Natalie Washington, a British transgender woman who plays women's football, said the Football Association’s move to ban trans women from the sport could force many transgender women out of football completely.

The governing body for soccer in England says it will ban transgender women from playing on women’s teams following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month.

Transgender women will be barred from playing in women’s soccer in England from June 1, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday.