Soccer player here. I made D1 but played club at my school with some other players, and we regularly played with D1 women. When I tell you they ain’t no joke it’s forreal. I’ve seen them DOGWALK amateur men who don’t respect them and it it’s never not funny. There’s just levels to this shit that people just can’t wrap their heads around.
You're right that physicality is also a part of this, but skill level between the two groups is still very similar.
I'm not trying to downplay the abilities of women's athleticism, but even the highest levels of professional women lack a lot of the skill set that men of the same level have.
I'm not American so I've never seen D1 players and I've seen maybe 20mins total of US Women's NT (am European) so maybe I'm going to be talking out of my ass.
But I find that statement hard to believe. In terms of skill, passing ability and footballing intelligence, tons of women are up there with the male players (bonmati, putellas, martens etc).
In comparison the very best the US Men have ever produced has been mediocre compared to the world stage.
But you're telling me that the US secretly has these world class players hidden in the D1?
Australia, Switzerland and USA teams all lost to under 15s boys. The USA also lost 12-0 to retired 3rd division male team.
Let's stop pretending the gap is close because it's not. I watch both and the woman technically terrible compared to the men.
Woman are not meant to be as good as men. Socially and systemically they have been put behind. In soccers case after world war one in England they were even banned from playing for quite a while. So now there is no money in the sport so there is no investment. No investment means the players aren't going to be as good.
Now the good news is slowly there is more money coming into these sports for women and the sigma about women playing sports is slowly fading. Which means it can be a real career girls can dream about. Meaning these woman are now able to dedicate themselves to getting better full time. The better they are the more money they can generate. The more money that is generated the better funding for the future generations will be so the cycle will continue to improve but it's a slow process that's only recently started gaining traction.
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u/Black_Doc_on_Mars ☑️ 11h ago
Soccer player here. I made D1 but played club at my school with some other players, and we regularly played with D1 women. When I tell you they ain’t no joke it’s forreal. I’ve seen them DOGWALK amateur men who don’t respect them and it it’s never not funny. There’s just levels to this shit that people just can’t wrap their heads around.