re: Is the US Womens "dominance" only because the WC hasn't been around long?

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but we talk about how college soccer holds our men back who play it. well why do our women play it?

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Because men's soccer has much better setups for developing players through academies. Those cost a lot of money. Women's teams cannot put that much money into youth development because they don't make nearly as much money. The college system is about as well-funded and organized of a system for women's soccer development as you'll find. That's why.

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obviously our men aren't, so you kind of have to question how our women are so good with the same kind of program, resources, etc.

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What a ridiculous sentiment.

We were at the inception of women's soccer, where as we are playing catch up to the rest of the world on the men's side. And that is all because soccer is not the popular sport in this country. We have a long way to go for the men to be serious contenders year in and year out.
We don't have that problem with the women. Many of our best women athletes already choose soccer.