Kari Seitz, U.S. Soccer’s new Vice President of Refereeing, began reffing at age 14 in Michigan in 1985 when her coach required all the team’s players to take the refereeing course. Within a year, Seitz was the only one who kept reffing, despite the behavior of coaches and fans during the first U-12 boys games she officiated.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...