Teams from the U.S., France, England, Germany and Japan all receive generous backing from their national federations, and their performances show it. Thailand, Jamaica and Argentina? Not so much.
“Even a small amount of investment, the return is so great,” said former U.S. national team star Mia Hamm, who told a FIFA convention last week that continued progress in the women’s game is dependent on funding. “The impact it has on these players and their families and their communities going forward in terms of opportunities is huge.”
So Cedella Marley, the daughter of the late reggae star and soccer fan Bob Marley, stepped forward to fund the Jamaican team. In South America, it was the players themselves who demanded support. The Chileans formed a union, the National Assn. of Female Footballers, to petition for support. Argentina’s players went on strike in 2017 when the federation welshed on its promise to pay daily training stipends of $10.
One idea was to hold out the carrot of a Women’s World Cup berth, which is why the tournament field has expanded twice since 1995, first from 12 to 16 teams and then to 24 teams four years ago. By making it possible for countries outside the traditional powers to at least participate in a global event, the thinking went, federations would begin supporting women’s soccer.
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