Review: US Women's Soccer's Popularity

I don't understand you, US Women's Soccer. You're hardly the best a) because you're soccer and b) because you're played by women.

A) Soccer isn't america's sport. It's the world's sport sure, but we have Football. And baseball. Sports that have more violence and strategy and ridiculous field equipment. You're just shorts and a shirt running around a field with a ball. Boring.

B) Women are great at sports. That is a fact because any person who trains and dedicates their lives to a particular field, they are going to be great at it. I am not saying women are bad at sports. I'm saying no one watches women play sports. The WNBA, the most popular female league with its own huge stars and great athletes- they have to sell advertisements on their jersey to make money. There is a women's football league no one cares about (I know this because I lived closed to the stadium where The Pittsburgh Passion played). The Las Vegas team is named the ShowGirlz and the Memphis team just goes by Memphis Women's Tackle Football.

Those are points. I'm not upset about it being popular. I just don't understand it. Maybe its just a case of American pride in international competition coupled with a strong marketing push to interest us in a fringe sport. Like how The Williams Sisters are the most popular female athletes because they dominate their sport. It's good for the sport. Regardless- Abbie Wambach and Hope Solo are fun names to say. The world can always use more fun names.