It's a dam shame that only THREE OF US out of the entire ISP group is discussing Women's football, which realy improved since 98. Back then you had like 3 good teams Norway, China and USA. Now anyone can beat anyone, for the most part. You have more than 3 good teams you have USA, Sweden, Germany, Japan and Brazil just to name a few and then you have the next tier group and this is where they made the biggest strides. The other teams like France(minus that unexpected loss) surged into the top 10. The game is also actually nice to watch, when good teams like USA and Germany square off.
The USA Japan finals last world cup was EPIC. It's probably due to (Sorry to say this) OUR SEXIST CULTURE "Oh women shouldn't play football they should only cook, clean and make babies." I'm glad I was born in USA if I have a daughter, she can be anything she wants and she can play football without any prejudice. She will get every opportunity as a boy.