My 19 year-old daughter, who will be a junior in college, grew up idolizing Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm. My 12-year old daughter, who will be a 7th grader, wants to model her game after Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Why the shift? How far has the womens game fallen?
Contributing factors to why gals are down:
1. Changing of the guard (the old gals are retiring).
2. Demise of WUSA.
3. Momentum gone from womens World Cup and Olympics.
Contributing factors to why guys are up:
1. Current mens World Cup.
2. Joga Bonita & adidas+10 (advertising & promotion).
3. Fox Soccer Channel
Any other fathers of daughters seeing this shift in the tide?
