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Mel said:
Good for the USA!!! Bummer though to hear the gals on the National Team are paid about 40 times less than the guys on the men's National Team. Something is wrong with that picture.

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Why is something wrong with that? It's women's soccer. Other than the World Cup, people simply aren't going to pay to watch it. While I enjoy soccer and watch the Women's World Cup, for the most part the fans of womens soccer are the friends and family of the women. One of my own daughters played and I loved watching it because it was the right combination of me enjoying soccer and my kid in the games. Since she has stopped playing I have only watched games with friends or relatives involved ... and I like soccer!

Understand that the Women's World Cup is great drama and has a patriotic element to it. But also understand the level of play is, well, a women's level of play. A well coached U14 boys team would likely beat them and a boys U16 team would beat them by 10 or 20 goals. Try to watch a WNBA game and you'll understand why women don't get paid much to play soccer.

Now, if they would take a lesson from the volleyball gals and wear those suits to play, maybe...

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