Tag: 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup

In France, women’s soccer readies for its greatest showcase, despite continuing fights for equality off it

Loaded with star power and more competitive than ever, this Women’s World Cup promises to be one of the greatest World Cups ever played. In spite of that, or perhaps because of it, the battles off the field to remedy the pay and working conditions inequities that plague women’s soccer are fiercer than ever.

We preview the tournament, which begins Friday in Paris.

Neil W. Blackmon