You're about to see your local bar packed at some pretty weird times.

That's right, the Women's World Cup kicks off later this week in Australia and

New Zealand. So get ready for some late night slash early morning soccer. But there's a

lot at stake here especially for Team USA. They're gunning for their third

straight championship. That's never been done before. It'll also be the last chance to see Megan Rapino in the red, white, and blue.

The Star Forward says she's retiring at the end of the season.

I hope nobody thinks what I did on the field is more important than what I did often.

I don't think it even really comes close.

And hanging over all of this is the ongoing fight for equal pay in the women's game.

Experts say yes, progress has been made since the last World Cup four years ago, but is it enough? My guess this week is CNN International Sports Anchor Amanda Davis.

We're going to talk about new equality measures from FIFA,

how players are reacting,

and which teams have the best chance to upset the US.

From CNN, this is one thing.

I'm David Ryan.

Amanda, hello.

Hello, great to speak to you. I do want to admit right off the bed that I'm not very much of a soccer head, but I do get pumped up every time this tournament comes around and I know you are very much a football fan and

the host of CNN's world sports so I'm going to be leaning on you pretty hard

here for the specifics here. I'm ready for the challenge.

Okay, good.

So I want to start big picture.

The focus of the Men's World Cup and Qatar last year was really on how much backlash and bad

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