'Towering scores, dominant play and revenue generation should not be the reason for equal treatment of the men's and women's teams in the United States. Support and funding should drive results, not the other way around,' writes Amy Bass for CNNOpinion
Amy Bass is the author of"One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together" and"Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete," among other titles. The views expressed here are solely hers. Read more opinion on CNN.
The US women's national soccer team's historic 13-0 win over Thailand -- the heaviest defeat in World Cup history -- has certainly gotten tongues wagging about how many goals scored are too many, or if that should even be a thing. It seems that even when the women win, they just can't win. Amy BassThe opinions of this victory cover all sides. It's not breaking news that female athletes constantly face uphill battles in the popular imagination of sports -- they aren't good enough, they aren't strong enough, they're dull to watch and so on. Indeed, the history of the United States Women's National Team epitomizes the battles these athletes have faced from the very beginning, when they endured shorter fields, shorter games and smaller balls.
Women's World Cup excitement: Fact or fiction? 02:40Is it actually more respectful to hold back, to toy with your opponent, to acknowledge in front of the whole world that they are overmatched?This lopsided score should not be anyone's reason to assume that the women's game isn't where it needs to be to field this large a bracket of teams on the world stage.
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