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There was a meeting at the Freemasons Tavern in London, England. They discussed the rules that would be common amoung all teams and players.
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Dick Kerr Ladies F.C. - Army woman who made ammunition. The games raised money for the war.
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Suddenly getting attention, the teams drew a crowd of over 53,000 spectators. The stadiums average crowd size at the time was only 29,000. There was even an estimated 10-15,000 spectators outside the stadium once cthe place was full.
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England felt the ladies soccer was getting too much attention and would be more important than male sports, so they decided to ban wiman's soccer.
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4 Woman's soccer teams were created in the US to see if the sport took off. It only lasted 2 full season and wasn't very sucsessful. But this was the spark to woman's soccer to come.
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This made womens sports a cultural norm in our society and made it so men's and woman's sports would be funded equilally.
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They played the Italian's and though a good game lost 1-0.
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12 teams were represented in this first ever womans world cup. China hosted these games. The US won!
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The US won this first year. They were the biggest and best at the time but other competitors were getting better.
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First league where woman were paid as professional athletes. This league came to be when the US Beat China in the 1999 World Cup.
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After playing 3 full seasons the US lost 100 million dollars so they cut the whole program.
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5 teams come together with tremendous talent and become widley popular.
