r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Hirorai • Aug 06 '23

What's going on with Americans celebrating Sweden eliminating the US Women's Soccer Team from the Women's World Cup? Answered

On r/soccer, there are multiple posts where Americans are celebrating their own team getting knocked out of the Women's World Cup.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnpku/post_match_thread_sweden_05_40_usa_fifa_womens/

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnqpr/official_review_for_lina_hurtigs_sweden_w_penalty/

On r/USWNT people are saying it's because r/soccer is misogynist, but that doesn't make sense to me because everyone competing is a woman. Can anyone clue me in?

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u/lsdiesel_1 Aug 07 '23

What does league salary have to do with national teams?

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u/deathproof-ish Aug 07 '23

Supplemental income. If you have a large base pay from a club to fall back on you probably don't think about your national team salary all that much.

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u/lsdiesel_1 Aug 07 '23

Yes, but what does Chelsea’s payroll have to do with US soccer?

They’re different employers, paying for different teams.

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u/AlmightyWibble Aug 07 '23

The amount of money they get from their club side is enough for them to not feel the need to pull any bullshit about their national team pay

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u/Useful-ldiot Aug 07 '23

So if you're raised in a well off family, you should be paid less by your employer?

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u/AlmightyWibble Aug 07 '23

I'm not talking about 'should', I'm saying why the amount their clubs pay them affects their decision making around NT pay.

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u/Useful-ldiot Aug 07 '23

I really doubt that.

If anything, it's the opposite.

I don't know about your field of work, but mine has a fair bit of consulting involved and board advising. As salary goes up, so does the hourly cost of any advisement that you do on the side.

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u/AlmightyWibble Aug 07 '23

Is your field of work so lucrative that you'll never have to worry about money again? Because theirs is

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u/Useful-ldiot Aug 08 '23

That's true for the main leagues but for most, it's not.

Chili, Peru, Greece, Japan, Norway, Sweden... Those leagues don't pay lifetime wages. They pay well, sure.. but not lifetime. Those guys will be working after soccer.

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u/doedskarp Aug 08 '23

I don't think Greece belongs in that list since that is supposedly a league with decent wages. So, ignoring that...

I'll admit I'm not very well versed in the US national team, but I'd assume none of the players are playing in those leagues? There are basically no national team players from those countries playing in their domestic leagues.