The full article on soccernet.com.
The four main cities being considered are Washington, DC, Columbus, Ohio, Foxboro, Massachusetts and Carson, California. If some of the games end up in Columbus I’ll almost certainly attend some of the games. The event will run from September 23 until October 11 this year.
Enjoy the tournament. Pity about the reason for the switch though.
No offense, but: it’s women’s soccer. Not to be a chauvinist pig, but it’s nowhere NEAR the men’s game, in terms of skill and excitement. Other sports are closer when it somes to both the sexes: tennis these days comes to mind.
Still, any effort that can get soccer on the map in the US (as a serious sport rather than a kiddie game) gets my vote.
And hey, who knows, maybe one of them will go fully topless this time. 
Just because the Dutch team look better topless than they play. Sure it’s a slowed down and less physical game than the men play, but remember that soccer is a very family oriented sport over here, and it’s a great chance for me to show the Shibbletts that women can also compete and play. To them it’s just as interesting and incredible.
That’s the main audience for the sport here, young girls who aspire to play at that level and treat these women as their heroes. And many of the women involved are very good role models.
Hey, nothing wrong with that, Shibb – I just wish the men’s version would take off too. The US was the size and talent base to be a HUGE football nation (especially with all the latino influences), but it’s lacking in follow-up so far. Seriously, the US team did great in 2002, but I long for the days of a truly competent US men’s squad. Semi-final material. It can be done in a decade, I’m sure.
And I have no IDEA what the Dutch women’s team looks like. Honest to God. 
It will be. It is still growing very rapidly as a participant sport; it’s only as a TV/spectator thing that it’s held back. I’d be shocked if we aren’t a major (top 10) world power in a decade. World Cup win by 2030.
Which would sadden me, as I really only like cheering for my nation in sports where we are underdogs. I actively root for our basketball teams to lose.
World Cup in 2030? Well, it’s possible. It’s also a far bet.
Of course, it’s vital that Holland get a world cup first. Then, the US can do whatever they can!
Whatever they want, too. :smack:
So we put $50 each in an interest-bearing escrow account, and in 2030…
Coldfire, you may not realize this, but when the US hosted the Women’s World Cup last time, it was a huge deal here. Huge. I’m not particularly interested in soccer (I watch some World Cup games usually, but that’s about it), but I was fascinated, and I was not alone. We really enjoyed hosting the event last time, and I’m sure it will be a big deal this time round as well - the success of the US team had a lot to do with it, of course.
Coldfire [[Not to be a chauvinist pig, but it’s nowhere NEAR the men’s game, in terms of skill and excitement. ]]
Oh whew, thanks for telling me this, Coldy. I rely on the Dutch for this kind of information.
Jill
(in a country where Cricket is considered exciting, too.)
Ha. The US is at least into the semi-final in 2010. And I don’t say that just because we’ve just crushed the powerful Welsh 2-0.
Little did I know that Wales are actually doing very well in Euro 2004 qualifying, leading their group. And unbeaten in Internationals coming into the night’s match in their last 10. Sadly they had to face the US team, which ended this neat little streak.
I went to several of the games the last time they were in the States, and for the most part they were very enjoyable. Not like going to the men’s finals, but more interesting than a lot of lower level men’s games. Pity some people dismiss them out of hand just because they’re women.