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world cup final. ok. we will leave it there. world cup final. ok. we will leave it there. joanna i world cup final. ok. we will. leave it there. joanna lohman, former professional soccer player and member of the us national team, thank you for joining us. national team, thank you for joining us- someone else hoping for an english victory is alex culvin, a former professional english soccer player and currently head of strategy and research for women s football at fifpro, who represents 65,000 professional soccer players male and female. we caught up with her earlier. thanks forjoining us. we will get your thoughts on the big game on sunday injust a moment but let s talk about the tournament and women s soccer in general. there has been some top drawer soccer on display these past few weeks, but also a bright light focused on inequalities in pay, prize money. basic stuff like physios, kit and food. what do you think the legacy of these games has been? i think the legacy that we wil
and when you create a female athlete you are creating a future leader, and that is exactly what we want to do with this women s world cup s have every young woman who is watching inspired to believe that they can achieve more. inspired to believe that they can be the next leader, the next president of the united states, right? the next prime minister. and that is absolutely the type of messaging we want to send to young women around the world. focusing on those great athletes just briefly, the final is on saturday. it is the pinnacle of your sport. i will put you on the spot and say england or spain for the win? i am on the bbc but i would be saying this otherwise i am taking england over spain. i have been so impressed with the lionesses resilience this tournament when it comes to injuries, playing in front of 75,000 people who are rooting against him in the stands. they have been an inspiration so i am taking the lionesses in the world cup final.
the face of pushback, and everyone is saying we don t deserve it. we can t do it. we can t sell out stadiums, and now we are absolutely proving people wrong. 50. now we are absolutely proving people wrong- people wrong. so, as well as bein: people wrong. so, as well as being an people wrong. so, as well as being an international- people wrong. so, as well as being an international and i people wrong. so, as well as i being an international and club soccer player you are also a couege soccer player you are also a college athlete and if we look at title line that gives women athletes the right to equal opportunity in sports in educational institutions in receipt of federal funding. should the penalty for institutions that don t do that, that don t divide money equally, should those penalties be stronger or more strongly enforced? be stronger or more strongly enforced? ., , , ., , enforced? yeah, they should be. that is back enforced? yeah, they should be. that is back in enforc
soccer playerjoanna lohman. joanna loman, former professional soccer player and member of the us national team, thank you forjoining us. you might talk to us about the life of the woman soccer player in the us. many people think big mansions and flash cars, eye watering salaries. is it the same for the women in the us? i hate to be a myth. but it isn t fortunately not the same in the united states. i say that knowing that the sport is growing exponentially. the resources being invested in the women s game are growing, but when i was a soccer player i retired in 2019 so from anywhere between 2000 and 2019 the salary was below minimum wage. i would say on average i made about 15, $16,000 a year playing professional soccer and instead of living in a mansion i would live with a host family