Women's Soccer Team Analysis

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The Women's US Soccer Team has surprised us all again. For the third time they become the Women's FIFA World Cup Champions. Throughout their season they gained more and more fans that filled the stands. With their skill and dedication, the US Women's Soccer Team has earned a rank number of 1 after capturing four gold medals. However, they aren't recognized by people because of the lack of fans. Men's soccer games usually have an overflow of fans that fill the stands. People will actually find it interesting if they actually watched a women's game with an open mind.

Soccer is a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers. The object of the
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The team consists of Alex Morgan, Shannon Boxx, Morgan Brian, Lori Chalupny, Whitney Engen, Ashlyn Harris, Tobin Heath, Lauren Holiday, Julie Johnston, Meghan Klingenberg, Ali Krieger, Sydney Leroux, Carli Lloyd, Alyssa Naeher, Kelley O'Hara, Heather O'Reilly, Christen Press, Christie Rampone, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Rodriguez, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, and the famous Abby Wambach. The last time that the Women’s US Soccer Team won FIFA Women’s World Cup was in …show more content…
The game widely spread in the 1980s, and the the first national women’s league was established in 1995. In 2001, the first professional women’s league took birth.

Although, the Women’s US Soccer Team has been recognized more this year from their victory against Japan, men’s soccer is known and heard about more. Men’s sports are said to be seen more excitingly. They have “higher production values, higher quality coverage, and higher-quality commentary” (Bodenner). When we watch the women play, there are “fewer camera angles, fewer cuts to shot, and fewer instant plays” (Bodenner). This makes the game a slower, and less exciting. Female athletes are are not equal to their men in terms of physical ability.

The well-known soccer all star, Lionel Messi, earns $731,579 per game as of 2015. Alex Morgan, the arising women's soccer all star, has a salary of only $450,000. A gap of more than a thousands of dollars. It is obvious that there is a “feminist issue” when it comes to women athletes in comparison to