10With the sad and unnecessary death of Women's Professional Soccer last week, there is no longer a professional standalone women's soccer league in the United States. Here are the main reasons why:
- Most teams had fewer than one Hope Solo on their roster at any given time
- Tried to establish teams in markets where women's soccer isn't traditionally watched, such as the United States
- Turns out there are already web sites that stream video of kicking women that don't require a sham sports league organized as a cover
- The shared vision of giving little girls strong, positive role models not actually shared by anyone
- Missed the mark on the first maxim of sports business: Market to 18-39 year-old men with sad, empty lives
- The few televised games the league managed to air were in competition with the ability to turn the TV off and go to sleep
- Many of the best players chose a more lucrative career path, such as unemployment
