The warnings had been crescendoing, spreading through soccer circles, muffled only by American greatness.
And from 2019-2023, it kept falling, to 0.1 against those elite teams.All it needed was World Cup confirmation — which came this summer and calcified Sunday.
The Netherlands, Japan, Brazil and Sweden will float on the fringes of the ruling class. Australia and Canada might join them — and maybe, someday, Portugal and Italy, Colombia and Argentina too. Nothing is ever fixed in international soccer; the hierarchy will be fluid. China could reemerge. Nigeria or Mexico could rise. A little investment can go a long way.
"Spain, on the men's side and [now] the women's side, is well-known for its methodology and its work with the youth," Spanish women's soccer executive Pedro Malabia."Most of the clubs have a complete structure of teams in their academies. I'm talking about having 12 or 14 teams in their academy, starting from U-6 up to the first team."
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