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Ep 01: Previewing the 9th Women’s World Cup
The 9th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup is here! The first episode is a quick introduction to the World Cup, a sneak peak at the teams, and the stars that are going to light up the stage. We share our picks on who is going to lift the trophy along with some teams who might spring some surprises.
Recorded on Saturday, July 15, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
Speakers
Notes, clarifications, errata
2:39 - The 3-peat in question applies specifically to FIFA’s quadrennial tournaments only.
3:45 - The 2019 World Cup was not COVID-stricken at all, as it concluded in July 2019. The popularity for women’s football was already rising, and it didn’t need a global pandemic to spark it, as was erroneously implied.
5:15 - The Arsenal Women Football Club did indeed win 22 out of their 22 Women Super League games; but this was in the 2006-07 season, and not in the 2005-2006 season.
6:32 - 1 billion pounds (as in Doctor Who money), not US dollars.
7:00 - The conspiracy with regards to dates, as it turns out, doesn’t hold much water. The dates of the finals vary from the 3rd week of June to the 3rd week of July, with only the finals of the 1970 Men’s World Cup in Mexico happening on the day of the Summer Solstice that year.
7:45 - Oceania, not “Oceanic”.
13:24 - All of Beth Mead, Leah Williamson, and Viv Miedema had suffered an ACL rupture/tear. “ACL injury” was too vague.
14:48 - The Spanish players not participating had actually resigned due to an internal issue pertaining to the contract extension of their head coach Jorge Vilda, and it does not seem connected to an issue like wage disparity, as the episode may have erroneously implied.
15:20 - The issue with wage disparity among England Women’s Football team is obviously a lot more nuanced than this episode explains. While the English FA states that the wages are on par with the men’s team, the differences in what the athletes make through bonuses are pretty significant. There’s also the issue of disparity in sponsorship money within the different leagues and tiers in women’s football itself, and that is arguably a much harder issue to tackle through simply taking a stand.
Additional reading
6:32 - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12919975/womens-football-can-be-billion-pound-industry-says-chair-of-a-new-independent-review-karen-carney
7:54 - Why Australia play in the AFC, instead of the OFC (nothing to do with the birth of the Himalayas) - https://10play.com.au/football/articles/the-history-of-football-australia/tpa210809sazom
14:25 - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/35730/12748748/inside-the-wsl-why-are-acl-injuries-so-common-in-womens-football
14:48 - https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10049939-15-players-from-spains-womens-national-team-resign-in-protest-against-jorge-vilda
15:20 - https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/canada-soccer-women-pay-equity-parliament-1.6773010,https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/03/england-womens-and-mens-teams-receive-same-pay-fa-reveals, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/30/england-womens-football-pay-gap-lionesses
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By Nutmegs and RoulettesThe 9th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup is here! The first episode is a quick introduction to the World Cup, a sneak peak at the teams, and the stars that are going to light up the stage. We share our picks on who is going to lift the trophy along with some teams who might spring some surprises.
Recorded on Saturday, July 15, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
Speakers
Notes, clarifications, errata
2:39 - The 3-peat in question applies specifically to FIFA’s quadrennial tournaments only.
3:45 - The 2019 World Cup was not COVID-stricken at all, as it concluded in July 2019. The popularity for women’s football was already rising, and it didn’t need a global pandemic to spark it, as was erroneously implied.
5:15 - The Arsenal Women Football Club did indeed win 22 out of their 22 Women Super League games; but this was in the 2006-07 season, and not in the 2005-2006 season.
6:32 - 1 billion pounds (as in Doctor Who money), not US dollars.
7:00 - The conspiracy with regards to dates, as it turns out, doesn’t hold much water. The dates of the finals vary from the 3rd week of June to the 3rd week of July, with only the finals of the 1970 Men’s World Cup in Mexico happening on the day of the Summer Solstice that year.
7:45 - Oceania, not “Oceanic”.
13:24 - All of Beth Mead, Leah Williamson, and Viv Miedema had suffered an ACL rupture/tear. “ACL injury” was too vague.
14:48 - The Spanish players not participating had actually resigned due to an internal issue pertaining to the contract extension of their head coach Jorge Vilda, and it does not seem connected to an issue like wage disparity, as the episode may have erroneously implied.
15:20 - The issue with wage disparity among England Women’s Football team is obviously a lot more nuanced than this episode explains. While the English FA states that the wages are on par with the men’s team, the differences in what the athletes make through bonuses are pretty significant. There’s also the issue of disparity in sponsorship money within the different leagues and tiers in women’s football itself, and that is arguably a much harder issue to tackle through simply taking a stand.
Additional reading
6:32 - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12919975/womens-football-can-be-billion-pound-industry-says-chair-of-a-new-independent-review-karen-carney
7:54 - Why Australia play in the AFC, instead of the OFC (nothing to do with the birth of the Himalayas) - https://10play.com.au/football/articles/the-history-of-football-australia/tpa210809sazom
14:25 - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/35730/12748748/inside-the-wsl-why-are-acl-injuries-so-common-in-womens-football
14:48 - https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10049939-15-players-from-spains-womens-national-team-resign-in-protest-against-jorge-vilda
15:20 - https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/canada-soccer-women-pay-equity-parliament-1.6773010,https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/03/england-womens-and-mens-teams-receive-same-pay-fa-reveals, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/30/england-womens-football-pay-gap-lionesses