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Old 03-14-2007, 05:23 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by octothorp View Post
It's pretty staggering the difference between where our men and women are on the world stage in soccer. I believe the women were recently ranked in the top ten and are considered a serious contender for the upcoming world cup. Why the disparity? Is it just that the women's field is comparatively weak internationally, or are our men's and women's programs fundamentally different?
Women's Soccer is not taken seriously by a staggering majority of countries. Comparatively speaking, our women are well funded... while our men are a joke. Skill wise, they're decent, but they don't have the infrastructure to make the next step... part of the problem being no national league.
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