The first female referee in English professional soccer’s Premier League (EPL) is set to officiate a game.
“Rebecca Welch (England) will officiate at the Fulham-Burnley game on Sunday, the first woman to officiate in a Premier League match,” the Associated Press reported on Friday.
It will be the first female referee in Premier League history.”
Rebecca Welch was born in 1983 and began refereeing soccer in 2010.
She was the first woman to officiate in English professional soccer’s second division and the English Football Association (FA) Cup.
