Word: soccers
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...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...
...collegiate system of women’s soccer has failed the US National team in other, more transparent ways. For one, players from the youth level all the way up to the college ranks are evaluated on endurance, physical stature, and speed...
Sure, if a young girl displays some fine dribbling moves, she may get another look, but if she ultimately cannot fare well in timed shuttle springs or doesn’t fit a perceived notion of what a women’s soccer player should look like, her skills are simply tossed aside...