1999 World Cup 2005 Analysis

The 99ers focused on the United States Women’s National Team leading up to the 1999 World Cup. The documentary included seven of the players from the team, who gave their perspectives on the success of their team in 1999. They wanted to inspire girls and develop the game further. These women didn’t have role models to emulate from the lack of participation and soccer supporters. The composition of the team varied from mothers to college graduates who all enjoyed playing the game. Young girls finally had women’s athletes to inspire and motivate them. The events from the 1999 World Cup helped refocus women’s role models, increase involvement, and improve soccer in the United States.

The national team lost in 1991 and 1995. They were determined to win the 1999 World Cup and fostered large amounts of nationalism and support for the games. There were 90,000 stadium viewers and 40 million nationwide watching on televisions. When the team traveled to Boston before the World Cup, they had loads of supporters at the airport arrivals gate. This was the start of a movement towards soccer becoming a larger and more supported sport in America.

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Women’s leagues were becoming more available to women and more equal to men’s teams. Longman discusses this shift in perspective as women were given more opportunities within the sport. Some women were also considered just as talented as their male counterparts or even better. Title IX and progress within the leagues helped increase the women’s soccer programs from 77 to 818 teams. Today there are even 93 more women’s teams at the college level. The leagues and competition were continuing to grow. Both men and women’s soccer leagues have comfortable relationships. A coach for the Mexican squad even explained how Mia Hamm’s skills were extremely impressive and were equally competitive with the male