesbitt, Corey Parker, Tori Penso and Armando Villarreal on their selection to officiate at Copa América this summer >> refs.pro/CopaAmerica24.
#LeadingTheWay | #CopaAmérica | #RockingTheContinent
24 May 2024
❗ Referees Announced for CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™
Discover the list of 101 referees selected for the next edition of the world's oldest national team tournament 👇
#FeelTheGreatness
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29 May 2024
Honored to represent the 🇺🇸 and Concacaf at one of the games most iconic tournaments, Copa America. ⚽️
Proud to see our U.S. referees chosen to work @CopaAmerica_ENG as part of the first women to referee the tournament. Congrats to Americans @ToriPenso, @CoachBrookeMayo and Kathryn Nesbitt. espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/4…
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15 May 2024
Excellent talk! Ensuring mental heath 🧠 is part of our game plan. Discussed techniques to support officials w/ Lisa @ATHmindset and @nisoadotcom.
“Visualize yourself having adversity in the game and see yourself moving through that adversity, successfully.”
Open to all.
2 May 2024
Don’t miss out on our Preseason Webinar May 14th featuring Lisa Bonta Sumii CEO & Founder of ATHMINDSET!
Register today at the link below📲✅
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#nisoa
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