Lee Corey - Football (Soccer)
Australian Sports Commission
In 1999 when the South Australian Institute of Sport assessed Lee Corey as a potential soccer player, the then-16-year-old had “no idea there was such a sport or that women played it”. Lee had been a promising 200m and 400m runner and knew little else than athletics. She quickly became hooked on the sport and looked set for great things until a debilitating knee injury in 2001 sidelined her. While recovering she was offered a chance to do a refereeing course which later led to a one-year officiating scholarship with the South Australian Women’s Soccer Association. At the end of that year she found herself being an Assistant Referee for the Women’s National Soccer League and then the following season refereeing in the middle for State men’s matches. Achieving such a lot in a short time gave her a hunger for refereeing and now with the help of a National Officiating Scholarship, the 23-year-old hopes to push on towards her ultimate goal of becoming a FIFA official and one day referee at a Women’s World Cup.
