I have been preaching the same thing! However, I think the NWSL is a sham and a farce. Specifically, I think the NWSL is a pretext that allows USSF and MLS to limit opportunities to women by limiting pay and available professional clubs.
Every MLS team should have a women’s squad and fully funded U17 and U15 teams that travels with the first division teams and plays the same schedule. Similar to Europe and Mexico.
All Liga MX teams have a female team. The females play in Liga MX Femenil. My kid turned 12 this past December and in January when she returned to school, she was placed in the Fuerzas Basicas Academy program for Club Tijuana of Liga MX. I’m told she will get first team minutes at 15. Liga MX Femenil mandates that each first team give a MINIMUM of 1000 combined minutes per semester to their U17 players.
I am confused as to why this type of equality exists in Mexico and not the USA.
Here’s an article about my kids team:
Superstitious, wealthy and ambitious: Jorge Hank Rhon, the owner of Liga MX's Xolos, is on a mission to change the face of his city and football team
thesefootballtimes.co