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ZURICH. Switzerland -- FIFA announced Monday the names of the 51 female officials selected to officiate at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup.
The FIFA Referees Committee appointed 16 referees, 32 assistant referees, and three referees, who will serve exclusively as fourth officials during the competition, that will take place in Germany, June 26 - July 17.
Among those chosen were three referees and six assistant referees from CONCACAF.
REFEREES
Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Carlo Anne Chenard (Canada)
Kari Seitz (USA)
ASSISTANT REFEREES
Emperatriz Ayala (El Salvador)
Mayte Chavez (Mexico)
Marlene Duffy (USA)
Cindy Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago)
Rita Munoz (Mexico)
Veronica Perez (USA)
Canadian Sonia Denoncourt, Senior Refereeing Manager at FIFA, oversees the preparation of the officials. She was a referee at the 1995, 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups and 1996 and 2000 Olympic Football Tournaments.
Said Denoncourt: "A lot of these officials have sacrificed careers or starting a family to achieve their dream of working at a World Cup so to receive this confirmation is a just reward for all their hard work.
"Of this year's final list, many of them have officiated at either a World Cup or Olympic Games before and with the support of technical staff, fitness instructors, physiotherapists and sport psychologists, we have done everything possible to ensure they are at the top of their game coming into the competition."
For all the officials, their participation in Germany will be subject to one final fitness test to be held in Frankfurt approximately a week before the first match on June 26 in Berlin's Olympiastadion..
