Mama of 3 // FIFA Referee // PRO Match Official (MLS) // NISOA Managing Director // Adjunct Prof // Weatherhead MBA // FSU Alum // FL Native // Living my Dream
St. Petersburg, FL
Joined July 2009
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An unbelievable moment. ✨
The moment you find out you've been selected to referee the #FIFAWWC final.
Congratulations, @ToriPenso 👏
Loving @AmericanAir’s new system that only allows you to board with your group zone. 🔥 @Delta take note. 📝 #travels
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Respect the call. Introducing a stronger policy to protect our referees.
Learn More > ussoc.cr/RespectTheCall
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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…
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
Respect the whistle.
Kathryn Nesbitt and Guido Gonzales Jr. voted 2024 U.S. Soccer Referees of the Year. » ussoc.cr/ROTY-24
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!
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. 🌷
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
🔥 👏🏼
🏆 // 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
Alyssa Nichols will referee the 2024 @NWSL Championship.
Full crew details >> refs.pro/NWSL24POf.
#PRO | #WePlayHere | #NWSLChampionship
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
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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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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👏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.
“See her, be her” 💕
Pictures that go hard - when you see your friend FIFA AR Megan Mullen.
See her, be her.
#AllIn #referee #FIFA #womeninfootball #womeninsoccer #Messi #Argentina
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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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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🎉 // 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
❗ 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
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…
