The referee breaking unseen barriers for women in soccer

Bibiana Steinhaus is savoring her first season among the Bundesliga's 24-member elite group, reward for her performances as a fourth official and for 10 years' work in the second division, but she hopes her success will make other leagues sit up and take notice. "The doors are open," Steinhaus told the Associated Press in an interview at the German soccer federation's headquarters in Frankfurt. Steinhaus, who still works part-time as a police officer, has had to overcome unseen barriers to get where she is, yet she plays down her achievement and insists it's a result of natural progression.