The alleged incident took place during Spurs’ 2-1 win away to Sheffield United in the FA Women’s Championship, the division below the elite Women’s Super League.
But a result that saw the visitors climb to second place in the table was overshadowed by defender Hector’s post-match allegation.
Hector, who did not name the player in question, tweeted: “Such a shame that racism seems to be rising up again in football – I received some monkey noises today from an opposition player.
“The only reaction was to let the football do the talking and that we did great start to the year! @ThlfcOfficial #COYSL #SHEvTOT #KickItOut.”
Recent events of racist abuse in English football have largely been a matter of supporters turning on non-white male players, although Luis Suarez, then of Liverpool, was given an eight-game ban for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra during a match in 2011.
In December, Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, speaking after alleged racist abuse by a Chelsea fan at Stamford Bridge, said the media needed to examine the way it reported stories about certain black players.
Last month also saw a Tottenham fan fined and given a four-year football banning order by a court for throwing a banana skin at Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during Spurs’ 4-2 defeat in a north London derby at the Gunners’ Emirates Stadium
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