England's triumph in Euro 2020 has captured the hearts of the nation, and it seems like it could lead to lasting change in women's soccer in that country and beyond.

But while many are making comparisons to the United States

win in the 1999 World Cup, there are some key differences as well, and Meg Linnhan is here to

talk about some of them. From The Athletic, I'm Alex Abnos, and this is soccer every day for

Thursday, August 4th.

All right, Captain Avi is here reporting news from days ago.

England are European champions in a thrilling game in front of sold at Wembley Stadium,

87,000, over 87,000, watch the England women beat Germany to one in extra time to take home their first major trophy. It was loud. It was

raucous. The game was awesome. It was also really emotional. And as you might imagine,

people are talking about how the impact of that moment will last four years to come. And one of

those people is my colleague here at the athletic Meg Linahan, Meg. I think we can both agree

that Euro 22 as a whole was a, agree that Euro 22 as a whole was a,

Euro 22 as a whole was a really, really fun tournament.

And the atmosphere at all the England games were really good.

But as you were watching that final with all that noise,

all of the great plays that we saw, the goals, the back and forth,

what was going through your mind?

I mean, well, first of all, honestly, the fact that I wasn't there was a little, a little tough. I'm not going to lie. But I mean, what is exciting and we're going to get into this is that the U.S. Women's National team is heading to that exact same stadium and it's going to be probably just as sold out and just as loud. So we're going to get a second

crack at it. But, you know, I think what's been really interesting, there was this immediate

comparison in that game. Chloe Kelly scores the go-ahead goal in extra time, hesitates for, to make

sure that the goal actually stands, like it's not going to get reviewed, right? And then does the Brandy Chastain full-on celebration.

And so I think everybody kind of instantly goes, okay, like, this is kind of their 99.

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