Tens of thousands of fans from around the world are packing stadiums in Canada to watch this year’s Women’s World Cup. It’s been amazing the past few weeks to watch the U.S. women’s national team compete and advance, and it’s doing it in front of record crowds.
Unfortunately, FIFA, the governing body of soccer and organizer of all World Cups, has been in the news for a series of corruption charges that span the globe. The true impact of these actions is still unknown.
That has overshadowed some of the alarming inequities spawned by FIFA politics at the Women’s World Cup — inequities that directly impact a significant contingent of our soccer community. I want to help make sure we put a stop to it.
