Podcasts about futbolera a history

¿Quién imaginaría que el feminismo puede vivirse desde un deporte como el fútbol? En este episodio nos sentamos a platicar con Pili y Tanni para hablar del fútbol femenil mexicano, internacional y el mundial, de cómo se formó la Barra Feminista, y el grandísimo impacto que tienen las deportistas profesionales en las infancias. Poner el cuerpo en el estadio también es una forma de activismo, ¡no te pierdas este episodio! Aquí te dejamos los recursos que mencionamos en el cotorreo: Puedes seguir a la Barra Feminista en Instagram One Life de Megan Rapinoe Furia de Yamile Saied Méndez Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America de Brenda Elsey Y aquí te dejamos las cuentas de algunxs deportistas que deberías seguir en Instagram: Megan Rapinoe Sue Bird Sam Kerr Quinn María Sánchez No olvides darte una vuelta en nuestro Instagram, ahí podemos interactuar más contigo (cosa que nos encanta). Si te gusta nuestro contenido, te invitamos a darnos 5 estrellitas en Apple Podcasts, porque así podemos llegar a más personas.

It's the first episode with American guests - and the first one with three of them. For this episode of The Assistant Professor of Football, I am joined by three (real) professors  who regularly teach, in American university classrooms, about football - its culture, its meaning, its history. We talked about how that teaching is going, what would it be like to take a class with them, what do they assign, and how did they get into this subject in academia in the first place, and what good books are being written about the beautiful game beyond the well-known popular ones. And then we went on to opine more broadly, about the future of the game globally as well as here in the US, the next World Cup, why awful people run clubs, and what makes the beautiful game such a unique angle to understand the world. These guests are: - Dr. Brenda Elsey (Hofstra University, History Department), co-editor of Football and the Boundaries of History: Critical Studies in Soccer (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and author of Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019)- Dr. Peter Alegi (Michigan State University, Department of History), author of African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game (Ohio University Press, 2010) and Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa (University of KawZulu-Natal Press, 2004); founder of The Football Scholars Forum- Dr. Pablo M. Sierra (University of Rochester, Department of History), author of Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico: Puebla de los Ángeles, 1531-1706 (Cambridge Press, 2018)Please leave a quick voicemail with any feedback, corrections, suggestions - or just greetings - HERE. Or comment via Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook. f you enjoy this podcast and think that what I do fills a gap in soccer coverage that others would be interested in as well, please Recommend The Assistant Professor of Football. Spreading the word, through word of mouth, truly does help. Leave some rating stars at the podcast platform of your choice. There are so many sports podcasts out there, and only ratings make this project visible; only then can people who look for a different kind of take on European soccer actually find me. Artwork for The Assistant Professor of Football is by Saige LindInstrumental music for this podcast, including the introduction track, is by the artist Ketsa and used under a Creative Commons license through Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/

I'm joined by Brenda Elsey, co-author of Futbolera: A History of Women in Sports in Latin America to discuss the challenges that women's football has faced in that part of the world since it was first introduced.

On episode 215, Dan is joined by professor, historian, and author Brenda Elsey to discuss the issues that kept Messi at the club and the larger problems with the transfer market. They talk FFP, challenges with transfers, investments in women's football, and much more!Running Order:Is there something fundamentally wrong with huge release clauses?Will the pandemic narrow or further the divide between big clubs and smaller clubs?Is FFP doing its job?What's next for the women's club game?Check out her latest book: Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin AmericaListen to the Burn It All Down podcast: HEREListen on Apple Podcasts iOS App, Spotify and, if you want to support the show, head over to Patreon for more content!Become a Patreon to support the show and check out our Quick Take Match Reviews – Thank you!Access our exclusive, listeners-only Facebook Group here.Follow us on Instagram!Find us and watch exclusive content on YouTube!Click here to subscribe via Apple PodcastsClick here to subscribe via SpotifyYou can go to BetOnline.ag and get a welcome bonus with the code BLUEWIREYou can go to DoorDash for $5 off and zero delivery fees on your first order with the code BLUEWIRE!

This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Brenda Elsey onto the program. Dr. Elsey is Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, and most recently the author of Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), with Joshua Nadel. Steven spoke with Dr. Elsey about the importance of the history of sport, and especially its intersection with women's history. The two also talk public scholarship and podcasting. Speaking of which, check out Dr. Elsey's podcast, Burn it all Down!

This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Brenda Elsey onto the program. Dr. Elsey is Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, and most recently the author of Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), with Joshua Nadel. Steven spoke with Dr. Elsey about the importance of the history of sport, and especially its intersection with women’s history. The two also talk public scholarship and podcasting. Speaking of which, check out Dr. Elsey’s podcast, Burn it all Down!

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP – HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SPORT IN LATIN AMERICA – PLAYING FOR COLOMBIA In this week’s special Women’s World Cup episode: Newsflash (01:50): John speaks to Natalie Gedra (Twitter: @ngedra), a Brazilian sports journalist, about covering the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the excitement on and off the pitch, and why the clamour for equal pay is growing. Deep Dive (18:25): Laurence interviews Dr Brenda Elsey (Twitter: @Politicultura), a historian at Hofstra University, about her new co-authored book “Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America,” racism and sexism in the women’s game, the little-known story of Costa Rica’s Deportivo Feminino, and why we should listen to Thaisa as well as Marta. https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/elsey-nadel-futbolera https://equalizersoccer.com/2019/06/25/marta-speech-womens-world-cup-elimination-brazil-federation-issues/ Culture (43:50): John catches up with Melissa Ortiz, an Olympian and forward for the Colombian Women’s national team (Twitter: @MelissaMOrtiz), to talk about the joys and challenges of the women’s game, recent improvements to the management of Colombian football, and recycling second-hand socks from youth teams. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MiradasPod, or check out our website and join our mailing list at www.miradaspodcast.com. You can also email us on info@miradaspodcast.com.

We go live to France to hear how the hosts got on when they faced USA in the quarter finals of the Women's World Cup. We also hear from Brenda Elsy, one of the authors of a new book Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America. She discusses why she thinks no team from South America have made it through to the last eight of the competition. The New York Yankees will take on the Boston Red Sox at London's Olympic Stadium this weekend. It will be the first time a MBL game has taken place in Europe. We hear from the New York Yankees commentator Suzy Waldman who shares her own story of how she made it to baseball from the bright lights of Broadway. The Africa Cup of Nations continues in Egypt this weekend with seven games in total. We hear from Ghana player Christian Atsu who is at the tournament, he explains how he is helping penal reform back in his home country. Photo: Marta of Brazil looks on during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Round Of 16 match between France and Brazil (Getty Images)

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel's new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it's expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women's involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women's sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women's sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes' struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women's involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women's psychology, bodies, and futures as mother's. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph's College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America's Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile's independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women’s involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women’s sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women’s sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes’ struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women’s involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were “properly” or “improperly” feminine for women’s psychology, bodies, and futures as mother’s. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America’s Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile’s independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Chilean women's national team, La Roja, takes the field in France, next Tuesday, June 11, it will be a dream most of the players never thought possible.Not because of talent but because of a pure lack of resources and support. “It was a dream to be on the national team. But the way you dreamed it wasn't the way it was."Iona Rothfeld, soccer player and founder of the National Association of Women Soccer Players — ANJUFF“It was a dream to be on the national team. But the way you dreamed it wasn't the way it was,” said Iona Rothfeld, who played on the national team for seven years. When Iona Rothfeld first played on Universidad Católica, she had to pay to be on the team. Credit: José Angel/Courtesy of Iona Rothfeld For decades, the national federation consistently underfunded women's soccer: Women played on fields only when the men weren't using them and didn't have their own locker rooms. For away games, the women flew coach; meanwhile, the men flew business.And at the elite club level, things were even worse. “It always felt like we got the leftovers from the boys' and men's teams. The uniforms they weren't using were the ones we were using. We didn't have anything. We had ourselves and our desire to play and to be there,” said Rothfeld, who also played at Universidad Católica, one of the best club teams in the country.Unlike the male players, who get paid to play on the team, Rothfeld had to pay to be on it.Women wanting to play soccer in Chile have an uphill battle, as they're up against a longstanding machista culture that thinks women should stay off the field. “Once I got injured and went to the doctors and he said this happened to you because you were playing something that is not meant for you,” Rothfeld said.Brenda Elsey, a professor at Hofstra University, recently wrote the book “Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America.” During her research, she came across comments such as: "Women's soccer is terrible for marriages," "women become confident," "they get muscles that look like men," and "they are much less obedient as spouses."“There is just total hostility to the idea of women playing soccer ... it is not hidden, it is not like this patriarchal establishment is whispering that they don't want women to play soccer — they are shouting it.”Brenda Elsey, professor, Hostra University“There is just total hostility to the idea of women playing soccer, from journalism to physical education, to players themselves, from coaches from audience members,” Elsey said. “So, [it's] always … very direct ... it is not hidden, it is not like this patriarchal establishment is whispering that they don't want women to play soccer — they are shouting it.”Related: A #MeToo for Afghanistan's women's soccerIn the summer of 2016, conditions for women's soccer took a dive: Chile's women's national team was kicked off the official FIFA rankings and deemed “inactive” because the Chilean soccer federation more or less forgot about the women's team and didn't schedule a single match for two years.“I was pissed — I was really angry with the system,” Rothfeld said.So she started a grassroots women's players organization called National Association of Women Soccer Players, or ANJUFF. And she began reaching out to other soccer organizations, the federation, players — both men and women — and even the government.“Most people said to me, 'I know that needs to be done but nobody is going to care.' Sadly, that is the life we have been living so far and I wasn't content with that, I didn't want to just settle,” she said.ANJUFF put constant pressure on the soccer federation, which finally started to listen. A sign reading “Salaries, health insurance and equipment so women's soccer can keep growing” was held by screaming fans during the Chile versus Colombia home game. Credit: Paige Sutherland/The World  The federation hired someone exclusively to oversee the women's division. And the national team started playing games again; last year they even hosted the region's largest tournament, COPA América, and placed second. In March, the national team finally got a locker room to call their own. And for the World Cup, they're flying business class.“There was a big change of mentality with the board's new leadership — they really believed that professional soccer in Chile had a debt with women, so they started investing more in women's soccer.”Constanza Minoletti, National Association of Professional Soccer (ANFP)Constanza Minoletti, who oversees the women's division for the National Association of Professional Soccer, or ANFP, said ANJUFF deserves a lot of credit for these improvements but added that the organization's new leadership also played a crucial role.“There was a big change of mentality with the board's new leadership — they really believed that professional soccer in Chile had a debt with women, so they started investing more in women's soccer.” During the Chile versus Colombia home game, it was the first time the women's national team officially had their own locker room. It was built in March 2019. Credit: Courtesy of the ANFP Related: Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d'Or winner, is a huge stepThis year the federation invested 150% more dollars into women's soccer than the previous year. This covers additional travel expenses, health insurance (now available to all players in First and Second divisions), as well as more referees. But when it comes to paying the players — that's up to the club teams. For the first time ever, a handful of women this season now have paid, professional contracts. Although it's a small fraction, it's a big step forward. Nicole Fajre, 21, left the University of Chile after getting offered a paid professional contract with Santiago Morning this season. She is one of only a handful of Chilean women who have a professional soccer contract in all of Chile. Credit: Paige Sutherland/The World “I'm so happy. I have dreamed of this since I was a little kid. We've been working so hard to make women's professional soccer possible and now it's finally happening,” said Nicole Fajre, who's one of the eight players with a paid contract this year.The Chilean government is also paying attention by making women's soccer more accessible at a younger age, even making it mandatory in schools.“We are now implementing women's soccer as part of our culture as a sport that we want our children to be doing,” said Chile's Sports Minister Pauline Kantor. But changing the culture? That takes time.“We are on the right path, we just need to keep pushing, keep fighting,” Rothfeld said. I hope that one day we can be seen with the same eyes that they see men playing — that it's no wonder to see little girls playing with a ball, that people don't get amazed because you are a girl, that they get amazed because you are so good.”Rothfield no longer plays on Chile's national team but she'll be at the World Cup in the stands — cheering them on. She lives in the US now where she's finishing her degree in sports management. When she's done, she hopes to rejoin the national team and maybe play in the next World Cup in 2023. 

When the Chilean women’s national team, La Roja, takes the field in France, next Tuesday, June 11, it will be a dream most of the players never thought possible.Not because of talent but because of a pure lack of resources and support. “It was a dream to be on the national team. But the way you dreamed it wasn’t the way it was."Iona Rothfeld, soccer player and founder of the National Association of Women Soccer Players — ANJUFF“It was a dream to be on the national team. But the way you dreamed it wasn’t the way it was,” said Iona Rothfeld, who played on the national team for seven years. When Iona Rothfeld first played on Universidad Católica, she had to pay to be on the team. Credit: José Angel/Courtesy of Iona Rothfeld For decades, the national federation consistently underfunded women’s soccer: Women played on fields only when the men weren’t using them and didn’t have their own locker rooms. For away games, the women flew coach; meanwhile, the men flew business.And at the elite club level, things were even worse. “It always felt like we got the leftovers from the boys' and men’s teams. The uniforms they weren’t using were the ones we were using. We didn’t have anything. We had ourselves and our desire to play and to be there,” said Rothfeld, who also played at Universidad Católica, one of the best club teams in the country.Unlike the male players, who get paid to play on the team, Rothfeld had to pay to be on it.Women wanting to play soccer in Chile have an uphill battle, as they’re up against a longstanding machista culture that thinks women should stay off the field. “Once I got injured and went to the doctors and he said this happened to you because you were playing something that is not meant for you,” Rothfeld said.Brenda Elsey, a professor at Hofstra University, recently wrote the book “Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America.” During her research, she came across comments such as: "Women’s soccer is terrible for marriages," "women become confident," "they get muscles that look like men," and "they are much less obedient as spouses."“There is just total hostility to the idea of women playing soccer ... it is not hidden, it is not like this patriarchal establishment is whispering that they don’t want women to play soccer — they are shouting it.”Brenda Elsey, professor, Hostra University“There is just total hostility to the idea of women playing soccer, from journalism to physical education, to players themselves, from coaches from audience members,” Elsey said. “So, [it’s] always … very direct ... it is not hidden, it is not like this patriarchal establishment is whispering that they don’t want women to play soccer — they are shouting it.”Related: A #MeToo for Afghanistan's women's soccerIn the summer of 2016, conditions for women’s soccer took a dive: Chile’s women’s national team was kicked off the official FIFA rankings and deemed “inactive” because the Chilean soccer federation more or less forgot about the women’s team and didn’t schedule a single match for two years.“I was pissed — I was really angry with the system,” Rothfeld said.So she started a grassroots women’s players organization called National Association of Women Soccer Players, or ANJUFF. And she began reaching out to other soccer organizations, the federation, players — both men and women — and even the government.“Most people said to me, 'I know that needs to be done but nobody is going to care.' Sadly, that is the life we have been living so far and I wasn’t content with that, I didn’t want to just settle,” she said.ANJUFF put constant pressure on the soccer federation, which finally started to listen. A sign reading “Salaries, health insurance and equipment so women's soccer can keep growing” was held by screaming fans during the Chile versus Colombia home game. Credit: Paige Sutherland/The World  The federation hired someone exclusively to oversee the women’s division. And the national team started playing games again; last year they even hosted the region’s largest tournament, COPA América, and placed second. In March, the national team finally got a locker room to call their own. And for the World Cup, they’re flying business class.“There was a big change of mentality with the board’s new leadership — they really believed that professional soccer in Chile had a debt with women, so they started investing more in women’s soccer.”Constanza Minoletti, National Association of Professional Soccer (ANFP)Constanza Minoletti, who oversees the women’s division for the National Association of Professional Soccer, or ANFP, said ANJUFF deserves a lot of credit for these improvements but added that the organization’s new leadership also played a crucial role.“There was a big change of mentality with the board’s new leadership — they really believed that professional soccer in Chile had a debt with women, so they started investing more in women’s soccer.” During the Chile versus Colombia home game, it was the first time the women’s national team officially had their own locker room. It was built in March 2019. Credit: Courtesy of the ANFP Related: Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d'Or winner, is a huge stepThis year the federation invested 150% more dollars into women’s soccer than the previous year. This covers additional travel expenses, health insurance (now available to all players in First and Second divisions), as well as more referees. But when it comes to paying the players — that’s up to the club teams. For the first time ever, a handful of women this season now have paid, professional contracts. Although it’s a small fraction, it’s a big step forward. Nicole Fajre, 21, left the University of Chile after getting offered a paid professional contract with Santiago Morning this season. She is one of only a handful of Chilean women who have a professional soccer contract in all of Chile. Credit: Paige Sutherland/The World “I’m so happy. I have dreamed of this since I was a little kid. We’ve been working so hard to make women’s professional soccer possible and now it’s finally happening,” said Nicole Fajre, who’s one of the eight players with a paid contract this year.The Chilean government is also paying attention by making women’s soccer more accessible at a younger age, even making it mandatory in schools.“We are now implementing women’s soccer as part of our culture as a sport that we want our children to be doing,” said Chile’s Sports Minister Pauline Kantor. But changing the culture? That takes time.“We are on the right path, we just need to keep pushing, keep fighting,” Rothfeld said. I hope that one day we can be seen with the same eyes that they see men playing — that it’s no wonder to see little girls playing with a ball, that people don’t get amazed because you are a girl, that they get amazed because you are so good.”Rothfield no longer plays on Chile’s national team but she’ll be at the World Cup in the stands — cheering them on. She lives in the US now where she’s finishing her degree in sports management. When she’s done, she hopes to rejoin the national team and maybe play in the next World Cup in 2023. 

This week we speak to the co-author of the new book Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America, Brenda Elsey. We talk about the development of soccer in Latin America among women, the challenges that came with that. We also have a special ‘Choice Words’ update on the case of Braeden Bradforth, the freshman football player that died during an intensive workout. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Reggie Bush for speaking out about the new Alabama abortion ban and a plea that more athletes speak up on this issue. All this and more on this week’s show! Brenda Elsey Twitter: @Politicultura https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/elsey-nadel-futbolera Zirin, A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth https://www.thenation.com/article/braeden-bradforth-death-investigation/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —