Christina Unkel's experience as a FIFA referee and lawyer has allowed her to bring a unique perspective on the rules of soccer to MLS broadcasts.
She took the job, she says, after becoming frustrated with broadcasters, many of them former players, who didn’t seem to understand the referees’ perspective — or even the rules of the game.“More often than not I usually can explain why we are correct or how we can get this better. Or why an official missed it.”
That ability to break down calls, interpret the rules and explain everything clearly from a referee’s viewpoint has made the sport more accessible to tens of thousands of viewers. And if anyone questioned her ability to call ‘em as she saw ‘em, those doubts were erased in one of her first appearances on anTed“I was like, ‘Oh my god, I just said on national TV that he got it wrong,’ ” Christina Unkel recalled without apology.
“For me, it’s like when I break down a play, [it’s] ‘Oh, you’re criticizing,’ ” she said. “No, no, no. I’m educating the rest of the football community as to the decision and how they came to the decision, whether it was right or wrong, how is that they interpreted it.”
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