Women’s World Cup
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Anonymous
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Do you think other countries will be able to beat USA this year? It’s USA doing enough to keep winning championships?
I know football is growing a lot with girls in Europe and in Brazil and Argentina. |
Anonymous
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The competition has grown more skilled and fierce, which is excellent news for the sport.
The USWNT didn’t perform their best at their send-off game. I was disappointed that Hatch wasn’t chosen for the team, and I wish she was there. Alyssa Thompson seems like she could use more time before making this debut. She’s smart and skilled yet maybe she’s nervous on this larger stage. I’m excited for the World Cup. We visited France last time and it was a thrill. |
Anonymous
| The young talent is on fire. I think we have a good chance. |
Anonymous
| I don't care now that they are getting a payout from the success of the men's team . |
Anonymous
The Matilda's have followed their lead and are raising awareness, as hosts, about the pay disparities between the men's and women's World Cup. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/07/16/australia-matildas-soccer-womens-world-cup-pay/ |
Anonymous
When has the mens team ever succeeded? |
Anonymous
Have the women succeeded at winning the men's World Cup? You know, the competition that drives the money. |
Anonymous
I'd look at England giving the US a tough time. I think we are falling behind in one area: Academy Development. In England, they now have residential girls academies nested with the big Premier League Clubs. Other clubs in Europe are now planning for girls academies as well. There are a few youtube videos about girls in England at the age of 16 being selected and training full time at these academies. I haven't read much more than this, but it would seem NWSL should have a developmental program on par with MLS's homegrown academy players. In this regard, we are likely to see European nations start to advance their game more than the US in the next 3-5 years. |
Anonymous
I think the women have as many knock out stage wins in the mens world cup as the men do. |
Anonymous
The league minimum salary in the NWSL is 35k. Where do you think they are getting the budget for residential academies when they can't even afford dedicated facilities for their own teams? There is no Man City or Liverpool funding women's soccer in the US. The closest that we'll get is title IX ensuring women's D1 programs get funding. That was enough before the euro leagues decided to care about women's soccer, but it won't be for long. |
Anonymous
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A talented young lady who grew up in the DMV is leading the Philippines national team:
https://mocoshow.com/blog/moco-native-sofia-harrison-leads-the-philippine-womens-soccer-team-at-the-2023-womens-world-cup/ |
Anonymous
Now do appearances... |
Anonymous
UMNT proving that participation trophies still matter |
Anonymous
Pretty much this. |
Anonymous
There was a pretty lengthy article on Yahoo Sports a couple days ago talking about the USWNT pipeline. Got into the whole DA failure and how with GA and ECNL and whatever else is out there, there is no straightforward path to identifying the best talent for WNT. This in comparison to other countries who are closing the gap by modeling their women's programs after their men's programs. U20 competitions were cited as to how our youth is not keeping up. THe counter point was that we have such a huge nation with so much available talent that we can still maintain our level despite not having a better plan for identifying, training, etc girls from a younger level. |