Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Part 1 Rapid Growth in the United States
1 Title LX, Soccer Moms, and Pioneering Players 3
2 U.S. National Team, 1996-1999: "Welcome to Our Party" 17
3 Professional Women's Soccer and the wusa: "The Best Three Years of My Life" 35
4 Women's Professional Soccer (wps) 65
Part 2 Challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America
5 The State of the Game in the Middle East 105
6 Challenges and Successes in Africa 123
7 Latin America: Fighting Machismo Attitudes 139
8 Women Athletes: Objects versus Wholesome Role Models 163
Part 3 Building Leagues and National Team Programs
9 Ancestral Roots: Leveraging the Diaspora to Build the Game Abroad 181
10 National Leagues around the World 201
11 Overcoming a Fifty-Year Ban in England 215
12 Canada's Youthful Road to Success 231
Conclusion: "The Future of Football Is Feminine" 241
Afterword: 2011 Women's World Cup 247
Appendix of Tables 255
Selected Bibliography 267