Women's World Cup shows women's soccer is bigger than ever

1 big thing

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

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The Women’s World Cup kicked off on Thursday in Australia and New Zealand. And it's on track to become the most attended standalone women’s sporting event in history, according to FIFA. What sets this year’s contest apart? Plus, "Oppenheimer" brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics. And, Wesleyan University becomes the latest to end legacy admissions. Guests: Axios' Jeff Tracy and Russell Contreras. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: Orange Draws Praise for Ad Challenging Prejudice Toward Women’s Soccer U.S. Soccer reaches landmark equal pay agreement Wesleyan ends legacy admissions after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Russell Contreras on Axios Today for the anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion, July 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Thursday, July 20th. I'm Naila Boudou.
0:08.8	Today on the show, Oppenheimer brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics.
0:13.8	Plus, Wesleyan University becomes the latest to end legacy admissions.
0:18.5	But first, the Women's World Cup shows women's soccer getting bigger and better than ever.
0:23.9	That's today's one big thing.
0:27.4	The Women's World Cup kicked off today in Australia in New Zealand with a record
0:33.8	32 team field up from 24. Players have fought for years for equal treatment and resources to
0:39.9	men's soccer. And this year, the Women's World Cup is on track to becoming the most
0:44.2	attended stand-alone women's sporting event in history. That's according to FIFA.
0:49.7	The US Women's team is looking for a three-peat, a star Megan Rapinoe,
0:53.2	Laces Up Her Boots for Las Haras. And already, it's a cup full of firsts and biggest
0:57.9	Axios' Jeff Tracy has more. Hey, Jeff.
1:00.2	Hey, Naila.
1:01.0	Can you tell us about some of the big firsts at this year's World Cup?
1:04.8	As you mentioned already, 32 teams up from 24, so the biggest ever.
1:09.7	It's also the first Women's World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere
1:13.9	and the first to be co-hosted by two countries, New Zealand and Australia, sharing those duties.
1:19.5	There's one more pretty cool first that sort of fits into what you said about just,
1:23.7	you know, the game is growing. It's coming up to parity with the men's game.
1:27.5	For the first time ever in the Women's World Cup, every single team will have a base camp
1:32.4	it's called, which really simply is just a hotel and sort of a training facility. It sounds
1:38.2	so simple and like something they should always have had, but past Women's World Cups,
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