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The Man’s Game? Women Football!!!

Published on April 24, 2010 by stgfarkas in Soccer

Women football.

Kath O’Connor looks at the new world of women’s football.

Who won the World Cup in 1999? The answer is: the USA. They beat China one-nil in the final with a penatly . I’m talking about the Women’s World Cup, of course. Over 90,000 people watched the final in Pasadena, Los Angeles. This is a record for women’s sporting event in the United States. Ten million people also watched the match on television.

Before the tournament started, Mia Hamm , the scorer of over 100 goals in international football, made a TV advert with basketball legend, Michael Jordan. They asked moms and dads from all over America to bring their families to the matches – and they did. During the tournament, young Americans happily wore 9 T-shirts with ‘Hamm ‘ on the back. Ither women football players were often in the newspapers. We learnt a lot about them. For example, we know that the capitain Julie Foudy loves doughnuts!

However, the important thing was the football. In the semi-final match against Brazil, the USA won, but played quite badly and nervously. In the other semi-final, China easily beat the champions Norway by five goals to nil. In the final, the two teams played brilliantly and showed they can play a male sport successfully. After the final, President Clinton said: They played well. It was an exciting game!