Former FIFA Referee Christina Unkel, Laws of the Game Expert

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Grant has a fascinating conversation with Christina Unkel, a former FIFA referee and current Laws of the Game expert whose work can be seen on CBS Sports platforms and The Athletic. Unkel tells the story of how she became a referee, her highlights along the way, her switch into becoming a Laws of the Game expert for Fox Sports during its 2019 women's World Cup broadcasts, her thoughts on hot-button officiating topics for fans and much, much more. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. La Liga has the best title race in Europe, and it's heading down to the final day. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:09.9	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.8	Today's interview guest is a good one.
0:13.8	We've got the former FIFA referee and current TV laws of the game analyst, Christina
0:19.3	Uncle, to talk about her story and important questions you've got about the officiating
0:25.2	side of the game.
0:26.8	We've got some great guests lately, including Sam Muiss and Lynn Williams, Alexis Nunez,
0:32.3	and Peter Schmeichel.
0:33.7	Now here's my interview with Christina Uncle.
0:38.3	Our guest now is the first refereeing expert we've had on the show.
0:42.9	Christina Uncle is a friend of mine and a former FIFA referee who's a terrific laws of the
0:48.2	game analyst you've no doubt seen on television, most recently on CBS platforms.
0:55.0	He's also a practicing lawyer among other things, Christina.
0:58.9	It's great to see you.
0:59.9	Thanks for coming on the show.
1:01.2	Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:02.8	This is great to finally connect again.
1:04.6	It's been a bit.
1:05.6	Yeah, you and I actually, I think we met doing Fox Sports Women's World Cup broadcasting
1:11.6	in 2019 for that platform, really enjoyed getting to know you a little bit and in your
1:19.4	story and want to share that with our listeners here because I think it's really interesting
1:24.9	could you start off, I guess, by explaining where you're from and what your background
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