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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]No one's saying the club game automatically translates into the national teams.

Here's why it's relevant ...

For years, U.S. players had tons of opportunities to play. Most of the rest of the world did not. The U.S. women's success is a direct result of Title IX creating chances to play with the financial backing of a college scholarship.

[b]Today, the rest of the world has leagues that can keep their players in the game at a high level.[/b]

Meanwhile, the current USWNT is pretty old. Ellis and Vlatko found themselves supplementing the player pool not with promising teenagers but by recalling Ali Krieger and adding Jessica McDonald. Having no young players who can supplant Carli Lloyd, a clutch goal scorer and Hall of Famer (on my ballot, anyway, when I come up in the voting rotation) but someone who's pushing 40 and was never great at passing the ball.

This isn't "wishful thinking." This is an alarm bell. The US has to pay careful attention to player development, either through the federation itself or through leagues and clubs. [/quote]

those teams rely on the benevolence of parent clubs. Until they are financially self sufficient, they are a line item that can be slashed if the men's team wants to buy a slightly better third string keeper or backup left back. Title IX funding relies on football remains popular and expensive. US girls club soccer relies on parents being willing to spend as much on girls as boys. I think the US girls and women have a much more secure future [/quote]

LOL what do you think the USWNT and NWSL do? They subsidize the USWNT pool. US soccer pays some(T1 players)USWNT up to $167k a year. NWSL pays $22-52k a year with a big subsidy from US soccer. How many of the USWNT would play in the NWSL without the additional money and the contract restricting them to play domestically? The really question is would they play at all? The playing conditions in the NWSL are worst vs many college teams. You think you can just pick some college players and win the World Cup? Those days are long gone.

The women want to be paid the same as the men. That means you only get a check when you make the game day roaster and in off years you are not getting a lot of games. The collective bargaining agreement runs out this year. The lawsuit has burnt through 42 million meant for youth development. The women want 67 million in back pay. US Soccer does not have that money. The US system is on shaky ground. The European clubs are paying north of $250k a year and it is increasing each year. Macario said no to the NWSL and went to Olympique Lyonnais.

The big European clubs have already build(and own)the stadiums and training facilities unlike the NWSL. Look at Man City. The Man City women’s team trains and eats at Man City’s facilities. Yes they have a world class cafeteria at the training facility. The facilities are great with trainers, the best equipment, coaching, etc. The marginal cost to maintain a women’s team is well within their budgets. They have been doing it since 1988. 
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