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FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS (June 7, 2020) One year ago today, sports fans were not yearning for any sports coverage they could get. It
was the start to the Women's World Cup 2019 and all the world was watching. The Cup
coverage could be seen almost all day long and was a soccer fan's fantasy come to life. It put
women’s soccer front and center and the ladies did not disappoint.
From Marta’s performance with the Brazilian Women’s team and her story of perseverance to
make the team, to Amandine Henry scoring the opening goal to kick off the tournament and put
her French National Team on the board, the tournament was on fire from the start.
While the United States Women’s National team dominated the games they played, many
amazing stories emerged of teams scraping enough funding to try to win a bid to the tournament
and making that bid a reality. Thailand is one of those standouts. They were unevenly matched
with the US powerhouse and lost 13-0. But they showed the world that they can still keep their
head up and plan to return to the next World Cup with the lessons learned.
In the 52 matches that were played there were 146 goals awarded for an average of two goals a
game. Total attendance was over one million people. Those fans got to see the Lionesses’ Ellen
White become one of the three top scorers alongside the US’s Alex Morgan and Megan
Rapinoe all scoring six goals each.
While US soccer fans wait for the MLS and NSWL to return to play, looking back at the
memories of last year are always amazing.
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