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MAP! These 2 posts are great! You obviously know what you are talking about! I recently read an article on the other soccer site regarding this...a top player for FSU said she will be better compensated from her University than the NWSL. I believe you said this before that unless you're on the US national team its hard to justify playing in the league for a large amount of time and they miss out on many top players when they would have been in their athletic and mental prime! They leave to go to into their profession. While I don't have an answer because I believe the NWSL is currently not a money making venture which like you said, US Soccer should be helping promote this league! Our players need choices and overseas may be the right one financially but honestly that is not their first choice, they want to play here!
I agree they want to stay but unless they get a Golden Ticket it is more a labor of love. The problem is these are intelligent and talented women that have options! No worries the European leagues love American players and quietly many of the top players have been going to the top clubs in Europe a lot recently.