u.s. against thailand brazil versus jamaica. nigeria against south korea. and england versus scotland's. way. so that's the 1st point the stakes of a global tournament are higher and that means more pressure more tension more excitement if you want to see a world champion crowned in $29.00 teams and this is the only tournament for you of course there are still plenty of people out there who think women's football doesn't matter often those same people who say they don't care about women's football feel the need to make negative comments every time it makes the news it's almost like they feel threatened fragile masculinity aside people who think women's football is no good simply haven't been paying attention death decades of repression of women's football the many countries of course means that development has at times like that way behind the men's game and even now the money involved in the 2 galaxies apart but anyone who's actually watched a game of women's football in recent years knows that they get as close as dramatic 2 years ago i covered the women's euro in the netherlands there