crazed, places like britain or brazil, they are, in fact, crazy about soccer, but they are crazy about men s soccer specifically, not as crazy about the women s game. the bbc, for example, had to be bullied to carry the match against france. you want to know what country is crazy about women s soccer and getting crazier all the time? turns out you are. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ]
to win an olympic gold is huge as well. we re going to be back at them, we love it s just a year away, we re hungry already. i can imagine. i know the world cup next time around, 16 teams this time, next time, 24. how is it going to change things? i don t know. you have 16 teams who are vying for the same championship, and i think when you have, you know, 24, that adds to the pressure and adds to, you know, the highest stage and brings more teams in, more competition, and people willing to win a gold medal. i think it s going to make it more fun, more interesting, and yeah, more tough of a tournament. one of the reasons i was asking is because in the last time the u.s. was in the final, it was china, right? this year china didn t even qualify for the world cup and i felt like oh, right, what does the u.s. have to do in order to maintain world class championship level soccer?
side bring their full senior teams to compete in the olympics. to win an olympic gold is huge as well. we re going to be back at them, we love it s just a year away, we re hungry already. i can imagine. i know the world cup next time around, 16 teams this time, next time, 24. how is it going to change things? i don t know. you have 16 teams who are vying for the same championship, and i think when you have, you know, 24, that adds to the pressure and adds to, you know, the highest stage and brings more teams in, more competition, and people willing to win a gold medal. i think it s going to make it more fun, more interesting, and yeah, more tough of a tournament. one of the reasons i was asking is because in the last time the u.s. was in the final, it was china, right? this year china didn t even qualify for the world cup and i felt like oh, right, what does the u.s. have to do in order to maintain world class
yeah, more tough of a tournament. one of the reasons i was asking is because in the last time the u.s. was in the final, it was china, right? this year china didn t even qualify for the world cup and i felt like oh, right, what does the u.s. have to do in order to maintain world class championship level sock sner like china, obviously, didn t do t i m sure they are nice people, but looking ahead to the olympics, what do countries have to do in order to commit to compete. i think continue to develop the youth programs. i think showing that china didn t qualify for this world cup just shows the evolution of the game, more competition to qualify, so i think for us it s difficult. we were the last team to qualify. we actually lost to mexico, but made it to the final game though. i think that youth program development and just continue to
tournament. one of the reasons i was asking is because in the last time the u.s. was in the final, it was china, right? this year china didn t even qualify for the world cup and i felt like oh, right, what does the u.s. have to do in order to maintain world class championship level soccer? like china, obviously, didn t do t i m sure they are nice people, but looking ahead to the olympics, what do countries have to do in order to commit to compete? i think continue to develop the youth programs. i think showing that china didn t qualify for this world cup just shows the evolution of the game, more competition to qualify, so i think for us it s difficult. we were the last team to qualify. we actually lost to mexico, but made it to the final game though. i think that youth program development and just continue to get players to become better and compete at the highest level to compete against the other teams.