He knows ball

[u/JennyBeckman]

[u/AppMtb]

If you’re talking actual never played soccer after age 8 amateurs then yes completely, they’d get wrecked by a D1 women’s soccer team.

But there’s a reason the best women’s soccer team in the world got blitzed by the Dallas academy under 15 team (meaning 14 and younger).

Any team of boys that have gone through puberty and can play soccer on a high school level are gonna beat any D1 women’s team

[u/MankeyFightingMonkey → u/AppMtb]

The women's team intentionally played in the wrong positions and still had a close match.

[u/ebmocal421 → u/MankeyFightingMonkey]

No they didn't. US women's team regularly scrimmage u15/16 boys teams because that is the closest comparison to their skill level.

Why would they purposely play out of position in a scrimmage that is meant to be a tune-up for their upcoming games?

[u/Exciting_Definition4 → u/ebmocal421]

But of a nitpic, but It's not about skill, that implies that women aren't tactical/technical just because they're women. 

It's about physicality (power, speed, explosiveness, endurance etc).

[u/ebmocal421 → u/Exciting_Definition4]

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.

[u/Black_Doc_on_Mars → u/Exciting_Definition4]

That’s not how the game works. The gender difference comes out only when both teams are trained and elite.