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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
You got it totally backwards. Women's international futbol as a whole is so weak that USA can dominate. That doesn't make them inherently more talented than the Men's team, just points out the relative weakness of their competitors and of their sport as a whole. Internationally women's professional sports simply aren't developed enough, apples to small juice oranges
Indeed i saw the score on my twitter feed and was initially almost disappointed that i didn't see it and then i remembered i could care less! I don't watch tennis, golf, or racing either so i could care less if i missed an all time performance in them either
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USA don't dominate. The best Women's teams are those with the best national infrastructure so it makes sense that the US women's team does well, but Germany are generally recognised as the dominant side, they just didn't happen to win this particular tournament.
There's nothing remotely weak about women's football. People just need to stop comparing it with the men's game and take it on its own terms. It has a different skill-set, as you say. Although saying that, the fact men can't play women probably spares the blushes of a lot of men. And in more specialist positions, like goalkeeper, I think players like Hope Solo are at least as good as plenty of male goalkeepers I've seen at the national level.