Prominent sports photographer Adriana Caballero spoke out after she felt singled out by a soccer club’s new dress code, which banned certain leggings. | Instagram/ adrianacaballero97

A soccer club has been forced to back down after a prominent female sports photographer felt targeted by its request that photographers stop wearing revealing outfits and leggings.

Sportivo Ameliano, a professional soccer team from Paraguay that plays in the nation’s top soccer league (Paraguayan Primera División), is facing backlash over its new dress code for photographers and reporters in the stadium.

The club shared this poster detailing the new dress code with photographers and journalists.

The soccer club requested members of the press to avoid wearing revealing outfits at the ground “in order to maintain… the club’s institutional image.” In the new guidelines, Sportivo Ameliano banned both female and male photographers from wearing “low-cut blouses” and outfits that exposed the navel.…