Mexican referee Katia García has been appointed to officiate the Netherlands versus Tunisia group-stage match at the FIFA World Cup, making her the first female referee ever to oversee a Dutch national team game at the tournament. García is only the third woman in history to referee a men's World Cup match, following France's Stéphanie Frappart — who broke the barrier at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar — and American Tori Penso, who refereed South Africa versus Czech Republic earlier this tournament. The appointments signal a significant and accelerating shift in FIFA's long-standing tradition of assigning only male officials to men's World Cup matches.