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Nursing major gets shot at pro soccer as referee
Don’t be surprised if you see Cumberland’s Krista McCann someday refereeing a Major League Soccer match or even an international match between the American women’s national team and Brazil.
The junior University of Rhode Island nursing student has already cracked the Women’s Professional Soccer League-Elite by officiating a late May contest between the Boston Breakers and the Western New York Flash. The WPSL-Elite is the top women’s league in the country.
“I was shocked to be selected as a referee for that match,” said McCann, who began officiating soccer games when she was 12. “It was a great atmosphere with 2,500 excited fans jammed into Dilboy Stadium” in Somerville, Mass....
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