September 16, 2003
Women's United Soccer Folds, but Revival Seems Likely if USA Does Well at World Cup
In what came to many as something of an anti-climax, the WUSA - the fledgling American women’s professional soccer league, formed three seasons ago after the 1999 victory by the USA in the women’s World Cup – folded this week, drawing into question not only whether women’s soccer can survive and thrive, but whether there’s really a market for women’s professional athletics in the U.S. at all.
Still, at a time when the WNBA and women’s tennis are also languishing, it’s arguable whether the sports story of the year was Annika Sorenstam’s qualifying in the men’s PGA tour for the first time ever. NPR’s Talk of the Nation had a fabulous analysis of the state of women’s professional sports, the challenges it faces and how it might succeed. Give it a listen.
And, if U.S. women do well at the World Cup in the next few weeks, plus the dozens of other WUSA players for other countries, a new and revitalized league could make a big comeback next year!
- Arik
Posted by Arik Johnson at September 16, 2003 02:25 PM | TrackBack
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