Womens Football Thread

[greatpersian]

It will take time for our women's team to qualify for the WC. Unlike men's football, Asia is a strong region in women's football.

Four Asian teams advanced to the round of 16 in the World Cup in Canada.

[Bessos]

It's a matter of time. If our women can get medals in World Cup taekwondo, or even in swimming (with too much clothing on), then surely they will make it to Football WC one day.

[Javeed]

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& GIRLS RACE

BEFORE ISLAMIC STATES IN IRAN 1979.

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[irani8perspolis]

First inaugural AFC Womens Futsal Championship, Iran has good chance to do well, unlike Women's Football, Iran is doing well in Women's Futsal. Also we have the much easier group.

Draw:

Group A:
Iran
Malaysia
Uzbekistan
Hong Kong

Group B:
Japan
China
Thailand
Vietnam

Video of draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5kIubAmFxY

Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_A...l_Championship

Tournament is from September 21-26 in Malaysia.

[Javeed]

Here's a nice website where you can see updates on the women's team:

http://www.parstimes.com/soccer/women.html

[Javeed]

The U.S. women’s soccer team should use their stage to demand that all governments support women in soccer

Almost 27 million viewers in the U.S. watched the country defeat Japan in a stunning 5-2 victory during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Sunday. This was the largest U.S. audience ever to watch a soccer match—a testament to the growing popularity and global power of women’s sports teams. Yet as we watched with our young daughters the game from Turkey, where girls soccer teams are scant and female players face discrimination and harassment, our enthusiasm was tempered by a stark reality: For many of the world’s women, playing soccer is a distant dream.

Across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, millions of women face legal, cultural, and religious barriers that forbid them from entering the pitch. Even in countries where there are no formal restrictions, women often face death threats, accusations of unfeminine behavior, and heckling and catcalling from strangers on the sidelines. In some countries, women are even forbidden from entering soccer stadiums just to watch.

Can we really celebrate American women as world champs with such an uneven playing field?

In Middle Eastern countries including Yemen, Oman, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, nascent women’s national teams confront religious challenges to their participation. Clerics in Saudi Arabia have said that female sports constitute “steps of the devil” toward immortality. Egyptian women report that family members are often the ones to keep girls off the field, telling them that soccer is haram, forbidden in Islam. Afghan women players have received threatening text messages. Indian women were recently forced off the field after a Muslim cleric issued a fatwa against men watching girls play in skirts.

In some African countries, women are effectively kept off the field by the lack of sports bras and sanitary napkins, as well as financial unwillingness to support them. Ugandan women’s under-20 soccer team, for example, never even made it to the World Cup—their government pulled them from competing at the last hour, citing lack of funds.

When women athletes do make it onto the field, they often confront an onslaught of opinions on how they should—or shouldn’t—dress. In countries with hot temperatures, players are often forced to cover up their wrists and legs. In Iran, Singapore, France and elsewhere, women wearing the hijab are not allowed to play. FIFA has played a major part in this unfairness—until 2012, the organization banned headscarves.

In South America, the pressure can go the other way. In Brazil, where only about 1% of soccer players are women, team owners have tried to sexualize female footballers, issuing skimpy uniforms as a tactic to attract crowds. In what is known as one of the world’s most soccer-loving nations, the law kept women out of soccer until 1979 because it was “incompatible with female nature.”

Funding also factors into these unfair practices, with many U.S. women players earning about 99% less than men. Some women soccer pros are paid at levels below the poverty line. The men’s World Cup last year paid out $576 million—nearly 40 times the predicted amount for the women’s World Cup. This year, the U.S. women’s team will receive a total prize of $2 million for winning the World Cup, less than a fourth of what the men’s team received for placing 27th.

Sexism around women’s soccer exists in Western countries, too, where women’s soccer has only recently been embraced. A 1921 Football Association edict in the U.K. banned women’s football for 50 years. More recently, lingering sexism reared its head again last week after the association tweeted that the women’s team, which placed third in the World Cup, would go back to “being mothers, partners and daughters” upon their return.

Last year, a group of women including U.S. Women’s National Team player Heather O’Reilly, unsuccessfully sued FIFA over the artificial turf that they were forced to play on. Reilly told NPR that men refuse to play on fake grass, and that the decision was a “blatant demonstration of FIFA not placing the women side by side with men.”

Much has been made of soccer as the great global equalizer, “a common language, a shared culture … an affirmation of identity,” according to Tom Watt, author of A Beautiful Game. With a patch of dirt and a ball, young boys from the shantytowns of Brazil or the ghettos of Morocco can become world famous players like Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham. Soccer has an almost myth-making ability to transcend identity and unite the world.

Why let gender be the remaining barrier?

Despite restrictions, more women around the world are taking to the field—and that’s good not just for women but for everyone. In a sport that the U.S. has struggled to dominate globally, women are making the country proud. Soccer can also play a role in reducing obesity and smoking, encouraging teamwork, and increasing confidence.

The U.S. women’s soccer team captured the world’s attention—now they should use their stage to demand that all governments support women in soccer.

FIFA can be an ally in this—the organization just issued a report on women in soccer, pointing to the urgent need for funding, benefits of increasing the number of licensed players and competitions, and the need to boost the number of female coaches—now only 7% in women’s soccer. We know equalizing funding works: Title IX is credited with ushering in a new generation of female athletes, and women make up more than 40% of all soccer players in the U.S.

U.S. World Cup champion Briana Scurry recently wrote for TIME about how David Letterman called the 1999 U.S. women’s team “babe city.” A lot has changed since then, she said. “We showed the world that women could be powerful, strong, determined, and capable of guiding their own destinies, too. Now women players are more appreciated for their achievements on the field and not for how they look.”

Imagine how much more exciting the games would be if every woman around the world could play.

http://time.com/3949377/world-cup-wo...obal-equality/

Great article from TIME talking about all the important issues we have today with Women's soccer. I found the Brazilian section pretty interesting as the business is trying to make it like Powderpuff football in North America where woman are playing in skimpy clothing to attract more viewers.

[Javeed]

I hope that the lifting of the sanctions will also allow women to view football matches publicly!

[AIrani]

Sorry to read that. Women should participate in sports for the sake of health and pride for their own country.

There are more women in Iran than men. Women must unite and demand changes to religious zealots to stop interfering in sports.

FIFA must do something to separate religion from sport(s). Oh well, FIFA is corrupt itself.

[Team Melli Fan]

10 days from now: 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. We have the Koreas and Thailand in our group.

2013 highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Ry3ZTYikHKXL8_
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Lue5ntSkCsL-1h

Threads:
http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...PIONSHIP-CHINA
http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...r-hijabs-or-no
http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...=1#post2314604

[irani8perspolis]

Recent result of womens futsal team who is preparing for the AFC Futsal Championships in September.

17 August 2015 - Iran 7 v. 2 Uzbekistan
18 August 2015 - Iran 8 v. 1 Uzbekistan
19 August 2015 - Iran 4 v. 1 Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is in our group alongside Hong Kong and Malaysia in the Asian Championships. We should advance easily, our only competition in the tournament is Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Malaysia is a bad team. They lost to Brazil 27-0, and a year and a half ago Iran beat them 11-0. 2 years ago we also beat them 6-1 so they are easy opponent.

Hong Kong is also bad team. We beat them 5-0 2 year ago.

Our womens futsal has come a long way. 8 years ago we were killed by Thailand 8-2, and now we are one of the best teams in Asia.

[04041374]

http://footballitarin.com/link_page.php?id=260221

Iranian and Norwegian FA agreed on closer ties regarding U-teams' and Women teams coaches. This is actually a very good step for our female NT since Norway has a very good female national team.

[Nader25]

13- 0 !!!! tragic comic

na az oon team futsalemoon na az gal o goshad bazi inja

engar aab toole khordan, how they walk around in the field....

[Team Melli Fan]

The AFC U16 Championship starts tomorrow:

http://www.the-afc.com/competition/a...s-championship

[Nader25]

thailand 4 - iran 0
today,

khalily sorakhan baba

[Team Melli Fan]

thailand 4 - iran 0
today,

khalily sorakhan baba

Highlights: