The U.S. women's national soccer team on Tuesday launch their bid for a fou...
REIMS, France - The U.S. women’s national soccer team on Tuesday launch their bid for a fourth World Cup, but beyond lifting the trophy the squad are also aiming for a cultural breakthrough for the game.
This year, however, the spotlight is on as France hosts the women’s World Cup. FIFA, soccer’s governing body, forecasts one billion viewers will tune in globally, up a third on 2015’s tournament in Canada.“That’s been a huge goal of this team — to continue to grow the sport,” midfielder and 2015 World Cup winner Julie Ertz told reporters in Reims. “It’s exciting to be a part of the growth of the sport.
At an open training session, French children swarmed the U.S. players for autographs, calling out in thick accents the name of Alex Morgan, the clinical striker whose fearless style has made her one of the biggest names in the sport. In a sign of growing recognition for the women’s game — a result due in part to hard lobbying by the players — the prize-money has doubled this year to $4 million. There remains, though, a jarring gender discrepancy. France’s victorious men’s team walked away with $38 million in 2018.
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