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Women's Soccer Ref Katja Koroleva Working as Physician Assistant amid COVID-19

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Katja Koroleva might have thought serving as an official for five games in the 2019 Women's World Cup was the most important job she'd ever find herself in, but she would be wrong.

The 33-year-old, who also works as a physician assistant, has been working 12-hour shifts for the last three months in the emergency room at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California, during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Baxter.

"Neither field is really black or white," Koroleva told Baxter. "There are pathways we take based on gut instinct that are largely dependent on previous knowledge and understanding the situation.