During my junior year of high school, I got the same question everyone got at that age: “what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Take whatever you think you know about women's sports and throw it out the window, because numbers prove they aren't just trending, but here to stay.
In 2020, when the National Women's Soccer League added Angel City FC, the team's ownership had to pay a $2 million expansion fee to join the league. This past April, that expansion fee was $53 million for a San Francisco team. Take this past August's FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand attendance — viewership and digital records were smashed when more than 25,000 fans attended each match, 29% higher than 2019's World Cup.
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