The US is on course for glory at the Women's World Cup — but its era of dominance may be under threat

USA is on course for glory at the Women's World Cup — but its era of dominance may be under threat

America's progress to the final has been far from comprehensive, after narrow victories against France, Spain and England in each of the knockout rounds.

The latest figures from Europe's governing body show there are now 1.3 million female players registered in the continent. Between 2012 and 2016, the amount of professional or semi-professional players more than doubled and the number of national teams in Europe, including youth teams, climbed from 173 to 233. England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, now have more than 100,000 female players each.

However, despite the newfound attention on women's soccer, it appears there is still some way to go for it to match the men's game on certain metrics. FIFA announced that matches for last summer's men's World Cup had more than 3.5 billion fan engagements. "We are starting to see more of an acceptance and that's because we have strong women who are actually just ploughing through any negative comments they receive," said Hodge. "We need to normalize it and that's exactly what we are doing."

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