[TChad]

Unless the women's team can beat the men's team, perhaps the greater focus on the men's team is due to their quality of play, not sexism.

However, that explanation doesn't satisfy the feminist need for victim status.

[kearnyirish2]

That is a big issue; the women’s game is much slower, and the players are a lot less talented. I’ve watched a few of the games, and you see a lot more passes to nowhere (or outright to the other team) than you’d ever see in a men’s World Cup game. The difference in athletic ability is stark.

The 1999 victory was used to promote a women’s professional league (which folded shortly afterwards); I believe they attempted another one, and that folded as well. Unlike the WNBA (which is funded by wealth transfers from the NBA), there is little money in the men’s leagues in the US (MLS and NASL) - so there is nothing to prop up women’s soccer.

It doesn’t help that the US team looks like a gay pride event...

[nickcarraway]

perhaps the greater focus on the men's team is due to their quality of play, not sexism.

The men are only better athletes because they were socialized to be better athletes?