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Title IX, the breakthrough ruling that completely changed the landscape of collegiate athletics, allowed the United States to gain an early competitive advantage in women’s soccer...
...soccer has always been viewed as a recreational sport for both young boys and girls. In other parts of the world (including traditional soccer havens like Europe and South America), soccer was strictly viewed as a sport for boys, and thus, traditional powerhouses in men’s soccer were slow to develop proper infrastructures for their women...
...advantages in resources, the U.S. National Team program focused more on developing girls who were physically superior to their global counterparts, choosing speed and strength over soccer skill (dribbling, possession) and finesse. For years it worked brilliantly, as the U.S. women took home the 1999 World Cup Title and inspired a generation of young girls to pursue their athletic talents...
Meanwhile, over in Europe, historic soccer clubs like Arsenal FC have established their own soccer academies just for women and provide their ladies with ample game experience to hone their skills: Arsenal has won nine premier league titles and just recently recorded a historical quadruple, as the Arsenal ladies not only won their domestic and two domestic cups, but were hailed as champions of Europe after winning the UEFA Women?...
...what’s even more surprising is that most European women’s clubs have trouble turning a profit, as even the Arsenal ladies, easily the most the successful club in English women’s soccer, only averages attendances in the hundreds...