U.S. dominance in Women's World Cup qualifying underscores need for FIFA reforms

There’s a reason Jill Ellis has brought opponents from Russia, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia to the U.S. to play her women’s national team over the last two years.

Ellis’ players barely broke a sweat in the group stage of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, the regional qualifying tournament for next summer’s World Cup, beating Mexico, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago by a combined 18-0. The U.S. outshot those three teams 117-7.

The job might not get much tougher in Sunday’s semifinals in suburban Dallas where the U.S. will face Jamaica, a team it has outscored 16-0 in its previous two meetings. Since the top three finishers advance to the World Cup, a win Sunday will send the U.S.…