Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:no one cares until the next world cup
If you don't care about the team now, is it just pretending to care come world cup?
Yes. That's how soccer in the US works. Every 2 years, we care about whichever national team is playing. After they are eliminated, there is a week or so of celebration or recrimination, and then we stop caring until the next world cup.
In your bubble, yes.
Probably an ECNL parent too
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I told you 8 years ago.
As a woman that started playing travel soccer in the mid70s, with some of the original USWNT players--we just had a 30 year start.
Not only did other countries not allow women to play, futbol/soccer was all-male. Today, even many of the stadiums for the USMNT are all men. And are the pubs surrounding them, etc. It was fascinating to waltz right into the ladie's loo and be the only one there while there was a line halfway around the stadium for the men's.
The countries that know how to develop players AND identify talent have been doing for over a century. They began applying that to their women's teams about 8-10 years ago. They are catching up and surpassing. You see a lot of the top women players have to go to Europe to play too.
Other countries have civic minded clubs (or at least clubs that pretend to be civic minded) footing the bill. Somehow, I don't see DC united investing in women's and girl's facilites to rival Man City or Barcelona
Anonymous wrote:I told you 8 years ago.
As a woman that started playing travel soccer in the mid70s, with some of the original USWNT players--we just had a 30 year start.
Not only did other countries not allow women to play, futbol/soccer was all-male. Today, even many of the stadiums for the USMNT are all men. And are the pubs surrounding them, etc. It was fascinating to waltz right into the ladie's loo and be the only one there while there was a line halfway around the stadium for the men's.
The countries that know how to develop players AND identify talent have been doing for over a century. They began applying that to their women's teams about 8-10 years ago. They are catching up and surpassing. You see a lot of the top women players have to go to Europe to play too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:no one cares until the next world cup
If you don't care about the team now, is it just pretending to care come world cup?
Yes. That's how soccer in the US works. Every 2 years, we care about whichever national team is playing. After they are eliminated, there is a week or so of celebration or recrimination, and then we stop caring until the next world cup.
Anonymous wrote:I told you 8 years ago.
As a woman that started playing travel soccer in the mid70s, with some of the original USWNT players--we just had a 30 year start.
Not only did other countries not allow women to play, futbol/soccer was all-male. Today, even many of the stadiums for the USMNT are all men. And are the pubs surrounding them, etc. It was fascinating to waltz right into the ladie's loo and be the only one there while there was a line halfway around the stadium for the men's.
The countries that know how to develop players AND identify talent have been doing for over a century. They began applying that to their women's teams about 8-10 years ago. They are catching up and surpassing. You see a lot of the top women players have to go to Europe to play too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:no one cares until the next world cup
If you don't care about the team now, is it just pretending to care come world cup?
Anonymous wrote:no one cares until the next world cup