USWNT is in a better place thanks to its newfound diversity

The Team USA squad going for an unprecedented three-peat at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand looks different than its predecessors.

We finally get a better representation of the United States. Not that the others were bad actors; it’s that this group actually looks like the country they’re playing for. After homogenous teams, almost all straight and white, this is the most diverse.

For years, pay-to-play has been a big part of the reason why, the monetary glass ceiling keeping marginalized kids from climbing the ladder. Even U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone had lamented the same. But recent efforts to fix that are finally paying off.

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