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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 4733985, member: 1452"] Going to be very interesting to see if 2023 starts to be the changing of the guard in women's soccer. Only one of all the previous World Cup winners made it past the round of 16 - Japan. As the traditional European powers and, perhaps more importantly, the big European clubs make substantial investments in the women's game, provide the same level of training that they provide on the men's side and create those same youth feeder programs, there is no way we can match that. Attached is the Bio of MIke O'Neill, the executive director of girls coaching for one of this country's most prestigious "Academies" (in quotes because it is a pay-to-play academy). [URL='http://www.pdasoccer.org/pda-staff/mike-o-neill']PDA Director of Coaching[/URL] With that bio, you think this guy even sniffs a job anywhere in Europe? Associate head coach at Rutgers, really? LOL... Meanwhile, la Masia is now open to girls. Complete mismatch. [/QUOTE]