Why is the US women’s soccer team so dominant? Because Title IX encouraged hundreds of thousands of young girls to play soccer. 700 high school girls played soccer in 1972 when Title IX passed; in 2018, that number was more than 390,000.
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Why is the US women’s soccer team so dominant? Because Title IX encouraged hundreds of thousands of young girls to play soccer. 700 high school girls played soccer in 1972 when Title IX passed; in 2018, that number was more than 390,000.
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