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Here is kind of an oddity, in some ways, (4.00 / 2)

Soccer, its detractors would have it, is just 22 sweaty men chasing a ball around a field.

In the States, I would say the women's soccer program is on par, maybe higher, than the men's. Probably due to the change in funding that has gone into women's sports over the past 25 years, and yes, perhaps because we are far from great on the men's side in football (non-American, that is). But interest is picking up in the US, though slowly. As for me, "Go England!". I love the sport.

by wchurchill on Tue Dec 13th, 2005 at 01:24:50 AM EST
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Re: Here is kind of an oddity, in some ways, (4.00 / 2)

The US is one of the few countries that takes women sports seriously. Because there is no soccer tradition in the US the men's and women's teams start out on a par, and it says a lot about US women's soccer in particular and collegiate sports in general that the US national team is up there with Brazil at the top of every international competition.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 13th, 2005 at 04:03:21 AM EST
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