Today the US Women’s National Team will play the Netherlands and the Men will take on Mexico, each with a championship on the line. For the women it is a chance at destiny after a dominant tournament in which they have been the stars of the show. Along the way they’ve flipped the script on the pEopLe dOnT waTCh wOmenS sOcCer take and exposed the equal pay debate a giant sexist sham. The men are taking on their biggest rival as they try and build toward a good showing in the Men’s World Cup three years from now. Whatever happens today, America has a lot to be proud of in terms of its soccer teams.
America, soccer, the better angels of our nature, and the demons that are rising
