The Year That Changed Women’s Soccer In Europe
Economía El año que cambió el fútbol femenino en Europa 12/29/2022 Noticias de Bitcoin Ethereum BARCELONA, ESPAÑA – 30 DE MARZO: Vista general del juego dentro del estadio durante la UEFA Womens UEFA a través de Getty Images 1922 was the first full year in which women‘s soccer was outlawed in England, the victim of a sexist preconception as a game ’quite unsuitable for females‘. A century on, in 2022, the women’s game has reclaimed its position in the mainstream, after a year of headline-making and record-breaking around Europe. At the time of The Football Association‘s edict which lasted for 50 years, women’s soccer in England was burgeoning with the all-star Preston-based Dick, Kerr Ladies selling out grounds around the country and attracting headlines wherever they travelled to play around the world. Since the ban was overturned in 1971, the womens game has existed on the periphery of soccer, often belittled and ridiculed and never garnering the mainstream media interest or respect it once had. Progress towards equality has been made but in 2022, something changed. Ten days into the New Year, defending European Champions, FC Barcelona announced they would move their women‘s Champions League quarter-final match to their legendary Camp Nou stadium, the largest in Europe, with the