“An affirmative action parade.
A few weeks ago, most of America didn’t even know that we had such a women’s team, and most of us still have no idea what this is about.”
Maybe “most of us” on this site don’t know it, but soccer is quite a popular sport worldwide so I hear.
It is in the category like Cycling, and Formula 1 racing; big outside the US but not as big in the US.
Islam, Hindu, and Buddhism are also pretty big outside the US I hear.
This is female soccer, most of us didn’t even know that this girl thing existed, and still don’t know what the event is.
Yet here they are, getting a ticker tape parade.
Ironically, soccer mad nations, for the most part, don't care or watch women's soccer.
Yeah, you have USA, and to a lesser extent, England, Germany, Japan, and a couple other nations watching this, but that's it.
While this tournament was going on, most of the soccer world was tuned to the Copa America tournament in Chile.