To begin with, women's soccer became more respect as the women's reached the finals against Japan for the second time. First, the USWNT started to become more well known when they were in the finals in 2011 but they lost. Once the team lost, many fans forgot and lost interest about the team since they did not win. Four years later, that lost of interest turned around, with their victory, which lead to a lot of fandom. Many fans including me, wanted to watch the team because they improved tremendously, from the last world cup. United States wanted revenge. The had more power and desire than ever, to win against Japan in 2015. On top of that, an abundance amount of people watched to 2015 Women’s World Cup. It is hard to believe but, it was marked …show more content…
5-2 victory over Japan was the fifth-most watched sporting event outside the NFL, ranking behind three NCAA football playoff games and the 2015 NCAA basketball title game between Duke and Wisconsin”. Finally women’s athletics, particularly soccer is shining through to America and the rest of the world. According to Arielle Castillo, “No one really takes women's soccer seriously, but now it's on ESPN, ABC and every single news channel... This is a statement. This will take women's soccer and athletics to the next level.” All seats were full at Vancouver Canada on July 5th, 2015, as well as 25.4 million viewers at home. Most could not stop watching the exhilarating game, the was marked down in history as the highest shooting women's final. Last but not least, the finals allowed USWNT to be more respected, because fans acknowledge all the hard work the team to put into the game, for girls and women in America. The victory was mainly for the women's soccer team, but in all fairness it was for all girls and women. The win showed to the rest of America that not just men can win but, girls can succeed as well. After the victory #Shebelives blew up on social, which was created to show that girls can accomplish their