Oh, that explains it. Canada.

Human rights court because they don't get to play on real grass. Really.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/world-cup-turf-concerns-prompt-lawsuit-from-women-s-soccer-coalition-1.2784446

We can all aspire to have such problems among our greatest

Shouldn't those girls be shaking their pom-poms on the sidelines of an unwatchable Canadian football game?

Meh, it's womens soccer.

The fan must be angry.

Woody wrote: an unwatchable Canadian football game?

There's "watchable" football somewhere?

We've got bigger balls and a longer field.

Grass and turf and very different surfaces and it has a big impact. If the men play on real grass, women shouldn't have to play on turf.

SkinnyG wrote:

Woody wrote: an unwatchable Canadian football game?

There's "watchable" football somewhere?

American Football requires alcohol to be watchable. World wide football does not. I agree too.. if the men play on grass, why not the women?

Because the only...ONLY...bid FIFA had left at the end of the process was from Canada, and the terms of the bid were for turf.

Human rights?