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Womens Soccer
Women’s soccer got off to a fairly late start in this country. Women’s leagues existed in Europe as far back as 1930, and international competitions date back to the 1950s.
In the United States, however, organized women’s soccer did not take root until the late 1970’s, and even this was partly an outgrowth of the Title IX legislation of 1972 mandating gender equity in education.
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Varsity college teams began to spread in the early 1980’s, and a national squad was only established in 1985.
The first national women’s league did not launch until 1995, and it was not until 2001 that the first professional women’s league made its debut.
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