page_title: Kari Seitz
hierarchical_section_title: Kari Seitz
caption_attribution_description: Kari Seitz (2013)
context_page_description: Kari Seitz is an American professional soccer referee and the most experienced female referee in the World She participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments in, as well as four Olympic soccer tournaments and is the only referee — man or woman — to do so.
  In October 2013, she announced she would be retiring later in the month after a 28-year career.
  At the request of FIFA, in 2016 she began managing training for Women's Soccer Referees world wide. She and her husband relocated to Switzerland in 2016 and she assumed her duties within the FIFA organization.
context_section_description: Kari Seitz (born November 2, 1970) is an American professional soccer referee and the most experienced female referee in the World (out of the male and female referees)  She participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments in (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011), as well as four  Olympic soccer tournaments (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and is the only referee — man or woman — to do so.
  In October 2013, she announced she would be retiring later in the month after a 28-year career.
  At the request of FIFA, in 2016 she began managing training for Women's Soccer Referees world wide.  She and her husband relocated to Switzerland in 2016 and she assumed her duties within the FIFA organization.
caption: Kari Seitz before an NWSL game (2013)
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